一、概念:一般将来时表示将来某个时间要发生的动作或存在的状态,及计划、打算或准备做某事。常常

与表示将来的时间状语连用。如:tomorrow, next day(week, month, year…),soon, the day after tomorrow(后天)等。 
二、常用的表达形式共有五种,现归纳如下: 
(一)“will +动词原形”这一形式,主要用于在以下几个方面: 
1、表示单纯的未来“将要”通用于各个人称。eg: 
They will go to visit the factory tomorrow. 明天他们将去工厂参观。 
I’ll come with Wang Bing and Yang Ling. 我将和王兵、杨玲一起来。 
The rain will stop soon. 雨很快就要停了。 
2、表示不以人的意志为转移的自然发展的未来的事。eg:
Today is Saturday. Tomorrow will be Sunday. 今天是星期六。明天是(将)是星期日。 He will be thirty years old this time next year. 明年这个时候他就(将)三十岁。 
3、问对方是否愿意做某事或表示客气地邀请或命令。 eg: Will you please turn on the radio?    请打开收音机好吗? 
Will you go to the zoo with me?  你和我一起去动物园好吗? 
Shall we go there at five? 我们五点钟去那儿,好吗?   
 Will you please open the door? 请你把门打开,好吗? 
注:在口语中will用于所有人称,书面语中第一人称常用shall。 
(二)“be going to+动词原形”的形式,表示事先经过考虑、安排好打算、计划要做的事情以及已有迹象表明必将发生某事,意为“打算;就要”。 
如:1)We're going to meet outside the school gate. 我们打算在校门口见面。 
      2)Dad and I are going to watch an opera this afternoon. 今天下午我和爸爸打算去看歌剧。 
    3) Look! It's going to rain. 瞧!快下雨了。
三、一般将来是特殊用法: 
1、be +不定式表将来,按计划或正式安排将发生的事。    We are to talk about the report next Saturday. He is to visit Japan next year. 明年他将访问日本。 
2、“be about to+动词原形”表示即将发生的动作,意为:很快,马上。后面一般不能与tomorrow, next week 
等表示明确将来时的时间状语连用。 
如:We are about to leave.我们马上就走。意为马上做某事。     He is about to leave for Beijing. 
They're about to leave. (=They're leaving.) 他们就要走了。 
 3、有些表趋向性的动词可用现在进行时来表示将来时:例如:go,come,arrive, fly(飞往),reach(到达),stay,leave,start, die... 
如:I’m going to go to the zoo this weekend.= I’m going to the zoo this weekend.     
He’s going to leave for Paris.= He’s leaving for Paris. 
The old man is dying.= The old man will die. 这个老人要去世。 
Uncle Wang is coming. 王叔叔就要来了。 
4)要注意“主将从现”这一语法现象:重要连词有: if (如果),as soon as (一....就...),when(当...时候),before,after,until(直到  not..until直到...才) , 
If it rains, we won’t have a picnic next week. I’ll tell you the news as soon as you come back.  
If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we will go out for a picnic. 如果明天不下雨,我们将出去野餐。    
四、基本结构:①be going to + 动词原形; ②will+动词原形  
五、否定句:在be动词(am, is, are)后加not或will后加not成  won’t. 
例如:1) I’m going to have a picnic this afternoon. 
→ I’m not going to have a picnic this afternoon. 2) Peter will go to Nanning next week. →Peter won’t go to Nanning next week. 
六、一般疑问句: be或will提到句首,some改为any, and改为or,第一、二人称互换。 例如:1)We are going to go on an outing this weekend.  
→ Are you going to go on an outing this weekend? Yes,we are. / No, we aren’ t . 2) I will go swimming tomorrow. 
→ Will you go swimming tomorrow.?  Yes, I will./ No, I won’t.  
七、There be 句型的一般将来时:There will be… / There is going to be…