THE FUTURE

Will + Infinitive without to AFFIRMATIVE I/You He/She/It We/You/They will =’ll move to England. NEGATIVE will not = won’t INTERROGATIVE Will move to England?

The future USE: To make a prediction about the distant, uncertain future (what we think will happen) He’ll become a great musician. To offer our help to somebody We’ll help you with the homework. To make a decision at the time of speaking (an unplanned or spontaneous reaction or decision made at the moment of speaking) I’ll call you tonight. To make a request, offers, promises… Will you lend me your mobile phone? With WILL, we often use I think, I believe, I hope, I promise, I know.

To be going to +Infinitive without to AFFIRMATIVE I He/She/It We/You/They am=’m is=’s are=’re going to leave next week. NEGATIVE am not=’m not is not=isn’t are not=aren’t INTERROGATIVE Am Is Are going to leave next week?

To be going to +Infinitive without to USE: To express an intention. We are going to buy his latest CD. I’m going to study harder this year. A prediction based on something we can observe (something that we see is going to happen) Oh, no we are going to crash! She’s going to have a baby!

Present Continuous - ( Present TO BE +_ing) To talk about personal arrangements for the future (a fixed arrangement, a plan, a programme, a certainty, a firm intention). Time should be mentioned. I’m having a birthday party this Saturday. We are having dinner at my parents’ tonight.