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:

1.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.
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.