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FUTURE PROGRESSIVE 
 
RELATIVE TIME FREQUENCY DURATION 
A time relative to 
another future 
activity 
A time that 
reoccurs in the 
future 
A time with duration 
in the future 
when he sees it always (routinely, 
customarily, 
normally, as a 
rule) 
for three weeks 
(days, months, 
years) "a quantity of 
time" 
while he is looking 
at it 
usually (most of 
the time, in 
general) 
from Monday to 
Friday "X to Y" (a 
span of time) 
whenever he looks 
at it 
often (frequently, 
half of the time) / 
several times 
(nonprogressive 
only) 
during the (a period 
of time) during 
anytime he looks at 
it 
sometimes 
(occasionally, on 
occasion) 
over the next few 
years (minutes, 
days, months, 
winters) 
if he looks at it rarely (seldom, 
hardly ever, not 
ever, never) 
continuously 
(continually) 
 
Examples: 
We will be flying to Spain when the game Olympic games begin. 
(relative activity or backgrounding) 
We will be flying to Spain next week. (prediction; emphasis on time) 
The plane is leaving tonight. (scheduled future event) 
We will be walking to the beach by the time you arrive. (relative time) 
 
IMPORTANT 
The next... vs. next... 
When next is used with days of the week, it is not always clear what the 
speaker means: this coming one or the one after? 
THE NEXT ... NEXT ... 
 
 
At the beginning of a 
sentence, the next... refers 
to the immediate time period 
(week, month, year). Phrases 
are often used to clarify the 
date: this, this coming, in/on 
the next, for the next or 
during the next . 
The meaning of next varies. For 
example, next week may mean: (1) 
seven days starting now; (2) seven 
to fourteen days from now; (3) the 
upcoming calendar week. Phrases 
are often used to clarify the date: 
the week after this one / or the 
week after this / or the week 
after. 
The next week will be sunny 
and warm. (This week will be 
sunny and warm.) 
Next week will be sunny and warm. 
(2,3) This week is foggy and cold. 
Give me a call in the next 
week and we'll have lunch. 
*Call me the next week. 
Give me a call next week and we'll 
have lunch. (2) 
She'll be out of town for the 
next week, but you can email 
her. 
She'll be out of town the week 
after this, but you can email her. 
(2,3) 
*Meet me the next 
Wednesday at noon. (Meet 
me this Wednesday at noon.) 
Meet me next Wednesday at noon. 
(Meet me on Wednesday of next 
week.) 
The next year will be 
difficult. (This year will be 
difficult.) 
Next year will be difficult. (The 
year after this one will be 
difficult.)