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9.1. Future Tenses

The document discusses different ways to talk about the future in English: 1) Will is used to make predictions about the future. 2) Going to is used to talk about future intentions. 3) The present progressive (e.g., "am having") is used to talk about future arrangements. 4) The simple present (e.g., "leaves") is used to talk about future events that happen on a schedule.

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9.1. Future Tenses

The document discusses different ways to talk about the future in English: 1) Will is used to make predictions about the future. 2) Going to is used to talk about future intentions. 3) The present progressive (e.g., "am having") is used to talk about future arrangements. 4) The simple present (e.g., "leaves") is used to talk about future events that happen on a schedule.

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Future TEnses

Unit 9. A room for me


Lesson 1. Housing Solutions
Future Tenses
• It’s a problem that will become worse in the future.
1. To make predictions about the future we use Will
This sentence expresses a prediction
• We’re going to build another bedroom and bathroom in two years. 2. To talk about future intentions we use going to
This sentence expresses an intention
3. To talk about future arrangements we use the
• I am having a friend over for dinner tonight.
present progressive
This sentence expresses an arrangement
• My train leaves at nine o’clock tomorrow morning. 4. To talk about future events that happen on a
This sentence expresses a schedule
schedule we use the simple present.
Simple future (Will)
• Affirmative
Subject + will + verb in base form + object.
She will travel to New York.
• Negative
Subject + won’t + verb in base form + object.
She won’t travel to New York.
• Interrogative
Will + subject + verb in base form + object.
Will she travel to New York?
Idiomatic future (Going to)
• Affirmative
Subject + to be + going to + verb in base form + object.
She is going to travel to New York next year.
• Negative
Subject + to be + not + going to + verb in base form + object.
She is not going to travel to New York next year.
• Interrogative
To be + subject + going to + verb in base form + object.
Is she going to travel to New York next year?
Present progressive
• Affirmative
Subject + to be + verb with ing + object.
He is meeting his friend Joe for lunch tomorrow.
• Negative
Subject + to be + not + verb with ing+ object.
He is not meeting his friend Joe for lunch tomorrow.
• Interrogative
To be + subject + verb with ing+ object.
Is he meeting his friend Joe for lunch tomorrow?
Simple present
• Affirmative
Subject + verb in present + object.
Lunch time starts at 12pm.
• Negative
Subject + don’t / doesn’t + verb in base form + object.
Lunch time doesn’t start at 12pm.
• Interrogative
Do / Does + subject + verb in base form+ object.
Does lunch time start at 12pm?

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