VERB

TENSES
XPLORE 12
Unit 4.4 The Art Of Cinema

Teresa Pinto de Almeida ▪ Paula M. Araújo ▪ Telma Coelho

 What you next Saturday?

Although the PRESENT CONTINUOUS

dialogue clearly
I’ refers tohome!
the future,
I’m grounded!
the verbs are in
the present.
Really! You even the evening off.

PRESENT SIMPLE
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 The Present Continuous is used to…
refer to solid arrangements and plans. This tense is
often accompanied by a time adverbial such
as next month, in July, etc.

The Present Simple is used to…

refer to programmes, timetables, itineraries and
public events that we have no direct control over.

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 That upcoming actress will certainly be
successful in her new role.
Future predictions
I’m going to see a retrospective of Woody
Allen’s films tomorrow evening.
Future plans
They will probably interview the lead actor in
the new Marvel film.
Future predictions
We are going to present our idea for a new
superhero film next week.
Future plans
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 The Future Simple – WILL – is used to…
1. express a decision at the moment of speaking;
2. make a prediction based on opinion;
3. state a future fact;
4. express promises / requests / refusals / offers.

The Future with GOING TO + BE + INFINITIVE is used to…

1. express a decision before the moment of
speaking;
2. make a prediction based on something we
can see or hear now;
3. state a future plan.

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 With any luck the film will be starting when I
get home tonight.

At midnight Mark will be camping outside the

theatre to see all his favourite film stars on the
red carpet.

Future Continuous

Action happening at a certain moment in the future

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Future Perfect
The basic form of the future perfect is
+
Examples:
I from film university by May.
Patrick his short-film by next week.
The film crew by now.
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 The Future Perfect is used to…
1. talk about actions that will be finished before some
point in the future.
2. Example: Before the crew arrives, we
the scene.
2. to express situations that will last for a specified
period of time at a definite moment in the future.
3. Example: Jonathan in Hollywood
for twenty years by 2015.
3. to express certainty that an action was completed.
4. Example: The premiere by now. We
are so late!
These time expressions are commonly used with the
Future Perfect:
.
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 Now
Practise!

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 Change the verb into the
correct form of the future.

will have completed

1. At this time next week, we ______________________
(complete) preproduction on the film.
will have lived
2. By 2019, I ______________________ (live) in Hollywood
for ten years.
will have worked
3. In 2020, they ______________________ (work) for the
film industry for 20 years.
will have taught
4. By September, Judy ______________________ (teach)
acting classes for over ten years.
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 will have finished
5. By November, I ______________________ (finish) the
casting for the CW’s new series.
will have auditioned
6. By this time tomorrow, she ______________________
(audition) for the role in Spielberg’s new film.
will have watched
7. Before Saturday, you ______________________
(watch) all the episodes of season three of Game
of Thrones.
will have turned
8. In two years’ time, Marvel ______________________
(turn) most of its comic books into films.
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 will be starring
9. In December, I ______________________ (star) in the
CW’s new series.
is performing
10.At seven tomorrow, she ______________________
(perform) on Satuday Night Live.

11.Look, the new episode of Game of Thrones

is going to start
______________________ (start)! I can hear the
music.
premiéres
12.Marvel ______________________ (premiére) the
Infinity Wars film in 2017.
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 Further Practice!
Future Perfect Quiz 1

Future Perfect Quiz 2

VERB TENSES
XPLORE 12
Unit 4.4 The Art Of Cinema
Teresa Pinto de Almeida ▪ Paula M. Araújo ▪ Telma Coelho