Future roulette
What's the formula of simple future in negative?
Subject + will + not + verb in base form.
Your flight ticket says the plane leaves at 9:00 tomorrow.
A. The plane leaves at 9:00.
B. The plane will leaves at 9:00.
C. The plane is going leave at 9:00.
A.
Because it is a timetable/schedule.
Scenario:
You have already decided that you're going to spend your vacation at the beach.
What do you say?
Going to.
Your summer job schedule says you start work at 8:00 AM every Monday.
What do you say?
“I ______ work at 8:00 every Monday.”
“I start work at 8:00 every Monday.”
Why? It's a schedule.
You already bought tickets for a concert next Saturday.
“We _________ to the concert next Saturday at 5 pm.”
“We're going to the concert next Saturday.”
Present Continuous — fixed arrangement.
What do we usually use will for: a planned arrangement or a spontaneous decision?
A spontaneous decision.
You bought your plane ticket last week. You already decided to travel to New York next month.
Complete the sentence:
I'm __________ to New York next month.
I'm going to New York next month.
It's a plan/intention.
You and your friends made plans to have dinner at a restaurant tomorrow night.
What do you say?
A. We have dinner tomorrow night.
B. We're having dinner tomorrow night.
C. We'll having dinner tomorrow night.
B.
It's an arrangement.
You arranged with your coworker to have lunch together tomorrow.
What do you say?
A. I have lunch with my coworker tomorrow.
B. I'm having lunch with my coworker tomorrow at 3 pm.
C. I'll have lunch with my coworker tomorrow.
B.
You're already at the airport when you realize your phone battery is at 1%. You immediately decide to ask someone for a charger.
What do you say/use?
Will.
On-the-spot decision.
Identify the future form and explain why:
“Look at that boy! He’s going to fall!”
Be going to — it’s a prediction based on present evidence.
You arranged with your cousin yesterday to meet at the airport tomorrow.
What do you say?
A. I meet my cousin tomorrow.
B. I'm meeting my cousin tomorrow.
C. I'll meet my cousin tomorrow.
B — Present Continuous
It is a fixed arrangement
You're at the beach. You look at the sky and see huge, dark clouds.
What do you say?
“Look at those clouds! It __________ rain.”
Answer: is going to
“It's going to rain.”
There is evidence.
Before starting your summer job, you decided to save half of your salary.
Complete the sentence:
“I'm __________ save half of my salary.”
Going to.
Plan
You arranged with a taxi driver to pick you up at the hotel tomorrow at 7 AM.
What do you say?
A. The taxi picks me up tomorrow.
B. The taxi will pick me up tomorrow.
C. The taxi is picking me up tomorrow.
C.
Tell me the formula of present continuous.
Subject + verb to be + verb in ING + compl
You're at the airport. You suddenly realize that you forgot to bring a bottle of water.
What do you say?
“I'm thirsty. I ______ buy some water.”
“I'm thirsty. I'll buy some water.”
It's a on-the-spot decision
It's very cold. I ____ the window.
Will.
Your manager suddenly asks:
“Can you help this customer?”
You weren't planning to help, but you decide to do it immediately.
What do you say?
I'll help.
Why? It's a spontaneous decision.
Your hotel reservation says check-in is at 3:00 PM.
What future tense can we use here?
Simple present, time table/schedule.
If I finish early, I will call you.
What future form is this?
Conditional type 1.
Your friend asks:
“Do you think you'll enjoy your vacation?”
You don't have any special evidence. You simply believe it will be fun.
What do you say?
You use: Will
It's a prediction base on opinion.