Guida pratica all'uso dei tempi futuri nella lingua inglese

To talk about the future simple we can use four tenses:

present continuous, to be going to, will and present simple.

It's important to understand when to use each of them.

Uso del present continuous

-this tense is used for future arrangement (evidence of the plan);

-it is usally used with time expressions(tomorrow, soon, etc...);

-it is used for the nearer future but also for the far future, like holidays.

exemples:

this is the ticket for my plain! I'm leaving tomorrow.

-this tense is used for future intentions,future not too certain plans and predictions based on the actual situation.

-it is used both for near future and for far future.

exemples:

there are too many clouds, it's going to rain;

I'm going to stay home tomorrow (intentiont).

-this tense is used for -it is also used for opinions and suppositions, accompanied by verbs -it is also used for !remember that we use will also for the first conditional!

exemples:

it will be difficult to find seats on the plane

I think I will be there very soon

If I fail the exam my mom will be very angry.

-this tense is used for schedules, like train schedules or plain schedules...

exemple: the train leaves at 8 o'clock