Useful vocabulary

MIXED FUTURE

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-mix/exercises

http://www.english-4u.de/future_ex3.htm

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-6874.php

http://www.vitutor.com/gramatica_inglesa/verb_tense/future_ej7.html

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4180

http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/future-simple-will-be-going-to.html

Future I Simple will

Will future expresses a spontaneous decision, an assumption with regard to the future or an action in the future that cannot be influenced.

Form of will Future

	positive	negative	question
no differences	I will speak.	I will not speak.	Will I speak?

Use of will Future

• a spontaneous decision
  example: Wait, I will help you.
• an opinion, hope, uncertainty or assumption regarding the future
  example: He will probably come back tomorrow.
• a promise
  example: I will not watch TV tonight.
• an action in the future that cannot be influenced
  example: It will rain tomorrow.
• conditional clauses type I
  example: If I arrive late, I will call you.

Signal Words

• in a year, next …, tomorrow
• Vermutung: I think, probably, perhaps

Exercises on will Future

• positive sentences in will Future
• negative sentences in will Future
• questions in will Future
• mixed exercise in will Future

Tests

• Future I Simple will: Level 1 • Level 2 • Level 3

TAKEN FROM https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-1-will

Future I Simple going to

Going to future expresses a conclusion regarding the immediate future or an action in the near future that has already been planned or prepared.

Form of going to Future

	positive	negative	question
I	I am going to speak.	I am not going to speak.	Am I going to speak?
you / we / they	You are going to speak.	You are not going to speak.	Are you going to speak?
he / she / it	He is going to speak.	He is not going to speak.	Is he going to speak?

Use of going to Future

• an action in the near future that has already been planned or prepared
  example: I am going to study harder next year.
• a conclusion regarding the immediate future
  example: The sky is absolutely dark. It is going to rain.

Signal Words

• in one year, next week, tomorrow

Exercises on going to Future

• form of going tofuture
• positive sentences in going to future
• negative sentences in going to future
• question in going to future
• mixed exercise in going to future

Tests

• Future I Simple going to: Level 1 • Level 2 • Level 3

TAKEN FROM https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-1-going-to

Present Progressive - Form

Use a form of to be and the infinite verb plus -ing.

 Animation: form

Use:

• am with the personal pronoun I
• is with the personal pronouns he, she or it (or the singular form of nouns)
• are with the personal pronouns you, we, they (or the plural form of nouns)

	affirmative	negative	question
I	I am playing.	I am not playing.	Am I playing?
he, she, it	He is playing.	He is not playing.	Is he playing?
you, we, they	You are playing.	You are not playing.	Are you playing?

Tips on how to form negative sentences and questions

 Animation: negative sentences and questions

In negative sentences, we put not between the form of be and the verb.

In questions, we simply swop the places of subject and the form of be.

Exercise on the formation

Exercise on affirmative sentences

Exercise on negative sentences

Exercise on questions

Exercise on questions with interrogative particles

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TAKEN FROM https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/form

Future I going to	Future I will	Simple Present	Present Progressive
decision made for the future	action in the future that cannot be influenced	action set by a time table or schedule	action already arranged for the near future
conclusion with regard to the future	assumption with regard to the future
	spontaneous decision

FUTURE

The film is French, we won’t understand anything.I don’t think he’ll pass the exam.

predictions
to say things we think, guess or know about the future.
 (you have no evidence)
                                 I think
                                 I dont’ think

WILL

I’ll ask her to marry me.
I won’t stay for dinner. I’ll go home early.

Wait! I’ll help you carry those heavy bags.
Don’t worry, I’ll help you with your homework.

I’ll always love you.
If you tell me your secret, I won’t tell anybody.

DECISIONS, OFFERS AND PROMISES

WILL

What film are you going to see tonight?When are you going to travel to Europe?

FUTURE Plans, intentions and general plans

GOING TO

England hasn’t been playing well, I’m sure they are going to lose tomorrow.

Look at hose black clouds, it’s going to rain!

PREDICTIONS WITH EVIDENCE

                              GOING TO

I’m meeting joe at two o’clock.
My cousins aren’t coming to the party.
Is Martha meeting us at the restaurant?

future plans or Future arrangements which have already been made.

plans we have made at a fixed time or place in the future, difficult to cancel and often involving other people.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

we use it with the expressions
tonight                                         next week
tomorrow                                     on Friday
this weekend

with verbs describing travel arrangements
go
come
leave
arrive

I might go to the party, but i’m not sure.We might not finish the project for tomorrow.Do you think you might call me if you’re not too busy?

Other phrases for intentions and plans

Planning to + infinitive

Sue is planning to go to Norway

Hopping to + infinitive

Joe is hopping to get a scholarship

Thinking of + ing

I’m thinking of travelling to europe

When we are unsure what the plan is. Might

Some of the workers may lose their jobs because of the restructuring.

We might not go away this year because we don’t have any money.

PREDICTIONS WHICH ARE LESS CERTAIN

MAY / MIGHT

Might is more common than may in spoken English. May is a little bit more formal.

Global warming could destroy large parts of asia in the next thirty years.

Predictions which are less certain.  COULD

Regina is likely to be late because she works until seven.

We’re unlikely to reach Paris before lunch because of all the traffic.

Are you likely to be hungry later?

to make predictions when something is problable

BE LIKELY TO

Next course starts in August
What time does your plane arrive?
What time does the film finish?
My mum arrives at 8:30

•Facts

•Schedules

•Timetables

•itineraries

present simple

•Definitely

•Certainly

•Possibly

•Probably

•Jodie and Alice will probably get divorced son

•You definitely won’t get a ticket now. They’ve been sold out.

will +...