En esta presentación podrás revisar los aspectos más importantes del uso del futuro en Inglés.

Revision of grammar.

• FUTURE TENSES: WILL / GOING TO.
  • I will travel to Japan. next year. → decision.
  • I am going to study German at school. → plan.
• WILL / BE GOING TO.

  The Simple Future has two different forms in English: "will" and "be going to." Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two very different meanings as mentioned before.

  • Examples:
    • I will probably go to Italy next summer.
    • I am going to fly to Italy next Saturday.
• Will→ Form.
  • Affirmative: I will travel to Madrid in October.
  • Interrogative: Will you travel by bus?
  • Negative: I will not travel – won't.
    • Will you travel by train or by bus?
    • I won't travel by bus, I will probably travel by train.
• Uses of Will:
  1. Instant decisions: Ok, I'll see you on Friday.
  2. Predictions based in what we think: It will rain in the evening.
  3. Promises and offers: Don't worry, I'll go and buy some food for you.
• Be Going to → Form.
  • Affirmative: I am going to travel by plane.
  • Interrogative: Are you going to travel by plane?
  • Negative: I am not going to travel by plane because I am going to fly in a hot air balloon.
• Uses of Be Going to.
  1. Future plans and intentions: I'm going to buy a new laptop computer next week.
  2. Predictions based in what we can see at the moment: Look at that car! It is going to crash into the lamp post.
• COMMON FUTURE TIME EXPRESSIONS: Tomorrow, next week, next month, next year etc.
  • Example: I am going to travel to London next year.
• OTHER WAYS OF EXPRESSING THE FUTURE: The simple present and present progressive are also used to express future time. These are often used used in connection with schedules.
  • Examples:
    • The train leaves at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow.
    • She is meeting a new client at six o'clock in the evening.
    • She is travelling by bike through the forest.