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Future Tenses

Mónica Giraldo Medina

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Let’s Speak about the Future!

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HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE FUTURE?

Are you optimistic (do you think things will be better in the future)? Why?

�or are you pessimistic (you believe things will be worse)? Why?

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Is It possible? Will this happen by 2100?

  1. More people will be vegetarians. (They won’t eat any meat or fish)
  2. Robots will cook our meals.
  3. On average, people will weigh five kilograms more.
  4. People will be about five inches (12.5 centimeters) taller.
  5. People will live to be 100 years old on average.
  6. There will be a cure for the common cold.
  7. People will take memory pills.
  8. Cars will use solar energy.
  9. Private planes will be common.
  10. Travelling to the moon will be common.
  11. People will travel to the past and the future.
  12. Paper money and coins will disappear.

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Future Tenses

The Present Simple

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03

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The Present Continuous

Will

Be Going To

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Shall

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Present Simple

Let’s Remember the Conjugation!

  • Positive sentences:
    • I / You / We / They play
    • He / She / It plays

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  • Negative sentences:
    • I / You / We / They don’t play
    • He / She / It doesn’t play

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  • Yes/No questions:
    • Do I / You / We / They play?
    • Does He / She / It play?

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Present Simple

When talking about schedules, timetables and itineraries. This tense is used to refer to a future event that is planned and is not likely to change.

After TIME EXPRESSIONS like :

when, before, after, by the time, until, as soon as.

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Present Continuous

Let’s Remember the Conjugation!

  • Positive sentences:
    • I am playing
    • He / She / It is playing
    • You / We / They are playing

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  • Negative sentences:
    • I am not playing
    • He / She / It is not playing
    • You / We / They are not playing

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  • Yes/No questions:
    • Am I playing?
    • Is He / She / It playing ?
    • Are You / We / They playing ?

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Present Continuous

Examples:

We also use this tense to talk about future arrangements. A future arrangement is a plan that you have decided and/or organized with another person.

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Present Simple �or� Present Continuous?

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Look at the pictures. Complete the questions and answer them with the correct conjugation.

Let’s Practice!

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Be Going To

Let’s Remember the Conjugation!

  • Positive sentences:
    • I am going to play
    • He / She / It is going to play
    • You / We / They are going to play

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  • Negative sentences:
    • I am not going to play
    • He / She / It is not going to play
    • You / We / They are not going to play

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  • Yes/No questions:
    • Am I going to play?
    • Is He / She / It going to play?
    • Are You / We / They going to play ?

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Be Going To

They are going to take a boat down the Yangtze River next week.

I am going to try local Chinese food tomorrow.

We can use be going to to talk about the future when we are sure something is going to happen.

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Be Going To

She’s going to be a professional dancer when she grows up.

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use be going to to talk about future plans and intentions. Usually the decision about the future plans has already been made.

I’m going to move to a new place next week.

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Be Going To

It’s going to rain soon. 

(I can see dark clouds now)

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use be going to to predict something that we think is certain to happen because we have evidence for it now.

Look out! She’s very pale. She’s going to faint!!!

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Will

Let’s Remember the Conjugation!

  • Positive sentences:
    • I / You / He / She / It / We / They will play

🡺I’ll play

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  • Negative sentences:
    • I / You / He / She / It / We / They won’t play

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  • Yes/No questions:
    • Will I / You / He / She / It / We / They play?

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Will

Use will to make predictions with no evidence. We often use think, hope, imagine and expect for this purpose.

By the year 2080, schoolchildren will take fieldtrips to Jupiter.

By the year 2060, we will have airports on Saturn.

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Will

Use will to make a promise or give assurance.

I think I’m lost.

assurance

I’ll take you back to your spaceship, I promise.

Don’t worry, I’ll help you.

promise

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Will

Use will to ask for or offer something.

Will you give me a ride to the next planet?

Sure, we’ll give you a window seat.

request

offer

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Will

you just learnt you won the lottery!!!

Use will for decisions made at the moment of speaking.

I will buy a car… no, a big house… no, I’ll buy a whole building!!!!

your first reaction is…

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Will

Use will for an action in the future that cannot be influenced like the weather forecast.

Tomorrow, It will be rainy too.

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Will

Use will for threats.

If you don’t stop I will tell our mom!!!

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Will

I am little hungry.

I think I will have a sandwich.

I don’t think I will go out tonight. I am too tired.

Use will for personal opinions. Take into account that these opinions are based on personal judgment, thoughts, expectations or intuition. Whether or not the event will happen is not certain.

Here we normally use expressions such as:

 I think… / I don't think… / Maybe / Perhaps /

I predict that… /

If you ask me, he'll probably / possibly …

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Will

Use will to talk about an objective truth or for future facts.

Here we normally use expressions such as:

 I am sure…

I'll definitely …

I definitely won’t…

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Will�or�Be Going To?

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Will or Be Going to?

Circle the correct answer.

Match the statements with the responses.

Let’s Practice!

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Let’s Review!

  • Schedules, timetables and itineraries

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🡺Time expressions:

when, before, after, by the time, until, as soon as.

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  • Predictions (no evidence)
  • Promise and Assurance
  • Requests or Offers
  • Spontaneous decisions
  • Actions that cannot be influenced (weather)
  • Threat
  • Personal opinions
  • An objective truth or for future facts

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🡺Expressions:

 I think… / I don't think… / Maybe / Perhaps /I predict that… / If you ask me, he'll probably / possibly … / I am sure… / I'll definitely … / I definitely won’t…

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  • Future arrangements

Present Simple

Present Continuous

Will

Be Going To

  • When we are sure something is going to happen.
  • Future plans and Intentions
  • Predictions with evidence

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Choose the correct Alternative.

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Complete the sentences with the correct form the verb. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

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Complete the text with the correct option: A or B.

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Extra!

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Shall

  • “Shall” is used to indicate future action. It is most commonly used in sentences with “I” or “we”

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  • It is often found in suggestions, such as “Shall we go?”, promises or voluntary actions.

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  • In formal English, the use of “shall” to describe future events often expresses inevitability or predestination.

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  • “Shall” is much more commonly heard in British English than in American English.

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Examples:

  1. Shall I help you? Suggestion

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  • I shall never forget where I came from. Promise

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  • He shall become our next king. Predestination

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  • I'm afraid Mr. Smith shall become our new director. inevitability

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Great Job!

Thanks For your �attention!