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1- Write the headings (1-2 below) in the correct place (C-D above).
1 Near future (to say that something will probably happen very soon)
2 Certainty (to say that something is certainly going to happen in the future)

2- Fill in the gaps use will, be going to, the present continuous.
a) We use……………………to talk about a decision made at the time of speaking.
b) We use……………………to talk about a plan or intention (but no details have been decided).
c) We use……………………to talk about a future arrangement (when details have been decided).
d) We use……………………to make predictions based on what you know/believe. We often use think,
hope, believe, etc.
e) We use……………………to make predictions based on what you can see/hear now.

3- Look at the examples 1-5. Are they all about predictions? If yes, then what is the difference?

4- Look at the examples 1-5. What form of the verb comes after will and be going to?

5- Read examples 6-11. What form of the verb comes after:

a) Be bound, be certain, be sure, and be about?
b) Be on the point of and be on the verge of?

New Total English, Upper-intermediate, U4.1 P52