FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE

FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE

PRESENTATION

NATALIA GARCÍA PÉREZ

Index

Uses

Structure

Formation rules

Time expressions

Exceptions

Uses of will and be going to

will

be going to

• To express future plans.

e.g., I am going to be an architect.

• To express predictions based on evidence.

e.g., it is getting cloudy, It is going to rain.

• A spontaneous decision.

e.g., I am feeling cold, I will close the window.

• An opinion, hope or uncertainty regarding the future.
• Conditional clauses type I.

e.g., If I am free, I will go to the market.

• An action in the future that cannot be influenced. e.g., Tomorrow, I will see the eye specialist.
• A promise.

e.g., I will be there to support you.

structure of be going to

SUBJECT + AM/IS/ARE + GOING TO + VERB IN BASE FORM + COMPLEMENTS.

SUBJECT + AM/IS/ARE NOT + GOING TO + VERB IN BASE FORM + COMPLEMENTS.

AM/IS/ARE + SUBJECT + GOING TO + VERB IN BASE FORM + COMPLEMENTS + ?

YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO THE PARTY.

WH-QUESTIONS

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GO TO THE PARTY.

+ info

ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO THE PARTY?

TIME EXPRESSIONS

• TOMORROW/ THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
• TOMORROW MORNING/ TOMORROW AFTERNOON
• IN ... YEARS TIME / IN AN HOUR / IN A WEEK
• LATER
• SOON
• IN SHORT
• NEXT YEAR / NEXT WEEK / NEXT MONTH
• IN THE FUTURE

structure will

ATTENTION

SUBJECT + WILL + VERB IN BASE FORM + COMPLEMENTS

SUBJECT + WILL NOT/WON'T + VERB IN BASE FORM + COMPLEMENTS

WILL + SUBJECT + VERB IN BASE FORM + COMPLEMENTS + ?

YOU WILL BE LATE FOR DINNER TONIGHT.

WH-QUESTIONS

YOU WILL NOT BE LATE FOR DINNER TONIGHT.

+ ifo

WHAT WILL YOU DO THIS AFTERNOON?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION