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future time will and won't Use will and won't © for factual predictions. inflation will increase by 1% over the next twelve months. h inflation will almost certainly increase by 1% over the next twelve mont: Other qualifying adverbials include definitely, probably, no doubt © for habits of which the speaker disapproves. He will keep opening the window. Jack is 50 lazy. He'll spend the whole day Iving in bed reading the papers © for an assumption taken from the facts. . "The phone's ringing.’ ‘That'll be Sue. I'm expecting her to phone. © for an immediate decision. “anything to drink, sir?” “Tl just have a glass of water, please.“ © Willis used to express many other meanings connected with the future (see Unit 15). Offer rl carry that for you Refusal They won't give me my bell back! in speech, contractions are frequently used, so, you'l, he'll etc are the usual spoken forms. shall and shan't «© Shall and shan’t are forms of will used in first person singular and plural in formal and deliberats speech, and in many modal uses (see Unit 16) We shall inform you, upon admission, of the rules ofthe Library. “TI give you my work on Friday’ ‘shall look forward to receiving it” be going to Use be going to © for personal plans and intentions. {'m going to stay in this evening and watch an old fim. What are you going ta do nov? I don’t know! © when the cause of a possible event is present. Look at the colour of the sky! It's going to snow. @ for decisions about the future. ve decided what I'm going to do. I'm going to phone the police. will or going to? ‘© Inmany cases, will as prediction can be replaced by going to, especially in everyday speech. This is not true for other meanings of will. Inflation will increase by 1% over the next twelve months. ‘As |se2 it inflation is going to increase by 1% over the next twelve months. ‘© Normally going to cannot be replaced by will without changing the meaning, © Was going to describes events which were supposed to happen, but did not. Iwas going to come over and see you, but I left it too late, ° be to, be about to, be on the point of, be due to @ Be to is used to describe arrangements with future reference, The conference is to take place in July. ‘© The past arrangement form is was / were to have done. There was to have been a second match but it was cancelled, # Be Gust) about to describes what is going to happen very soon, {can't talk row I'm just about to go aut ‘The past form describes an event in Iwas about to go 12 5-1 the past which was going to happen soon. aes «eon the point of hasa more formal a meaning than 0 is on the point of leaving th: Dany Shan ahour re © Be due to do, be due describe wh: at is expected to hi The train is due to arrive 3t any m: aoe ee The trains due present simple and continuous Present continuous can be used for afi ee ace eemcteutts : ! ied arrangement (one already definitely made). Using going to inthis example gives the sein ; ives the same information. We're going to have 2 party co ‘Saturday. Do you want a @ Present simple can be used for a fixed fut rt Next year Christmas is enon "enoiee here future time clauses © After time expressions as soon as, after, before, by the time, immediately, the moment, until, when etc we use present simple although there is a future reference. AS soon as we make 2 «: © Present perfect is also used instead of present simple to show completion. As soon as I've finished th's © Going to is also possible instead of will to show a future plan. As soon as I've saved up enough money, I'm going to buy a car future continuous Use future continuous for @ an event or a state at a future point. This time next week, they'll be lying an the beach in 1 ‘© events that have already been arranged for a future date. The Rolling Stones will be performing in \toscow in June. © very formal requests. Will you be wanting anything else, sir? future perfect simple and continuous '# Use for time looked back on from a future point. By the tine the exam begins, FM have forgotten everthing! By the end of the month, IM have been working 3ttn's company for ten years! These examples look into the future to ‘when the exam begins’ and ‘the end of the month’, and then back from there. At that future point, the speaker can say ‘I have forgotten’ or I have been working’. © Use to express an assumption. You'll have heard the news about Anna, | suppose? hope, expect, think, believe, doubt whether ‘© These verbs introduce and show our attitude to future actions. ‘© With think, expect, believe we show negative meaning by using don't think / expect / believe. Idon’t think you'll ike this. Idon't believe be late ‘© Hope can be followed by will or a present tense. The other verbs are followed by will. hope you have / will have a good ume. expect you'll want some te I doubt whether they'll be here before su G& Ffirtiire time _a. ‘The fish is very fresh. And the beef is very good too. a ‘Have you decided yet?’ ‘Yes, Lil have /I have the roast beef, please.’ b_Q: How will I have known / will I know that 1 have won a prize? A: You are receiving / will receive an email giving full details. © Quick get out of the car! Its going to burst / It’s bursting into flames at any minute! d_ Don't come round before midday, because I! be cleaning / clean the house until then. rorking late on an important © Sorry I can’t come on Thursday evening. ’m going to work / Var w project. f The cost of construction is almost certainly rising / will almost certainly rise before the end of the year as wage Increases begin to take effect. 9. The conference is going to begin / begins next Friday morning at 9.00. h Here's the money you asked for - €1000. What wil! you /are you going to do with i? Why don’t you give Helen this cheap perfume instead of the expensive one! She won" MV known / won't know the difference! j_ Just want to remind everyone that we'll be holding / we hold a Latin-American evening at the town hall this Friday. Choose all possible forms, A, B or C, to complete the sentence. /athink A,B. the fish.” 1! Who can it be at this time of night?” “There's someone knocking at the doo! sht movie on TV." G Helen, She said she might come round to watch the midnig ‘Ave just received some new sales figures. them very much, I'm afraid.’ ‘some time travelling, and then look for a teaching job. insist on opening all the windows in the ‘ d_ Over the next six months, the company ten new supermarkets in France. e with this kind of problem before, | expect, so I'l leave you to get on with It. £ According to sources close to the prime minister's office, the foreign minister 4g. Well, that’s all for today. you next week at the same time, if that’s allright. rye ust received some new h sales figures. Next year ‘The problem we have with Jack is that he cold weather. |} There’s not much bread, I'm afraid. 1 hope kc At this rate, by the time we get to the party, most people cat it all before the others arrive! 1 The riot police are running into the square. There trouble! a Al'm going to have Br have C’m about to have b_ A That's going t0 be B That ll be Cts due to be

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