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future tenses
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SaraMariam
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future tenses
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Hello everybody :)
I need your help once again with something I �m really lost with. I just had 2 kids who are learning about future tenses in school. Today they came with the present simple and present progressive with future meaning. However the teacher didn �t explain at all when to use what. And on Tuesday they will write a test about will, going to, present simple and progressive and they have no idea about how to make the difference. And I have to admit that I totally forgot about the grammar rules.
I told them that I have to check the topic again myself, since I didn �t want to tell just whatever.
So I tried to reread in the books I have and the internet, but I just got more and more confused.
Would somebody be so kind to explain it or give an advice on where I can find a good explanation? I would be very grateful. Thanks a lot in advance :)
Hugs from France Sara
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15 May 2013
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abumohamed
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D/ The future
There are
many forms which express the future time :
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Forms
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Examples
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Meaning /Use
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Accompanying expressions
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1/ a)
will � �ll
Will
not � won�t
b)
Shall � shall not � shan�t
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a) It will
rain tomorrow.
b) We shall fight and we shall
win.
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a) prediction
b) determination
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Tomorrow
Next week
Next year
After a
few days
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2/ The
present continuous
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I am visiting my friend next
week.
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Future
plan / programme
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3/ be
going to + verb
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a) I am
going to be a doctor when I grow up.
b) It is
clowdy. It is going to rain.
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a)
Future intention
b)
Future result of a present cause.
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The
future continuous ( will be + verb +ing)
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Tomorrow morning I will be taking my exam.
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An
action in progress in the future
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The
future perfect ( shall / will +
have +past participle )
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By the
end of May, we will have studied all the English lessons.
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An
action that at a given future time will be in the past or just finished.
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By then
By that
time By the 24th of June
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15 May 2013
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maceman
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Hello Sara I had a similar situation and created a worksheet for it. You may find it useful. All the best.
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15 May 2013
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pilarmham
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There are different forms to express the future in English, the Present Simple and the Present Continuous are two of them, but there are more. This is how I explain the difference to my students:
The Present Simple has a very specific use: for timetables or events on a programme.
My train leaves at 9 a.m. tomorrow The museum opens at 10 o �clock
The Present Continuous expresses firmness on a decision or tells about an arranged plan:
I am staying at home this afternoon. I have lots of work. Tom is seeing his dentist tomorrow.
Hope this helped.
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15 May 2013
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SaraMariam
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Thanks a lot for your advice :)
I was wondering if the tenses are interchangeable. I saw, for example, a sentence where they used present continuous where I would have used going to, since it was something planned. Like in your example, couldn �t you also say Tom is going to see the dentist tomorrow? |
15 May 2013
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