| Future Time  | | Although we often talk about "future tenses",
technically there are no future tenses in English—only different
ways of talking about the future, using special constructions, other tenses or
modal verbs. | | The future is uncertain. We know the past. We know the present.
We do not know the future. We can be 100% sure or certain about the past and
the present. But we can never be 100% certain about the future. In English
there are several structures and tenses to talk about the future. It is usually
the degree of certainty about the future that decides our choice of structure
or tense. In this lesson we look at four of the most common ways to talk
about the future, followed by a quiz to check your understanding: |