The Future: We Can Use Different Ways To Express The Future In English. The Choice Depends On The Situation

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The Future We can use different ways to express the future in English. The choice depends on the situation

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Future Simple o Decisions made at the moment of speaking: “Ok, I`ll put my coat on and go out and make a snowball and throw it to your noise, Joe Jones” o Predictions, often with I believe, expect,

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Future Simple o Offers or willingness: “All right. I`ll water the plants” oRequests: “Will you do me a favour” oFirm intentions, promises: “I`ll love you forever”

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Future Simple oThreats: “I won`t speak to you ever again” oFacts about the future: “Or we`ll miss the beginning of the gorilla film”

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Shall o Suggestions: “Shall we go for a walk?” o Offers (with I or we): “Shall I help you wiht those bags?” o Asking for advice: “What shall I do if she comes”

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Be going to o Intentions, plans: “My eyes are closed and I`m going to go to sleep again” o Something in the future is because of something in the present: “Look. They`re going to hit us” o Predictions, especially when there is evidence:

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Comparisson Between Future Simple and Be going to o We use be going to to talk about something we know will happen because of information in the present and when If we decided earlier: “The sky`s grey – I think it`s going to rain” o We use will to talk about somthing we believe will happen and to indicate a sudden decision:

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Present Simple & Continuous o P. Simple: firm plans or timetables: “Oh no! The Baker Street Train leaves at 8:o8” o P. Continuous: arrangements: “Is he coming to the cinema, Mrs Late?” o Be + to infinitive: official arrangements, especially when announced:

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Comparisson Between Present Simple and Continuous o The P. S. always suggests a fixed timetable. The P.C. can suggest the possibility of change: “I`m seeing him at six o`clock.” (my plan) “I see him at six o`clock.” (my fixed schedule) o We use the P.C. for personal arrangements, an the P.S. for when an official makes the arrangements: “I`m seeing Malaonda at the weekend.”(my

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Comparisson Between Present Continuous and Be going to o We often use the P. C. to talk about the near future: “I`m playing winning eleven this saturday” o We can use any of them to talk about more distant events or plans (in the same future situations): “I`m going to see her tomorrow”(intend to see

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Future Continuous o Used to talk about actions that will be in progress at a specific time in the future: “This time tomorrow, I`ll be travelling through France” o Often refers to a routine or to things which will happen in the normal course of the events. It emphasises that no new arrange is necessary: “I can give you a lift to the station. It`s no trouble for me –

I`ll be going that way any way”

o To ask about someone`s plan or arrangement: “Will you be using the library this afternoon?”

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Future Perfect & Perfect Continuous o Future Perfect: To talk about actions that will already be completed by a particular time in the future: “By the year 2012, I`ll have left school and started work” o Future Perfect Continuous:To talk about the

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Comparisson Between FutureContinuous and Simple o We use F.S. to indicate personal decision at the moment of speaking and in the F.C. the activity has already been decided: “Ok, I`ll see you this evening” “This time tomorrow I will study on the beach” “This time tomorrow I`ll be studying on the