“Next week” can be used in the following situations-I am driving to work next week.

[Alice Chu]

Please tell me if my understanding is correct.
“Next week” can be used in the following situations.
1. Joe: How will you go to work next week?
Amy: I will drive to work next week.
→ It means an arrangement made at the moment of speaking.
2. I am driving to work next week.
→ It means an arrangement made before now.
3. I am going to drive to work next week.
→ It means a plan in the near future.
4. I drive to work next week.
→ It means a schedule in the near future.
5. I will be driving to work next week.
→ It means a temporary action happening in the period of next week.
6. I will have been driving to work for two months (by) next week.
→ It means a repeated action happens from the past up to the future.
“By” means “before” and it is not necessary here.
We can’t use “will be driving” here.
Can we use “will have driven” here?

 

[5jj]

We can’t use “will be driving” here.

You used it in (5).

Your explanations of the uses of the various forms are possible. However, other explanations are also possible, and some of your explanations would also fit other forms.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Please tell me if my understanding is correct.

“Next week” can be used in the following situations.

1. Joe: How will you get to work next week?

Amy: I will drive to work next week.

→ It means the decision was made at the moment of speaking.

It's simply stating the fact. Amy might have made the decision a year ago.

2. I am driving to work next week.

→ It means the decision was made before now.

Again, we don't know when she decided.

3. I am going to drive to work next week.

→ It means a plan will be made in the near future.

It means she has already decided. It will not be made in the future.

4. I will drive to work next week.

→ It means a schedule will be made in the near future.

It does not imply that she made a schedule.

5. I will be driving to work next week.

→ It means a temporary action will happen next week.

It does not imply a temporary action. She might always drive to work.

6. I will have been driving to work for two months [STRIKE](by)[/STRIKE] next week.

→ It means a repeated action has been happening from the past up to the future.

“By” means “before” and it is not necessary here.

"By" does not mean "before." You're right, it's not necessary. It would be better without it.

We can’t use “will be driving” here.

You're right, we can't.

Can we use “will have driven” here?

I wouldn't.

Separate paragraphs with spaces.

 

[Alice Chu]

Thank you very much for your help. Please tell me if my understanding is correct.

1) Joe: What will you do tomorrow?
Amy: I will go to the movies.
→ It means Amy made the decision at the moment of speaking. Is this explanation common?

2) We are going to move to New York.
→ It means we have planned to do it in the near future. Is this explanation common?

3) Lily flies to Canada next Tuesday.
→ It means Lily’s schedule.

4) I usually drive to work, but I will be taking a bus to work next week because my car has broken down.
→ It means I will temporarily go to work by bus next week.

5) I will have visited three castles by tomorrow.
→ It means I visited the first castle in the past and will visit the third castle no later than tomorrow or before tomorrow. Is “by” necessary here?

6) I won't have written all the reports by next week.
→ It means I won’t finish writing all the reports at some point before next week. Is “by” necessary here?

7) In three years' time, I will have graduated from university.
In three years, I will graduate from university.
→ Please tell me the difference between the two sentences.

8) I will have been working in the company for three years tomorrow.
→ It means a repeated action has been happening from the past up to the future.
Can we use “will have worked” here?

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank you very much for your help. Please tell me if my understanding is correct.

1) Joe: What will you do tomorrow?
Amy: I will go to the movies.
→ It means Amy made the decision at the moment of speaking. Is this explanation [STRIKE]common[/STRIKE] correct?

No, it doesn't mean she made the decision at the moment of speaking. I still don't know where you got that idea from but it's wrong. It's also not a natural dialogue. Native speakers would say "What are you doing tomorrow?" and "Going to the movies".

2) We are going to move to New York.
→ It means we have planned to do it in the near future. Is this explanation [STRIKE]common[/STRIKE] correct?

No. It doesn't have to mean the near future. It could be any time in the future. The speaker would probably add some information, like "... next week" or "... in 2025".

3) Lily flies to Canada next Tuesday.
→ It means that that is Lily’s schedule.

It would certainly refer to Lily's scheduled forthcoming trip to Canada. However, you'll hear native speakers express the same thing with "Lily's flying to Canada next Tuesday", "Lily will be flying to Canada next Tuesday" and "Lily will fly to Canada next Tuesday".

4) I usually drive to work, but I will be taking a bus to work next week because my car has broken down.
→ It means I will temporarily go to work by bus next week.

Yes.

5) I will have visited three castles by tomorrow.
→ It means I visited the first castle in the past and will visit the third castle no later than tomorrow or before tomorrow. Is “by” necessary here?

The last part of your understanding is correct but not the first part. The first visit might not have happened yet. You could be visiting the first castle in half an hour, the second in three hours, and the third after that or sometime tomorrow.

6) I won't have written all the reports by next week.

→ It means I won’t finish writing all the reports at some point before next week. Is “by” necessary here?

Your understanding is correct. "By" is necessary. Without it, it's ungrammatical.

7) In three years' time, I will have graduated from university.
In three years, I will graduate from university.
→ Please tell me the difference between the two sentences.

In the first, you will graduate any time from tomorrow to 3 June 2024 (the last day before "in three years' time" ends).
In the second, you will graduate at some point in 2024.

8) I will have been working in the company for three years tomorrow.
→ It means a repeated action has been happening from the past up to the future.
Can we use “will have worked” here?

Yes and yes.

Please don't ask so many questions in one post in future. It's far too time-consuming for us to answer. One or two sentences per thread please.

As far as referring to the future is concerned, you need to accept that, for many native speakers, "I will ..." and "I am going to ..." express the same thing.

 

[5jj]

In many sentences, several of the forms (to express the future) can be used perfectly naturally. The final subconscious choice of form is made by speakers at the moment of speaking, and depends on the context of situation as they see it at that moment. Do not think that there is one, and only one, ‘correct’ form in any given situation.

from: Ways of Expressing the Future.

 

[Tdol]

It is hard to make absolute rules for future forms.

 

[jutfrank]

Since you're a teacher, and this is for the purposes of teaching, I'll assume you're looking for some simplistic pedagogical rules for lower-level learners rather than a comprehensive description of use, which I think is both reasonable and achievable. However, you're asking about so many different forms that it's very hard for us to answer helpfully. I think you really ought to ask only about one form at a time.

Also, you've got to get your examples right. Dialogue 1, for instance, does not work well at all. The question does not work well as a way to contextualise the answer. Perhaps you should use examples made by experienced teachers or grammar textbook writers.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

In all, Alice, it looks like you're reading more into all those sentences than what they say.

I agree with the others. We can give better answers if you just give one or two examples. Take it one step at a time.

There's an old saying: Rome wasn't built in a day!