B1.

Unit 3
2 Uso
FUTURE SIMPLE (WILL) Expresa planes e intenciones decididas de antemano.
She’s going to do a master’s degree to improve her CV.
1 Forma
They’ve won the lottery but they aren’t going to
Este tiempo se forma con will (‘ll) + verb. change their lives.
I think we’ll work longer hours in the year 2055.
Are you going to celebrate your birthday?

I/You/He/She/It/We/They will go
Afirmativa
(’ll)

I/You/He/She/It/We/They will not go

PRESENT CONTINUOUS PARA
Negativa
(won’t) EXPRESAR FUTURO
Interrogativa Will I/you/he/she/it/we/they go? Present continuous también se utiliza para referirnos
a acciones futuras ya planeadas y programadas para
una fecha fijada.
2 Uso She’s starting a master’s degree next week. She has
Expresa predicciones basadas en una opinión. already enrolled and paid for it.
They don’t think technology will change a lot in a few Are they interviewing him in their programme
years. tomorrow evening at 10 o’clock?
Verbos como think, believe, expect, suelen introducir un
futuro o will.
I don’t think she’ll be home now. EXPRESIONES DE TIEMPO
I expect we won’t use so much petrol in the year
Se utilizan con los tiempos que expresan futuro y,
2030.
como otras expresiones de tiempo, suelen colocarse al
final de la oración.
BE GOING TO Tonight, tomorrow, soon, in the future, tomorrow
afternoon / evening / night, next Monday / week /
month / year, in a minute / a few hours...
1 Forma
I think we’ll see Clara tomorrow afternoon.
Se forma con el presente del verbo to be + going to +
verb. Are you going shopping next weekend?
I am going to help They aren’t meeting Sheila tonight.
(’m)
You/We/They are going to help
Afirmativa
(’re) CONTRASTE DE BE GOING TO Y
He/She/It is going to help PRESENT CONTINUOUS
(’s)
I am not going to help Ambas formas se utilizan para referirse a planes para
(‘m) el futuro.
Negativa
You/We/ They are not going to help • A veces son intercambiables.
(aren’t)
He/She/ It is not going to help We’re going to travel to Costa Rica soon.
(isn’t) We’re travelling to Costa Rica soon.

Am I going to help?
Interrogativa Are you/we/they going to help?
Is he/she/it going to help?
Fíjate
Normalmente evitamos usar be going to go.
They’re not going (to go) to school tomorrow.
• S
 in embargo, es más frecuente usar present continuous
cuando hablamos de planes ya confirmados con
otras personas.
We’re going to get married soon. (Intención, no hay
preparativos.)
We’re getting married in two months. (La boda está
preparada y con fecha.)
 Grammar Reference
2 Ortografía para las terminaciones -er / -est
FORMAS COMPARATIVAS DE LOS
• N
 ormalmente se añade -er/-est al adjetivo o adverbio:
ADJETIVOS hard harder the hardest
• L
 os adjetivos que acaban en -e solo añaden -r o -st:
Para comparar dos o más cosas se usan las formas
fine finer the finest
comparativas o superlativas del adjetivo.
os adjetivos de una sílaba con una vocal +
• L
1 Forma una consonante al final doblan la consonante:
thin thinner the thinnest
Comparativo de inferioridad • E
 n los adjetivos que acaban en consonante + -y se
cambia la -y por - ier / -iest.
less + adjective + (than) / not as + adjective + as busy busier the busiest
Dictionaries are less useful than online ones.
Computer generated actors don't look as real as real
actors.
FORMAS COMPARATIVAS DE LOS
ADVERBIOS
Comparativo de igualdad
Para comparar dos o más acciones se usan las formas
as + adjective + (as) comparativas o superlativas del adverbio.
They were as honest as all the other accountants.
Forma
Comparativo de superioridad
Comparativo de inferioridad

• Adjetivos de una sílaba y adjetivos de dos sílabas less + adverb + (than) / not as + adverb + as
acabados en -y/-er/-ow:
Se añade -er al adjetivo + (than). We listen to CDs less often than we used to.
Chatting online is cheaper than talking on the phone. She doesn't drive as carefully as him.
Life now is easier than 100 years ago.
Comparativo de igualdad
Roads were narrower when my father started driving.
as + adverb + (as)
• Otros adjetivos de dos o más sílabas: Robots will perform a lot of tasks as precisely as we
more + adjective + (than). do in the future.
Machines can be more careful than human beings.
Comparativo de superioridad
Your life is more comfortable after winning the lottery.
• Los adverbios de una sílaba añaden -er al adverbio y
 djetivos irregulares:
• A (than).
good better People will live longer in 2030.
bad worse
I’m not sure that a CD is better than a tape. • Los adverbios que terminan en -ly añaden la palabra
more + adverb + (than).
I can do my job more quickly thanks to the
Superlativo Internet.
Ella sang more beautifully than Cecilia.
• Adjetivos de una sílaba y adjetivos de dos sílabas
acabados en -y/-er/-ow: • Adverbios irregulares:
the + adjective -est. well better
This is the fastest vehicle on the market. badly worse
She’s one of the luckiest people I’ve met. She’s won the I’d like to think my children won’t live worse than
lottery three times. me.
He’s one of the cleverest men in the world.
Superlativo

• Otros adjetivos de dos sílabas y adjetivos de 3 o más • Los adverbios de una sílaba añaden the y la
sílabas: terminación -est.
most + adjective + (than). Did she run the fastest?
The lecture on green energy was the most boring. I’ve
ever been to. • Los adverbios que terminan en -ly añaden the most
delante del adverbio.
The Internet is the most important invention of the last
100 years. They’re working the most carefully to prevent
future accidents.

• Adjetivos irregulares: • Adverbios irregulares:

good the best well the best
bad the worst badly the worst
The best way to do your shopping is online. He sang the best he could.
She did the worst job ever that day.