THE FUTURE TENSE

THE USE OF WILL AND BE

GOING TO
RULES FOR WRITE SENTENCES IN FUTURE
Speech presented by
Alan Guerra
Caroline Eysseric - Nancy Castillo
Doris González
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W G
FUTURE
We can use “will” to talk
about the future.
We also use will to make
predictions, talk about VS
decisions, and to make
promises, offers, requests
and threats.
BE GOIN
FUTURE
TO
We can use “be going to”
to express future plans
decided before the
moment of speaking.
Express a prediction
based on present
evidence.
Express that something is
about to happen.
 THE
CHANGING WILL THIRD PERSON
TO NEGATIVE USING WILL
“Will” and the negative form There is no s on the third
“will not” or “won’t” is a person singular, and that it is
modal auxiliary verb. followed by the infinitive.
He will go
She will eat

GRAMMAR
RULES FOR WILL ABBREVIATION
“Will” is often abbreviated to
‘ll in spoken English:
“I’ll leave later.”
“He’ll leave later.”
HOW TO MAKE
QUESTIONS
To make the question form,
change the word order:
“You will leave later” = “Will
you leave later?”
 CASES WHEN
1. TO TALK ABOUT WE USE WILL TO MAKE
THE FUTURE DECISIONS
We can often use “will” + When we make decisions at
infinitive without “to” to the same time as we speak,
refer to future events. This TO MAKE we use “will”
is often called the “pure”
PREDICTIONS
future:
We also use “will” to talk
about what we think will
happen in the future.
CASES WHEN WE
USE WILL
TO MAKE PROMISES,
OFFERS, REQUESTS AND
THREATS
These are some other ways we can use “will”
in English.
Promises: “I’ll help you with your homework
tomorrow.”
Offers: “I’ll look after the children for you if
you like.”
Requests: “Will you tell Tony I called?”
Threats: “If you cheat again, I’ll tell the
teacher.”
 GIVING AN IDEA
OF THE FUTURE
We use it to refer to future
plans that we have already
decided on. It reflects the
speaker's intentions for the
future, although it doesn't
necessarily mean that we've
already started preparations
BE GOING TO
PREDICTIONS
You can also use “be going
to” to make predictions
based on what we see in the
USE OF present: Our prediction is
based on present evidence.
We are saying what we think
will happen.

CONVEY AN IDEA OF THE FUTURE

EXAMPLES EXAMPLES
Although there are many ways to If she's not careful she's going to
-When I'm older, I'm going to
express ideas in the future tense, this knock that glass over.
be an astronaut!
structure has two main functions. -It's very cold outside - I think it's
-In two years' time, I'm going
First of all, We use it to refer to going to snow.
to move to Madrid and study
future plans that we have already -Clare's birthday party is going to be
fashion design.
decided on. It reflects the speaker's great - she was showing me the
-Next weekend I'm going to
intentions for the future, although it restaurant online.
sleep until really late!
doesn't necessarily mean that we've
already started preparations, or that
such things will actually happen.
 CASES WHEN WE DON'T
USE WILL OR BE GOING TO
WE DON'T USE WILL OR
BE GOING TO IN TIME
CLAUSES
We don't use Will or Be going to in time
clauses, even when the meaning of the clause
is the future. In this case simple present tense
is used. It is important do not get confused.
 WILL
FOR USE WILL YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THIS
GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE
AFFIRMATIVE: subject + Will + Verb + infinitive
NEGATIVE: subject + won´t + Verb + infinitive
FOR QUESTION: Will + subject + verb + infinitive
BE GOING TO
FOR USE GOING TO , YOU NEED TO FOLLOW
THIS GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE:
AFFIRMATIVE : subject + verb be +going to +
verb + infinitive
NEGATIVE: subject + verb be +not+ going to +
verb + infinitive
The verb be is conjugated. Look at these
examples:
I am going to buy a new car.
I 'm going to go swimming.
He is not going to take the exam.
It isn't going to rain.
Are you going to paint the house?
WILL
I will eat at Burger King EXAMPLES
I will not join you for lunch today.
.I won’t be going to tomorrow’s office party. USE OF WILL
You won’t finish it in just one day.
I’ll help you with your bags. (offer)
Will you give me a ride to the station? (request)
AND BE GOING
GOING TO
TO
I am going to travel to Ireland for vacation next month.
He is going to feel sad if you don’t invite him to the party.
I’m going to tell you what happened.
I’m not going to be the same person that I was.
Are they going to show us how to do our work?
Is it going to rain today?
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