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THE FUTURE TENSE


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Affirmative Form

SHALL(I, we)

WILL(you, he, she, it, they)

+INFINITIVE

Shortened form

SHALL, WILL >LL

I SHALL > Ill

HE WILL > hell, etc.


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Examples

I shall (Ill) go to the cinema.

You will (youll) meet him.

He will (hell) visit us.We shall (well) go for a walk.

They will (theyll) arrive soon.


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Interrogative Form

I N V E R S I O N

Will you go to the cinema?

Where will you go?Will they meet George?

Who will they meet?

Will he arrive soon?When will he arrive?


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Negative Form

SHALL NOT (SHANT)

WILL NOT (WONT)

+INFINITIVE


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DO NOT MIX!

WONT > WILL NOT

+

infinitive without e.g. I WONT COMETO THE

PARTY.( .)


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WANT TO >

I WANT TO COMEto the party.

(J / ).

I DONT WANT TOCOMEto the

party.( .)


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Use

TOMORROW

I shall write this lettertomorrow.

NEXT (WEEK, YEAR )

They will visit us nextweekend.


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IN (a few days, five weeks)

She will come back in a week.

with a certain date in the future:They will take part in the

Olympic Games in 2016.


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WILL > I , WE

to denote wishes, intentions, ordetermination:

I will do it for you.

SHALL>YOU,HE,SHE,THEY

to denote threat, intention or

determination:You shall remember me!


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Going to-Future

TO BE (AM, ARE IS)

+

GOING T O+

INFINITIVE


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Examples

Affirmative form:

We are going to have a party.

Interrogative form > inversion Are you going to have a party?

What are you going to have?

Negative form > to be + not We are not going to have a party.


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Use

for the planned action that will happen inthe near future

to talk about something we have decidedto do (intention)

for a prediction based on the presentsituation

He is going to practice English tenses allafternoon.

They are going to visit their relatives inGreece.

its nearly nine now. Were going to be late.


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The Present Continuous tensefor future action

for the previously arranged futureaction that is agreed on, planned orpart of a plan or programme:

We are going to the cinema tonight.They are flying to Maillorca on

Sunday.

He is dining with his uncles familytomorrow.


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The Present Simple Tense forfuture action

for the actions planned by touristprogrammes, schedules, time-

tables Mary leaves tonight.

The tour starts from London on

Friday morning.

The ship sails tomorrow.


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NOTE!

The Present Simple Tense& theFuture Tensedenote actionswhose fulfilling do not depend onus:

The school begins on September

1st.

We shall go for a walk if the

weather is fine.

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