Titolo della lezione: Talking about future plans: present continuous; going to; First Conditional; When..if
Talking about future plans: present continuous; going to; First Conditional; When..if
Talking about future plans
In English the future is expressed in 3 ways:
Simple Present and present continuous; 2.Using the ‘going to’ form; 3. Using the auxiliary verbs ‘will / shall’ to form the simple future tense. Each of the above is used in different occasions. 1.
Talking about future plans: Simple Future and when...if Examples: ONE A: Have you called the HR manager of BBC? B: Oh, no, I forgot. I’ll (will) call him tomorrow.
[I’ve just decided]
TWO A: Have you called the HR manager of BBC? B: Not yet. I’m going to call him tomorrow.
[I decided this previously]
Examples: ONE A: Hello Mary. Have you received ABC’s claim? B: Yes, I have. Sorry, I can’t talk to you now. I’ll call you later when I finish registering the claim.
Talking about future plans: Simple Future and when...if When referring to the future: use simple present after WHEN, BEFORE, WHILE, UNTIL
When I visit the Hong Kong factory, I’ll show them our sample. He’s going to finish the report, before he goes to the meeting. While you enter the names in the register, she’ll check the dates.
A sentence that refers to the future cannot hold two future tense expressions.
Future plans: first conditional The Use: if ....when = first conditional
If implies conditional The first conditional: a condition we ourselves or someone else can reasonably fulfil Examples: If they go to Shanghai, they’ll visit the rice product production plant. If we finish our work early, we’ll all go for a coffee. We’ll all go for a coffee, if we finish our work early If they send the applications by express mail today, HR will receive them tomorrow.
First Conditional - examples a. I see John
If I see John, I’ll tell him your news.
b. I tell him your news
a. He is very pleased
He will be very pleased, if it is really true.
b. It is really true a. We want to buy a house
We shall not (shan’t) buy the house, if it doesn’t have four
with four bedrooms
bedrooms.
b. The house doesn’t have four bedrooms.
If the house doesn’t have four bedrooms, we shan’t buy it.