Future Simple Usage 2: To make predictions

Future Simple Usage 2: we use Future Simple Tense to make predictions.

The report projects that India will have the world’s second-largest economy by 2037.

However, we can use the “to be going to” for predictions as well:

The report projects that India is going to have the world’s second-largest economy by 2037.

Also on Future Simple:

• Future Simple Tense
  • Future Simple Introduction: usage overview
  • Future Simple Usage 1: to express spontaneous decisions
  • Future Simple Usage 2: to make predictions
  • Future Simple Usage 3: to make suggestions
  • Future Simple Usage 4: to offer to do something
  • Future Simple Usage 5: to give orders
  • Future Simple Usage 6: to ask someone to do something
  • Future Simple Usage 7: to point out malfunctions, refusals to do something
  • Future Simple Usage 8: after verb “think”
  • Future Simple Usage 9: after verb “hope”
  • Future Simple Additional Rule: after: if / when / after / before / as soon as / unless / until

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