Future tenses

UNIT 7 and 8

FUTURE TENSE

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1. BE GOING TO

2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

INDEX

3. WILL

2. be GOING TO

INTENTIONS AND PLANS

We use be going to to talk about intentions and plans decided before the moment of speaking

BE going to

Affirmative: am/'m going to are/'re going to is/'s going to Negative: am/'m not going to are not/aren't going to is not/isn't going to

I you he/she/it we you they

I you he/she/it we you they

Question: am(Wh-) are is

going to....?

- Yes, I'm going to ....

- No, I'm not going to....

We are going to go to your party next Saturday.

My family is going to travel to Malibu next summer.

2. Present continuous

ARRANGEMENTS

We use present continuous to talk about arrangements that involve more than one person.We often mention a time and/or place to show that something is more than an intention.

present continuous

Affirmative: am/'m are/'re + verb -ing is/'s Negative: am/'m not are not/aren't + verb -ing is not/isn't

I you he/she/it we you they

I you he/she/it we you they

Question: am(Wh-) are is

+ verb -ing....?

- Yes, I'm + verb -ing ....

- No, I'm + verb -ing....

time expressions

tonighton Monday next week/year/month tomorrow

We are taking the train to Madrid at 2p.m.

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3. WILL

PREDICTIONS

We use will to make predictions about the future.Then I am not sure if it will happen or not.

will

I you he/she/it we you they

Affirmative: will / 'll Negative: will not/ won't

I you he/she/it we you they

Question: (Wh-) will

win (verb) ....?

- Yes, I will.

- No, I won't.

time expressions

tomorrowthe day after tomorrow next week/year/month in 2030/ten years/the future... by 2030, the end of the week....

By 2030 cars will be all electric.

It won't rain tomorrow morning.

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