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1 Grammar U15 Future forms: will & be going to

(A) Forms:
1. I will come
= _____ come. (contraction)

2. He will not take it.

= He ________ take it. (contraction)

3. I think he will not come.

= I _______ _______ he ________ come.

4. Will they agree to our proposal? ( Will + Subject + V-)

= Do you think _______ ______ agree to our proposal? ( Do you think + Subject + will v- )

5. Ann says she will ( A. goes B. go ) to the swimming pool this Saturday. (Circle the correct one )

NOTE: will + ____ ( = the _______ form)

6. The weather will _______ fine tomorrow.

7. Will you _______ to Jake’s party tomorrow?

8. Will you _______ at Jake’s party tomorrow?

9. ______ you at Jake’s party last night?

10. I (A. will B. shall ) call him next week. ( Circle the correct one[s]. )

11. We ( A. will B. shall ) call him next week. ( Circle the correct one[s]. )

12. They ( A. will B. shall ) call him next week. ( Circle the correct one[s]. )

13. He ( A. will B. shall ) call him next week. ( Circle the correct one[s]. )

NOTE: shall / will / ’ll ???

a. First person ( I / We ): _______________
b. Second person ( you ): _______________
c. Third person ( He/ She / It / They ): ______________
d. It’s more common to use ‘_________’ in all cases nowadays. ‘Shall’ is very __________.
However, we often use ‘shall’ in _____________.
We can use ‘Shall I / We’ to make __________ / ______________ or ask for decisions.
e. In __________________, we usually use _________________ (e.g. I’ll / We’ll / He’ll )

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14. Write 5 sentences in simple future tense using: take / long time / repair / damaged cable
A. Positive statement: It will take a long time to repair the damaged cable.

B. Negative statement: ______________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________ (Use contractions)

C. I don’t think ____________________________________________________________________________

D. Question: _____________________________________________________________________?

E. Do you think __________________________________________________________________?

(B) will v- / be going to v-

(1) Will v- :

a. When we offer or ______________ to do sth at the moment of ______________:

e.g.: X: I’m thirsty.

Y: I’ll get you some water.

b. To _______ sb to do sth ____________:

e.g.: I’m thirsty. Will you please get me some water.

c. To ____________ a joint action or activity:

e.g. Are you ready? Shall we go now?

d. To talk about what we think is ________ to happen in the future

(though we may _______ completely ________ that it will happen).

e.g. The dogs will have an opportunity to get to know each other.
e.g. I think the ferry to Lamma Island will be crowded today.
e.g. You must meet Ann. I’m sure you’ll like her.
e.g. Will you see Amanda tomorrow?
e.g. Dog-friendly Hong Kong is a tour you – and your dog – won’t forget.

e. When we _____________ to do something:

e.g.: A: This is our secret. Don’t tell anybody.

B: I won’t. Don’t worry.
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 (2) be going to v- :

a. To talk about a ________ or ____________ that we have ____________ made:

e.g. We’re going to catch the ferry at eleven.

e.g. We’re going to visit Cheung Chau today.

e.g. Is Renee going to join us for the hike this weekend?

e.g. I’m going to meet Tom. We’re planning to go ice-skating.,

b. To talk about sth that we are ________ will happen, either soon or later.

e.g. She’s going to have lots of fun on the tour.

e.g. Look at those black clouds. It’s going to rain soon.

e.g. We’re going to miss the bus if we don’t leave now.

c. I’m going to go to Lantau Island.

= ____________________ to Lantau Island.

Ex:
1. We _______________ hiking this Sunday.
I think we ________ enjoy ourselves there. Will you join us.

(plan)
2. X: I feel very cold.
Y: ________________ close the window for you.

3. Question & short answers:

(i)Q: _____ I going to stay at home?
A: Yes, I _______.
AA: No, I _____ _____ / _____ ______.

(ii) Q: ______ you going to stay here?

A: Yes, you ______.
AA: No, you _____ ______ / _______ not / you _______

(iii) Q: ______ he going to stay here?

A: Yes, he ______.
AA: No, he _______/ No, he ______ ______ / No, ______ not. p.3
(3) Future in simple present and present continuous:

(A) We use simple present to talk about: ________ events in the future that are part of a
___________, ______________ or _______________. We often use it with __________ and
___________.

e.g. The film __________ at six o’clock.

e.g The cooking course ___________ on 24th November.

(B) We use present continuous to talk about definite ___________ in the near future. We often use
it with _________ __________ and phrases.

e.g. I am playing badminton with John tomorrow morning.

e.g. Mike is starting at a new school next term.

(C) The present continuous is very _____________ to be going to for talking about future ______
and arrangements. We can usually use either of them.

e.g. We are visiting Ocean Park tomorrow.

= We are going to visit Ocean Park tomorrow.

Homework / Classwork:
Do Grammar U15
Do Edge (B): pp.33-35

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