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1. Simple future Asking people to do something

• Will you help me to wash the car?
Negative: will not
Promises
• I promise I won’t go without you.
• FORM: Subject + will / won’t + verb in
infinitive Resolutions
• I will marry John. (even though my parents don’t want me to)

• USE: will Snap decisions

• I like the dress in the shop window. I’ll buy it.
• To describe spontaneous decisions in
the moment you are talking. Predictions
• He will probably go to Australia this • It will rain in London, tomorrow morning.
summer.
Inevitable
He’ll short form • Harry is 26. He will be 27 next year in August.

• Predictions about the future.
• Since it’s getting dark, I’ll turn on the
light.
• The window is open. Don’t worry, I’ll
close it.
Volunteering to do something
• Mary hasn’t arrived yet so I’ll cook dinner.
In sentences with verbs of opinion
• I think it will rain.
• I don’t believe he will come.
• I doubt she will tell the truth.
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 Verb “to be” in present

• FORM: Subject + be going to + verb in infinitive

• USE: going to
• To describe plans or intentions
• I’m going to be an astronaut. I’ve already passed my exams!

• To express predictions based on evidences that exist in the moment of talking.

• Listen to the wind. There’s going to be a storm.
• Look at those clouds! It’s going to rain.

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 BE GOING TO vs. FUTURE SIMPLE “WILL”
a) Look, that red car over there ____________(crash)!
b) Don’t worry about the car; I___________(phone) a taxi.
c) I think I ___________(be) rich one day!
d) She’s pregnant. She ___________(have) a baby soon.
e) I ___________(call) you when I arrive home.
f) He___________(vote) Obama for the next presidential election.
g) I___________(love) you forever.
h) It’s nine o’clock. You __________(be) late again for school.
i) All right, I _____________(lend) you some money.
j) I ___________(have) a glass of wine, please.
k) She__________(study) Medicine at UCLM next year.
2. Present Continuous
• FORM: Subject + “to be” (am / is / are) + verb in -ing

• Use: Present Continuous in the future:

• To describe something that has planned in a particular place and
time in the future.
“We’re celebrating the 4th of July”

• Diana is seeing her dentist this week.

• Larry’s having his interview on Thursday next week.
• We’re celebrating my mum’s birthday this weekend.
• I’m visiting my grandparents tomorrow.