What does the future hold for all of us?

It may hold that I’ll become a billionaire!
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Whatever it holds, I’m not going to school tomorrow!

hope, expect to talk about the future:

What are you going

to do next year? I’d like to go to University.
We plan to go to France for our holidays.
George wants to buy a new car.

We use modals may, might, and could when we are not sure about the future:

I might stay at home tonight, or I might go to the cinema.
We could see Mary at the meeting. She sometimes goes.

We can use should if we think something is likely to happen:

We should be home in time for tea.
The game should be over by eight o’clock.

after, and until we often use a present tense form

to talk about the future:

I’ll come home when I finish work.
You must wait here until your father comes.
They are coming after they have had dinner.

Clauses with if:

In clauses with if we often use a present tense form to talk about the future:

We won’t be able to go out if it rains.
If Barcelona win tomorrow they will be champions.

WARNING: We do not normally use will in clauses with if or with time words: