Chapter 3 Future Time
What the Future Holds:
Will drones deliver your pizza some
day? It’s possible! In New Zealand, a
pizza company has already begun
delivering orders by drones. Several
companies around the world are going
to pursue this method of delivery. Why
do they want to do this? Drones fly over
traffic congestion and traffic lights.
When companies begin using delivery
drones, they will significantly reduce
distance and delivery time. At this time,
many countries won’t allow drones to
deliver food, but this is probably going
to change in the near future.
Will and be going to mean the same when they make
predictions about the future.
Will drones deliver your pizza some day?
or
Are drones going to deliver your pizza some day?
This is probably going to change in the near future.
or
This will probably change in the near future.
Be going to is commonly in speaking used to express prior
plans.
Professor: What are you
going to do for your final
project?
Student: I’m going to
research drone technology.
Use will (not be going to) to express willingness or offer to
help. Use will not/won’t to express refusal.
Willingness:
A: What does “unarmed aerial vehicle” mean?
B: I’m not sure. I’ll look it up.
Refusal:
Many countries won’t allow drones to deliver food.
Practice 1
Complete each sentence with be going to if you think the speaker is
expressing a prior plan. If you think there is no prior plan, use will.
’m going to go
1. A: I _____________________ (go) a drone show at the Memorial Park at
7:00 tonight. Would you like to join me?
’ll meet
B: Sure! I need to run a few errands first, but I __________________ (meet)
you at the park entrance a little before 7:00.
’m going to be
2. A: I ____________________ (be) up all night tonight. I have a major test in
my statistics class tomorrow, and I’m not prepared at all.
’ll help
B: I ________________________ (help) you study. I love statistics.
’m going to study
A: Really? That’s great! I need a lot of help. I ___________________(study)
at the library all evening. Could you meet me there?
’ll call
B: Sure, I ____________________ (call) you when I get there.
Try to explain why different form of verbs are used in this
passage:
Tomorrow morning fifteen drones will be leaving the capital of
Rwanda. Where are they going? The drones usually depart before
sunrise, and by dawn they will have delivered blood and critical
supplies to hospitals across rural Rwanda. A few lucky hospitals are
already using drone technology for medical supplies. In the next
year, Rwanda is expanding the technology to include most of its
hospitals.
Drone delivery is an attractive option to hospitals for many reasons. Most hospitals cannot
afford to keep every supply available. Medical drones will deliver supplies quickly when a
hospital has a specific need for certain supplies. This technology will help emergency
medical personnel when it is difficult get from an accident scene to a hospital quickly
enough. In the future, as soon as an emergency responder arrives to the scene of an
accident, he or she will test the victim’s blood on the spot and send for a drone to bring
the correct blood product.
Will drones be delivering your medical supplies soon? It’s possible. By the end of this
decade, it’s likely that many hospitals around the world will have been adopted this
technology.
Expressing the future with time clauses:
As soon as an emergency responder arrives to the scene of
an accident, she will test the victim’s blood.
Present simple (sub+verb1+obj) is used after the time
clause:
Words like: As soon as , When, Before, After, Until:
Present progressive(be+ing+verb) is used after : While.
The present progressive may be used to express planned
events. The simple present may be used to express future
events that are on a definite schedule or timetable.
Planned event:
Next year, Rana is expanding the technology of her company.
Definite schedule:
The classes begin next week.
Both tense will use their own grammar structure but only the
time reference will help you understand, its about future.
Words like : next week, tomorrow morning etc.
Tomorrow morning fifteen drones will be leaving the capital of
Rwanda. Where are they going? The drones usually depart before
sunrise, and by dawn they will have delivered blood and critical
supplies to hospitals across rural Rwanda. A few lucky hospitals are
already using drone technology for medical supplies. In the next
year, Rwanda is expanding the technology to include most of its
hospitals.
Drone delivery is an attractive option to hospitals for many reasons. Most hospitals cannot
afford to keep every supply available. Medical drones will deliver supplies quickly when a
hospital has a specific need for certain supplies. This technology will help emergency
medical personnel when it is difficult get from an accident scene to a hospital quickly
enough. In the future, as soon as an emergency responder arrives to the scene of an
accident, he or she will test the victim’s blood on the spot and send for a drone to bring
the correct blood product.
Will drones be delivering your medical supplies soon? It’s possible. By the end of this
decade, it’s likely that many hospitals around the world will have been adopted this
technology.
Form the sentences:
What you will be doing tonight?
The future progressive expresses an activity that will be in
progress at a time in the future.
Tomorrow morning , I will be studying grammar from 9
to 10.AM.
Future ongoing
NOW action
will be
studying 9 to 10 Time markers are
AM very important.
Time markers to refer to future:
The future perfect expresses an activity that will be
completed before another time or event in the future.
I will graduate after five years, but by the end of this year, I will
have passed my IELTS exam.
Completed Another
action event in
future.
NOW
Will
Will have passed
graduate in
IELTS
5 years.
Practice 2
Choose the correct verbs.
1. When the drone (arrives / will arrive), it will drop a parachute with
supplies.
2. The hospital staff (will be preparing / will have prepared) for the
delivery at this time tomorrow.
3. The first delivery (leaves / will have left) at 4:00 tomorrow morning.
4. By the end of the day, the drones (will be making / will have made)
over 100 deliveries.
5. The drones (made / are making) 800 deliveries next week.
