Future Tenses
Present simple:
The train ______ Athens at 9:00pm tonight. (to leave)
The train LEAVES Athens at 9:00pm tonight.
Events that are on a definite schedule or timetable.
I sent a letter ________ arrived three weeks later.
I sent a letter WHICH OR THAT arrived three weeks later.
Defining relative clause for a 'thing'
A lot of products are made _______ China.
A lot of products are made IN China.
Describing the origin of the product.
What _______ I do today?
What SHOULD or SHALL I do today?
Wanting a suggestion.
What is the slogan of McDonalds?
I'm Lovin it!
Present Continuous:
He _______ his job at the end of the year. (to quit).
He IS QUITTING his job at the end of the year.
A definite plan or arrangement
John met a woman _______ I had been to school with.
John met a woman WHO OR THAT I had been to school with.
John (HE) met a woman
Defining relative clause for a person.
Plastic is made _______ oil.
Plastic is made FROM oil.
How something is manufactured.
We ________ to take a taxi, it's too far to walk.
we OUGHT TO take a taxi, it's too far to walk.
Giving advice.
During big sporting events companies pay a lot of money so their __________ can be advertised on the TV.
Commerical
Future Continuous:
This time tomorrow we ______________ on the beach! I can't wait! (to sit).
This time tomorrow we WILL BE SITTING on the beach! I can't wait!
Talk about something that will be in progress at or around a time in the future.
My mothers house, _____ I grew up in, is very small.
My mothers house, WHICH I grew up in, is very small.
Non-Defining relative clause. it is extra information so you can not use that.
The beer was made _____ Belgium.
The beer was made IN Belgium.
describing the orgin of the product
________ I please have a glass of water? (formal).
MAY I please have a glass of water? (formal).
Asking permission.
What is 'Point-of-Sale' advertisement?
Advertisement done at the place the product is being sold. Usually in supermarkets.
Future Perfect:
In five years, I __________ university and I will be able to earn some money! (to finish).
In five years, I WILL HAVE FINISHED university and I will be able to earn some money!
Say that something will be finished by a specific time in the future.
Make a relative clause.
This is a boy. I borrowed his book.
This is a boy WHOSE book I borrowed
Possession
We always lived in houses with roofs made ______ corrugated iron sheets.
We always lived in houses with roofs made OUT OF corrugated iron sheets.
Something that has been changed or transformed.
You ________ be at work tomorrow before 8:00AM!
You MUST or HAVE TO be at work tomorrow before 8:00AM!
Obligation
Endorse
Simple Future:
ANNNNNDDDDDDD IIIIIIIIIIIIIII _________ ALWAYS ______ YOUUUUUUUUU! (to love).
There is a cloud in the sky. It _______ soon. (to snow).
ANNNNNDDDDDDD IIIIIIIIIIIIIII WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOUUUUUUUUU!
It is a promise!
There is a cloud in the sky. It IS GOING TO SNOW soon.
Prediction WITH evidence.
The agent with ______ I spoke was able to help me.
The agent with WHOM I spoke was able to help me.
I spoke with her.
He made his scarf ____ a sling for his broken arm.
He made his scarf INTO a sling for his broken arm.
Process of trasformation.
You ________ speak when the teacher is speaking.
You MUSTN'T, CAN'T, MAY NOT speak when the teacher is speaking.
Prohibition
What is the difference between a billboard and hoarding?
Billboard - American English
Hoarding - British English