The document provides examples and explanations of common grammatical structures involving the future tense and expressions of future plans or intentions in English. It discusses the use of "will probably" and "probably won't" compared to "will probably not". It also explains the difference between using "intend", "plan", and "hope" with the present tense versus the future, and how these verbs are followed by an infinitive with "to". Finally, it defines the idiom "be about to" as expressing an activity that will happen very soon, within five minutes.
The document provides examples and explanations of common grammatical structures involving the future tense and expressions of future plans or intentions in English. It discusses the use of "will probably" and "probably won't" compared to "will probably not". It also explains the difference between using "intend", "plan", and "hope" with the present tense versus the future, and how these verbs are followed by an infinitive with "to". Finally, it defines the idiom "be about to" as expressing an activity that will happen very soon, within five minutes.
The document provides examples and explanations of common grammatical structures involving the future tense and expressions of future plans or intentions in English. It discusses the use of "will probably" and "probably won't" compared to "will probably not". It also explains the difference between using "intend", "plan", and "hope" with the present tense versus the future, and how these verbs are followed by an infinitive with "to". Finally, it defines the idiom "be about to" as expressing an activity that will happen very soon, within five minutes.
a) Ann will probably go People often use to the park probably with tomorrow will.probably comes b) Bob probably wont between will and the go to the park main verb,as in (a). In a tomorrow negative c) FORMAL: Bob will sentence,probably probably not go to comes in front of the park tomorrow wont,as in (b),or more formally,between will and not,as in (c) Intend, pland,and hope are (a) Im intending/ i intend to go to paris used in present tenses to (b) Im planning/I plan to take a trip next month ekxpress present ideas abaut (c) Im hoping/I hope to fly to paris next month future activities. INCORRECT: I will intend to go to paris next TO + THE SIMPLE FORM OF A VERB mounth. (d) I intend to + go Intend ,plan,and hope are folowed by an invinitive I plan to + take (to + the simple from of verb ). (a)Anns bags are packed, and she is The idiom be about to do something wearing her coat. She is about to expresses an activity that will happen leave for the airport. in the immidiate future, usually within five minutes. In (a): Ann is (b) Shhh. The movie is about to begin going to leave sometimein the next few minutes.