Module 2

We use the future simple( will+bare infinitive)

-decisions made at the moment of speaking= I’m hungry, so I’ll a hot dog.

  • predictions based on what we think= we will probably go to Canada tomorrow.

-promises, threats, warnings, request, hopes an offers= I promise that we will go on December next year.

-actions, events and situations which will definitely happen in the future and which we can’t control= jessicas son will be four years old this month.

Be going to: usted to talk about what will happen or could happen.

For plans, intentions or ambitions

  • esteban goings to be a mind map designer when he finishes de school

For actions that she have already decided to do in the near future

  • Ana is going to to visit his fathers in poblado tomorrow

For predictions based on what we can see or what we know, especially when there is evidence that something will happen.

  • it’s very cold today; the pond is going to freeze tonight

Future continious( will be+ verb -ing

For actions which will be in progress at a stated future time

  • this time next week we’ll be running off the coast of cartagena

For actions which will definitely happen in the future as a result of a routine or arrangemet

  • mr.Edgar will be having a meeting in USA on Thursday

When we ask polietly about someone’s plans for the near future

  • will you be ordering anything else , sir?

Future perfect ( will have+ past participle) use the future perfect for actions that will have finished.

They will have finished the work by 10:00 PM

Future perfect continious ( will have been+ Verb -ing) to emphaise the duration of an action up to a certain time in the future

By the end of december, I will have been living in Mexico for one year

Other future forms

Formal arrangements/scheduled events

  • our company is to open a new office in Medellin next year

Instructions/ orders

  • you are to remain seated until take-off

Prohibitions: you are not to talk during the examination

Used to express something that is expected to happen a particular time

  • the meeting is due to start in five minutes. The taxi from liverpool is due to arrive at 7:00

Yo talk about actions that will take place in the emmediate future

  • the presentation is about begin