Future tense
I will have an orange juice, please.
Did you phone Ruth?
Oh no, I forgot. I will phone her now.
We use I will (I'll) when we decide to do something at the time of speaking.
We often use will in these situations
a. Offering to do something
that bag looks heavy. I will help you with it.
b. Agreeing to do something
A: you know that book I lent you.
Can I have it back if you have finished with it.
B: Of course. I will give it to you this afternoon
c. Promising to do something
Thanks for lending me the money
If will pay you back on friday
d. Asking somebody to do someting will you be quiet? I am trying to concentrate.
Will typically expresses predictions about the future.
will is followed immedately by the symple form of a verb
Ana will come tomorrow around 5:00
Negative: will + not = won't
Jack will finish his work tomorrow Jack is going to finish his work tomorrow.
Will and be going to
express future time and often have essentially the same meaning.
Will and be going to
mean the same when they make predictions about the future (prediction= a
statement about something the speaker thinks will be true or will occur in the
future)
Be going to (but no
will) is used to express a prior plan (a plan made before the moment of
speaking).
Use be going to (not
will) when something in the present leads a prediction.
Look at these dark storm
clouds!
It
is going to rain!
Affirmative statement!
We are going to leave
for Mars soon
Negative
We
aren´t going to leave for Mars
Question
Are we going to leave for Mars?
Yes, we are
No,
we aren´t.
Activity
Circle the best words
to complete these conversations.
1. Eon: which project do you work / are you going to work
on?
Rover: I haven´t decided for sure. Probably the Spacemobile.
2. Rover: look at those dark clouds!
Eon:
Yes. It looks like it´s raining/ it´s going to rain any minute.
3. Eon: I´d better get back to my hotel room before it starts
to rain.
Rover: Ok. I´m seeing/ I´ll see you later
4. Desk: Dr. Eon, your son just called.
Eon: Oh, good. I think I´ll call/ I´m calling him back right away.
5. Eon: Hi, honey. How´s it going?
Rocky:
Great. I go/ I´m going fishing with grandpa tomorrow.
6. Eon: have fun, but don´t forgot. You still have to have to
finish that paper.
Rocky: I know, Mom. I send / I´m sending it to my teacher tomorrow. I already
discussed it with her.
7. Rocky: how´s the conference?
Eon: Good.
I´m giving / I´ll give mi talk this afternoon.
8. Rocky: Good luck. When are you/ will you be here?
Eon:
tomorrow. My plane lands/ will land at 7:00, so I see/ I’ll see
you about 8:00.
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