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“A person who never made a

mistake never tried anything
new”
Unit 3: What are
you going to do?

By. Maria Roncancio

In English there are several structures
and tenses to talk about the future.
It is usually the degree of certainty
about the future that decides our
choice of structure or tense.
 Let´s talk

1 About
Future
¿How can we make sentences with future?
We can Present Simple and Continuous.
Will
make senten- Be going to.

ces with..
So let´s see how to use each one….!
Present
Simple
Used for something scheduled.
• We have a lesson next
Monday.
• The train arrives at
6.30 in the morning.
• The holidays start
next week.
• It's my birthday
tomorrow
What must we consider?

It is something that we have planned

before, something that you have in your
schedule.
 Present
Continuous
Used for plans or arrangements (preparativos).
• I'm playing football
tomorrow.
• They are coming to
see us tomorrow.
• We're having a party
at Christmas.
 WILL
It is the most common auxiliar.
 Will as a future…
We often call this the "future simple tense", but technically
there are no future tenses in English. In this construction, the
word will is a modal auxiliary verb.

Here are the three main ways that we use will to talk about the
future.
Positive Sentence

Subject Auxiliar (WILL) Verb

 Negative Sentence

Will NOT
Subject VERB

WON´T
Interrogative Sentence

WILL Subject VERB Question

Mark (?)
 Let´s see…
No plan Prediction Be
• No prior plan or decision
To make a prediction about The verb be is an exception
to do something before the future. Again, there is with will. Even when we
we speak. We make the no firm plan. We are saying have a very firm plan, and
decision at the time of what we think will happen. we are not speaking
speaking. spontaneously, we can use
• We often use will with
will with be
the verb think.
 • Hold on. I'll get a pen.
• We will see what we can do to
help you.
• Maybe we'll stay in and watch
television tonight.
• I think I'll go to the gym
No plan tomorrow.
• I think I'll have a holiday next
year.
 • It will rain tomorrow.
• People won't go to Jupiter
before the 22nd century.
• Who do you think will get
the job?

Prediction
 • I will be in London
tomorrow.
• There will be 50 people at
the party.
• The meeting will be at 9.30
Be
am.
 Let
´s
pla
y
https://
wordwall.net/es/
resource/4506865/
simple-future-tense-
game-will-
Be Going
To..
Prior plans.
 Be Going to as a future…
Express future plans decided before the moment of speaking.

Here are the two main ways that we use (be going to) to talk
about the future.
Positive Sentence

Subject Auxiliar (Be Verb

Going to)
 Negative Sentence

Auxiliar (Be
NOT Going to)
Subject VERB

Auxiliar (n´t
Going to)
Interrogative Sentence

BE Subject Going to Question

Mark (?)
 Let´s see…
Intention Prediction
We use the special going to We often use going to to
construction when we have make a prediction about
the intention to do the future. Our prediction
something before, we is based on evidence. We
speak. We have already are saying what seems sure
made a decision before to happen.
speaking.
 • I have won $1,000. I am
going to buy a new TV.
• We're not going to see my
mother tomorrow.
• When are you going to go on
holiday?

Intention
 • The sky is very black. It is
going to snow.
• It's 8.30! You're going to
miss the train!
• I crashed the company car.
My boss isn't going to be
Prediction very happy!
 Let
´s
pla
y
https://
www.gamestolearne
nglish.com/future-
tense-game/
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´s
pla
y
https://www.youtub
e.com/watch?v=9ELg
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 Video
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?
v=wAm7YTEKatg
Thanks!
Any questions?