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uret
enses
BACK TO THEFUTURE!
REMEMBER
Wecanusedi
ff
erentf
ormst
otal
kaboutt
hef
utur
einEngl
ish.
Pr
esentcont
inuous
Weusethi
stotal
kaboutevent
sinthenearfutur
ethathaveal
readybeenar
rangedandpl
anned.I
tis
of
tenus
edwithspeci
ficdatesort
imeindicat
ors.
EXAMPLES
-Heiscomingtotheo ceat12.00tomorrow.
-I
’m meeti
ngmyf ri
endforcof
feet
onight.
-Wearestayi
nginahotelatthebeachthisweekend.
Goi
ngt
o + I
nfini
tive
Weusethistotal
kaboutint
ent i
onsi
nthef
uture.I
tisus
edforeventst
hathavealr
eadybeendecided
butnotnecess
ari
lypl
anned.Itcanal
sobeusedtomakepredict
ionsbasedonpresentevi
dence.
EXAMPLES
-Theyaregoi
ngt obuyahousetogether
.
-Iam goingtot
raveltoEuropenextsummer.
-Lookatthos
eclouds!It
hinki
t’
sgoingtorai
nlat
er.
Wi
ll
Weus
ethef
utur
ewi
thwi
llf
orof
fer
s,pr
omi
ses
,pr
edi
cti
onsanddeci
sionsi
nthemoment
.
EXAMPLES
-I
’l
lcal
lyout onightwhenifinis
hwor k(
promise)
.
-Hmmm,I ’
llhave thechi
ckenformainsandthecheesecakefordesser
t(des
ici
oni
nthemoment
).
-I
fyoulike,wewi l
lpickyouupf r
om theair
portonWednes day(of
fer
).
-HeissurethatGermanywi l
lwint heWorldCupagai
n( predi
cti
on).
Lookatt
hes
etwos
ent
ences
..
.t
heyar
ever
ysi
mil
ari
nmeani
ngbutt
her
eisas
ubt
ledi
ff
erence…
1.Wearegetti
ngmar ried nextSpri
ng(ever
ythingi
sarr
anged,thevenuei
sbooked,i
nvit
ati
onshave
beens
entetc).
2.Wearegoingt ogetmar r
ied nextSpri
ng(theyhavet
heintenti
ontogetmarr
iedintheSpri
ng,it
i
snotneces
saril
yallarr
anged).
Fut
uret
enses
EXERCISE
Writ
eas hortpar
agraphaboutwhatJ
ennywilldointhef
oll
owingthreemont hsus
ingt
hecalendar
tohelpyou.Usethedif
fer
entfor
msofthef
uture(wit
hWILL,GOING TO andPRESENTCONTI
NOUS)
J
ennyi
sgoi
ngt
othebeacht
hisweekend.She.
.
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forcoff
ee
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or
work
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s
appoint-
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30
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enses
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ch
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ent a-
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ormy
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ami l
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or
final
exam
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or
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wedding
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nalexam
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00
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tomy
brother’
s
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