Future tenses

FUTURE TENSES

USE

Future Simple: WILL

BE GOING TO

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

• Plans and intentions for the future
• Predictions about the future with evidence

• predictions about the future : I think, I hope, I expect, I imagine
• quick decisions at the moment of speaking
• certainty: definitely, probably, perhaps, it´s possible that
• an objective truth
• promises/offers

• Future arrangements or plans that have been confirmed

WILL

WILL NOT (WON¨T)

QUESTION FORM

02

BE GOING TO

02

BE GOING TO

02

BE GOING TO

REMEMBER

• Predictions (no evidence)
• Quick decisions
• Certainty
• An objevtive truth
• Promises/offers

• Predictions (evidence)
• Plans and intentions for the future

BE GOING TO+V

WILL +V

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I ´m leaving on the 7:30 train tomorrow morning.

01

02

MAY/MIGHT

• predictions, approximately 50% of certainty

PRACTISE

Pres. Continuous VS Going to

WIill VS Going To

Pres. Continous VS Going to

May/ Might

Will VS Going To

03

PRACTISE

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