Future tenses for Bachillerato

What will the future bring?

As I see it, the present and the past belong to the level of reality, whereas the future is a much more diverse and loose time as it has never happened, that is, it does not belong to reality. This is the reason why I think Spanish speakers find it so hard to speak properly about the future in English, because it depends on what the speaker thinks and not a given time, with its corresponding time expression.

I'm going to try and simplify the different uses we see in 1st of Bachillerato with the corresponding tenses or modals used: 

Uses	Tense/Modal/Periphrasis	Form
Timetables&schedules	Present simple	V/Vs
Long-term predictions            Spontaneous decisions            Offers            Promises	Will	Will+infinitive (V)
Closed plans	Present continuous	To be+gerund (Ving)
Short-term predictions            Intentions	Be going to	Be going to+infinitive (V)
Action happening at a given time in the future	Future continuous	Will be+gerund (Ving)
Action finished at a given time in future	Future perfect	Will have+past participle (Ved)

If you want more practice on these uses, you can visit the following pages:

• Mixed future at English Exercises
• Future perfect at Englisch-Hilfen.
• Will vs. be going to at English Page.
•  Or many others at this blog by an English Teacher: El blog de Isabel Carballo

I hope this is helpful for you! 

Have a nice weekend!!