Expressing Futurity

Future simple / ’WILL’ Future

Se foloseşte ↂ will ↂ pentru viitor în general şi mai ales pentru:
predicţii Ex: You’ll love Budapest!
promisiuni Ex: I won’t tell anyone your secret
oferte Ex: We’ll help you with the washing up, Mum.
cereri Ex: Will you give me a ride to school tomorrow?

BE GOING TO
Se foloseşte ↈ GOING TO ↈ pentru a vorbi despre:
planuri Ex: My brother’s going to visit London soon.
intenţii Ex: I’m going to buy that magazine.

Atunci când sunt prezente dovezi ale unei predicţii:

Ex: We’re on the last lap and Schumacher’s going to win the Hungarian Grand Prix!

De cele mai multe ori când going to este folosit cu verbul go, verbul este omis.
Ex: I’m going (to go) for a ride. Do you want to come?

♪ Observaţi diferenţele dintre intenţiile si deciziile luate in acel moment:

I’m going to have lunch at the cafeteria.
Good idea! I think I’ll come with you.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Se foloseşte present continuous să se vorbească despre aranjamente viitoare/ planuri
personale de viitor.
Ex: Are you meeting the director tomorrow?
Yes. I’m seeing him at 11 o’clock.
În general nu se poate folosi present continuous in loc de will.
Ex: It’ll be cold tomorrow.
She will be 20 on 3rd May.
He won’t expect that!

PRESENT SIMPLE
Se foloseşte present simple pentru a vorbi despre un orar / program oficial cu referire la
viitor
Ex: Our bus arrives at 11.15 on Wednesday morning.
Se mai poate folosi Present simple după if, when, until, as soon as, before, after, când o alta
parte a propoziţiei indică viitorul
Ex: We’ll have plenty of time for lunch if the train arrives on time.
When you get here, we’ll visit the museum.