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There Is NOT Just One Future Tense in English. How To Express The Future Then?
There Is NOT Just One Future Tense in English. How To Express The Future Then?
in English.
How to express the
future then?
FUTURE SIMPLE
AFFIRMATIVE:
AFFIRMATIVE
Subject + WILL + base form of verb
FUTURE SIMPLE
NEGATIVE:
NEGATIVE
Subject + WILL + NOT + base form of verb
FUTURE SIMPLE
INTERROGATIVE:
INTERROGATIVE
WILL+Subj.+ base form of verb ?
Future Simple
We use the modal WILL + the base form of
the main verb for:
You will get married
and have 10 children!
1. Predictions.
Ill have another cup
of coffee, please!
2. Quick decisions.
Ok! Ill call you
tomorrow.
3. Promises.
GOING TO
AFFIRMATIVE:
AFFIRMATIVE
I am (Im)
You are (Youre)
He is (Hes)
She is (Shes)
It is (Its)
We are (Were)
You are (Youre)
They are (Theyre)
going to
(base form
of verb =
Infinitive
without
to)
GOING TO
NEGATIVE:
NEGATIVE
(base form
of verb =
going to
Infinitive
without
to)
GOING TO
INTERROGATIVE:
INTERROGATIVE
Am
Is
Are
I
you
going to
he /she /it
we/you/they
Base ?
Short answers
BE GOING TO
We use BE GOING TO + the base form of
the main verb for:
I am going to practise
hard to become a rock
star!
1. Plans / Intentions.
2. Predictions based on clear signs.
Look at those clouds!
It is going to rain!
I am going to + V
You are going to + V
He / She is going to + V
We are going to + V
You are going to + V
They are going to + V
REMEMBER!
PREDICTIONS
QUICK DECISIONS
PROMISES
WILL + V
PLANS /
INTENTIONS
PREDICTIONS
BASED ON
CLEAR SIGNS
BE GOING TO + V
PRACTISE!
Choose the right way to express the future in
the following situations.
SITUATION 1
SITUATION 2
SITUATION 3
Youre thirsty,
arent you? I (get)
you a glass of
water.
Oh no! He really
(paint) the room that
colour?
ANSWER
ANSWER
ANSWER
SITUATION 4
Youre not well.
I (call) the doctor.
SITUATION 5
In Scotland it (rain)
tomorrow. In the
south of England it
(be) sunny.
ANSWER
ANSWER
I WILL (ll) call the doctor.
(QUICK DECISION)
SITUATION 6
Ketchup or
mayonnaise?
I (have)
mayonnaise, please.
ANSWER
I WILL (ll) have mayonnaise,
please.
(QUICK DECISION)
Will / Be Going to
1. A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?
Am going to write
B: I (write)___________
a letter to my friends back home
in
Texas.
2. A: I'm about to fall asleep. I need to wake up!
ll get
B: I (get)_________
you a cup of coffee. That will
wake you up.
5. A: It is so hot in here!
ll turn
B: I (turn)________
the air conditioning on.
6. I think he (be)_________
the next
will be
President of the United States.
going to
7. I am ___________to
work in ten minutes.
8. I guess I ____________stay
home tonight.
will
9. I________be in Texas next week.
will