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The way of express the term "future" can in English be formed in several ways. There are some more usual than others and those are:



 will/shall + infinitive

Explains just the future, the pure future. Shall is only used in first person, I and we. Will can be used by all persons, also the first.



I shall marry Tom.

He will marry me.



 be going to + infinitive

Describes the future especially when someone/something is aiming to do so or when something is near to happen.



I am going to marry Tom.



 be about to + infinitive

States the immediate future.



I am just about to say yes to Tom.



 be to + infinitive

Something that already been set. It has been arranged ahead.



I am to be married with Tom later this week.



 progressive form (be + -ing form)

States an engagement that goes to a close future.



She is marrying Tom later today.



 will be + -ing form

Explains something that is obviously going to happen.



I shall be marrying Tom at three o'clock as previously arranged.



 Present tense in conditional clauses (begun with if, unless...) + time subordinate clause



I will marry Tom, if I can get a divorce.



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You can also see "future" from a point in the past. The ways you can do it is by these methods.



 was/were going to

This form is used in many cluases.



She was going to get married to Tom when he got back from the army.



 was/were to

States something that already have been set and decided before.



They were to meet at the church, but she did not turn up.



 would + pure infinitive

Are used in direct language.



She told her best friend she would not marry Tom.



 was/were about to

When someone/something are just about to happen.



The guests were just about to sit down in the church when the wicker told them the news.





Conditional I + II



 would + infinitive

Are used in the main clause to a conditional clause. This is called conditional I.