Theme:
Future forms
JOO HS Atyrau
Gainen Akbota
English lesson
Aim: To accurately use and
differentiate between future forms
EXPRESSING FUTURE
THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF EXPRESSING FUTURE
1) WILL
2) GOING TO
3) PRESENT CONTINUOUS
4) PRESENT SIMPLE
5) FUTURE CONTINUOUS
6) FUTURE PERFECT
Let‘s concentrate on the first four ways.
will + infinitive
• I will have a cup of coffee and a cheesecake.
• I have just decided in the restaurant. – INSTANT DECISION
• I will find the right job one day.
• I think this will happen but I have no evidence. – PREDICTION WITHOUT EVIDENCE
• I will help you with these bags.
• I am offering my help. – OFFER
• I will call you as soon as I arrive.
• I promise to do that. – PROMISE
Will
REQUESTS
Asking somebody to do something
• Will you help me (to) cook dinner?
• Will you clean your bedroom tomorrow, please?
• Will you marry me?
• Will you please turn the television off?
• I’m afraid to go alone. Will you come with me?
Will
PREDICTIONS
Forecast of a future event
• This is the weather forecast. It will rain in
London tomorrow morning, but it won’t
snow.
• Will robots dominate the world in 2050?
• He will graduate in 5 years’ time.
• I’m sure the world will be a better place in the
near future.
• He won’t be President for much longer.
be going to + infinitive
• I am going to visit my grandma.
• This is what I have planned. – PLAN OR INTENTION – I have already decided.
• It is going to rain. Look at those black clouds!
• I am referring to evidence and making prediction. – PREDICTION BASED ON EVIDENCE
TO BE GOING TO
• I’m going to watch TV.
• I’m going to watch TV this evening.
• I’m going to visit Italy sooner or later.
• Is she going to marry him? Yes, she is.
• Is Mary going to have a baby? Yes, in June.
• Are you going to learn German next term?
• Who is going to wash the dishes? Not me!
• I think (now) that John is going to go to London in a week’s
time.
‘going to go’ is repetitive, so we prefer to say ‘is going’
• Are you going to come with us to the cinema?
‘going to come’ doesn’t sound too good so we prefer to say ‘are you coming’
FUTURE
(any moment after NOW)
Like many other languages, the English language
can use a present tense to talk about the future.
The English language makes a distinction
between ‘what people do’ and ‘events or time-
tables’ (things).
For events or time-tables the English language
uses the ‘present simple’.
For ‘people’ it uses the ‘present continuous’.
SIMPLE PRESENT - (for THINGS)
we use it for
Timetables and fixed future events
We use the verb in the simple present form +
adverb of future time when necessary
to avoid confusion with the present time.
It is not always necessary because we can
deduct that the sentence is about the future
because it begins with ‘When’- ‘What time’.
Adverbs frequently used:
Tomorrow (morning), next (week), on Monday, on
+ (future date).
SIMPLE PRESENT - (for THINGS)
• What time does the next train for Hull leave?
• It leaves at 10.15 a.m.
• When does school start?
• It doesn’t start until September.
• Are the shops open tomorrow?
• Yes, they open at 9 a.m. and close at 6 p.m.
• Is there a meeting next Wednesday?
• Yes, it starts at 3 p.m. Don’t be late!
present continuous
• I am staying at the Astoria Hotel.
• We are getting married in July.
• I have already booked my stay/ reserved the church. – FUTURE ARRANGEMENT
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*Another person or organisation is involved
PRESENT CONTINUOUS – ( for PEOPLE)
• I’m not working in London next week.
• John is leaving on the midnight train.
• We are flying to New York tomorrow
morning.
• When are you coming to visit us?
• What are you doing at the weekend ?
• I’m meeting Mary at 6 o’clock. (Perhaps I am speaking at
2 p.m.)
• They aren’t playing tennis this afternoon.
• What time are you going to the gym?
• I’m going later this afternoon.
PRESENT SIMPLE – PRESENT CONTINUOUS
REMEMBER:
• Are the shops open? (now)
Are the shops open, tomorrow? (future)
• Hurry! The bus is leaving. (now)
Hurry! The bus leaves in 5 minutes. (future)
• I am playing tennis with John. (now)
I am playing tennis with John at 6 p.m. (future)
REMEMBER!
PLANS /
PREDICTIONS TIMETABLES
INTENTIONS
QUICK DECISIONS PROGRAMMES ARRANGEMENTS
PREDICTIONS
BASED ON
PROMISES SCHEDULES
EVIDENCE
PRESENT
WILL + V BE GOING TO + V PRESENT SIMPLE
CONTINUOUS
PRACTICE!
Choose the right way to express the future in
the following situations.
SITUATION 1 SITUATION 2 SITUATION 3
You’re thirsty, Oh no! He really
We (not be) back late.
aren’t you? I (get) (paint) the room that
The film (finish) at 10
you a glass of colour?
p.m.
water.
ANSWER
ANSWER ANSWER
We WILL not (won’t) be back late.
I WILL (’ll) get you IS he really GOING TO paint
(PROMISE)
a glass of water. the room that colour?
The film finishes at 10 p.m.
(QUICK DECISION) (INTENTION)
(PROGRAMME)
SITUATION 4 SITUATION 5 SITUATION 6
In Scotland it (rain)
You should come! We You’re not well. tomorrow. In the
(have) a barbecue I (call) the doctor. south of England it
this weekend! (be) sunny.
ANSWER
ANSWER
ANSWER
We ARE HAVING a barbecue In Scotland it WILL rain
I WILL (’ll) call the doctor. tomorrow. In the south of
this weekend.
(QUICK DECISION) England it WILL be sunny.
(PLAN / ARRANGEMENT)
(PREDICTION)
SITUATION 7 SITUATION 8 SITUATION 9
Ketchup or
My favourite series is They (visit) some of mayonnaise?
on TV every Tuesday. their relatives in
It (start) at 7.30 p.m. Wales this weekend.
I (have)
mayonnaise, please.
ANSWER ANSWER
ANSWER
They ARE VISITING some of
It STARTS at 7.30 p.m. their relatives in Wales I WILL (’ll) have mayonnaise,
(PROGRAMME) this weekend. please.
(PLANS) (QUICK DECISION)
OTHER WAYS OF EXPRESSING
FUTURE
• Present Simple – things that happen according to a
schedule or timetable @
→The train leaves at 5pm. Tomorrow is Monday.
• Future Continuous – to indicate a longer action in
the future @
→This time tomorrow I will be sitting on a plane.
• Future Perfect – expresses the idea that something
will occur before another action in the future @
→I will have done my homework by tomorrow.
Videos for self reference
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PAST
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FUTURE