Future

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Future
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Will
A Telephone! B OK. Ill get it.
A Look! Jack is stuck in the car! B Oh.
Ill help him.
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Use WILL

• to show you have decided to do something at that
  moment.

You decide to do this as you speak.
A Look at Jack! Hes on foot today.
B Ill give him a ride!
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I will always love you!
Ill give you my homework tomorrow, I promise!
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Use WILL to make a serious promise.
A Remember, this is top secret. B I wont tell
anybody. You can count on me.
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Im having trouble with my homework. Will you
help me?
Use WILL for requests.
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• You can use WILL to say what you think or guess
  will happen in the future.

The cars of the future will fly. I think they
wont run on petrol.
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• WILL is a common way of expressing what the
  speaker thinks, believes, hopes, assumes, fears
  etc. will happen

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Be Going to
Were going to spend two weeks of July in Paris.
We bought the tickets two days ago, and were
going to leave on July 10th.
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• You can use be going to talk about
• future plans and intentions.

My friend is going to have a party next week. Im
going to go with him.
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• Watch out! Youre going to fall.

Ooops! Too late!
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• Use be going to when something in the present
  leads you to predict something in the future.

Look at those dark clouds! Its going to rain.
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• Present Continuous
• Hurry up!!!
• Im leaving in 5 minutes!

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• Hey, lets go to the movies tonight!
• I cant. Im staying at home.

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• We use Present Progressive/ Continuous to talk
  about future activities that are already
  scheduled or planned.
• Are you doing anything tomorrow afternoon?
• Im playing tennis!

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Simple Present

• Marie retires in three years.

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• We leave London at 10.00 next Tuesday and arrive
  in Paris at 13.00. We spend two hours in Paris
  and leave again at 15.30. We arrive in Rome at
  19.30, and spend four hours in Rome etc.

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• Use Simple Present with fixed arrangements
  (specially timetables and programmes) and future
  certainties.

Christmas is on a Sunday this year. Its all go
next week I have my operation, then the week
after that I go on holiday...
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• May / Might
• Look at the cat!!!
• It may not be very happy.

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• We use may/might infinitive without to to
  express an uncertain prediction.

He might lend you the money.
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• Complete the sentences with the correct future
  form.
• 1. Tomorrow after school, we _______ (go) to
  the beach.
• are going to go / are going
• intention/plan
• 2. Ok. Ok. I _______ (help) you.
• will help
• sudden decision
• 3. Could you lend me your book?
• Yes, I_______ (bring) it tomorrow.
• will bring
• promise

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• 4. My train ____ (leave) in two hours.
• leaves
• future certainty
• 5. He _______ (not believe) your story.
  Perhaps he wont believe it.
• may/might not
• uncertain prediction
• 6. I have already decided. I _______(study) law.
• am going to study
• intention/plan
• 7. Look at that tree! It _______ (fall)
• is going to fall
• event whose cause is evident

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• 8. The boat ______ (sail) at midday. Dont be
  late.
• sails
• scheduled action
• 9. I need some milk from the store.
• Oh, I _______ (get) it for you.
• will get
• offer
• 10. Are you going to Martas party?
• I cant. I ____ (be) out of town that weekend.
• am going to be
• intention/plan

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• Bibliography
• FUCHS, Marjorie BONNER, Margaret. Grammar
  Express, Longman, 2003
• THEWLIS, Stephen. Grammar Dimensions 2 3,
  HeinleHeinle Publishers, 1997

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• Developed by Kátia Martins Pereira