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I don’t think I am going

GOING TO can be used to
to be in time for the WILL as well
make predictions.
meeting tomorrow.

MAY/MIGHT/COULD WELL
SHOULD is used to express My friends should be + infinitive, and BE
probability about the future. here soon. (UN)LIKELY TO infinitive,
as well

BELIEVE, DOUBT,
HOPE can be followed by a We hope they call us
EXPECT and THINK are
present tense. on arrival.
followed by WILL

The New Year’s party is

BE TO + infinitive can be to be held in the Town
Present continuous (in
used to talk about formal Hall.
informal arrangements),
arrangements, official plans, The reports are to
and WILL, as well
rules or instructions. be handed in at the end
of semester three.

BE TO + infinitive is also If you are to get a good Compare: If you get a good
used when we mean “in grade, you need to roll grade, you will be on cloud
order to”. up your sleeves. nine.

BE DUE TO + The new art gallery is

infinitive refers to due to open this Present simple, as well
scheduled times. Saturday.

BE ON THE POINT OF +
I am just about to
gerund and BE (JUST)
board the plane. I will
ABOUT TO + infinitive are
call you once the plane
used to talk about the
lands.
immediate future.
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After years of
BE BOUND TO +
preparation, he is
infinitive expresses
bound to win the
certainty.
trophy.

Future continuous is used Will you be going to Future continuous is also

to ask politely about the shops with us used for regular and decided
someone’s plans. tomorrow? future actions.

Future perfect is used to You won’t have

express an assumption on heard the latest news,
the part of the speaker. of course.

Present perfect can be Present simple is used to

When you’ve had a rest,
used when the completion refer to future time in future
we’ll set off.
of the event is emphasized. time clauses (see below)

SUPPOSE, SUPPOSING,
WHAT IF, IN CASE,
IF, UNLESS, AFTER,
PROVIDED, BY THE TIME, I will call you in case I
BEFORE, WHEN, UNTIL, as
AS SOON AS, WHILE are run into trouble.
well
followed by the present
simple.

WAS/WERE TO +
infinitive is used when we
First, I flew to Chicago,
don’t know whether the
and then I was to go on
event actually happened
to Los Angeles.
unless the context makes it
clear.

We can use WAS/WERE I left Germany for France

TO + infinitive whether for what I intended to be
people can control the event a short visit, but it was
or not. to be 20 years before I
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returned home.

WAS/WERE TO HAVE +
We were to have
past participle is used for
gone sightseeing, but it
things that were expected,
started to pour.
but didn’t happen.