UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLGICA EQUINOCCIAL EXTENSIN SANTO DOMINGO UNIT 1 Future verbal tenses DATE: 18112013 EXPOSITION

Some verbs tell about the future!

Hmmmm...what does the word "future" mean? The word "future" means that something is going to happen.

In other words, the action hasn't happened yet!

Use the verb "will" when you are talking about the future. Read on to see what I mean. Tim playedsoccer when he was young.

This actionhappene d in thepast.

Tim plays soccer in high school.

This action is happening now.

Tim will playsocce r in college.

This action will happen in thefuture.

Here are a few more examples: The butterfly egg

will hatch tomorrow.

He will catch the butterfly sooner or later!

The butterflies will land on the flowers when they are hungry.

Remember
Verbs can tell about things that happen in the past, present, and future. Verbs that have "will" tell about the future. Now say this.... "I will click on the crystal ball to practice!" There you go...into the future!!!

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The Future Tense

Home Verbs The Future Tense

The future can be expressed in several ways in English. Here are the different possibilities: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Future Simple: will + base form of the verb Be Going To: am, is, are + going to + base form of the verb Shall: Shall + subject + base form of the verb? Future Progressive: will be + verbing Present Simple and Present Progressive with Future Meaning

Time expressions in the Future Tense

There are several time expressions that are used in all of the different forms of the future tense. They are generally used at the end of the sentence or question. The most common are: tomorrow, next week (Sunday/month/year), in two days (weeks, months years), the day after tomorrow.

Future Simple: Will + Base Form of the Verb

This form is used to: Describe a simple action in the future: 1. Shell write the e-mail after lunch. 2. Alice wont help us decorate for the party. Make a prediction or give a warning: 1. Dont lift that. Youll hurt yourself 2. If you dont finish the bid, the boss wont give you a raise. Make a spontaneous decision: 1. You dropped your purse. Ill get it.

will or wont +verb Subject Positive Negative rest of sentence

will or wont +verb Subject Positive I / You / We / They He / She / It Negative wont see rest of sentence

will see

you tomorrow night

Contractions
In general, use the contracted forms of the pronoun + will: I will > Ill / he will > hell / she will > shell / you will > youll / we will > well /they will > theyll Ex. Ill see you tomorrow. / Youll get the answer by post. Try to use the short form wont instead of will not Ex. I wont see you tomorrow. Save the long forms for when you want to create emphasis in spoken Englsih or when writing formal texts. Ex. You will not do that again! / His hypothesis will not stand up to their criticism.

Yes/No Questions in the Future Simple

To create a question that will be answered with a yes or no, use Will (or Wont) + subject + base form of the verb.

Will Will (Wont)

subject I / You / We / They He / She / It

base form of the verb

rest of sentence

send

that fax for me

1. Will Dave burn the CD for you? 2. Wont the girls be late for the party?

Wh- Questions in the Future Simple

Wh- questions are questions that require more information in their answers. Typical wh- words are what, where, when, why, who, how, how many, how much. To form a Wh-question use: Wh-word + will (or wont) + subject + base form of the verb.

Wh word What

Will

subject

base form of the verb tell

rest of sentence him tonight

will

I / You / We /

Wh word

Will

subject

base form of the verb

rest of sentence

Why

wont

They He / She / It

finish

the project

1. When will he give you an answer? 2. Why wont you tell him the truth?

Exercises Future Simple Tense

Fill in the correct form of the verb with the future simple tense as in the examples. 1. Ill drive you to your lesson at 4 pm. (drive) 2. He wont work overtime anymore (not work) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Sam _______ the documents over to you tomorrow. (bring) The managers ________ about the budget until next Thursday. (not decide) _______ your sister ______ in a large church? (get married) ________ he _____ you move to your new apartment? (not help) I _________ him this time. He mustnt do that again. (forgive) Answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. will bring wont decide Will/ get married Wont/help will forgive

Future Be Going To
We usually use am, is or are + going to + the base form of the verb to talk about actions in the future that have already been decided on.

Form of be + going to Subject Positive am going to Negative

base form of the verb

rest of sentence

am not going to buy isnt (is not)

some clothes tomorrow

He / She /

is going

Form of be + going to Subject Positive It to Negative going to arent (are not) going to

base form of the verb

rest of sentence

You / We / They

are going to

1. 2. 3. 4.

Dans going to take the order over to the customer. The girls are going to sing Amazing Grace now. They arent going to buy the house. I am not going to make dinner tonight. Were going out to a restaurant.

Yes/No Questions Be going to

To ask a question that will be answered with either a yes or no, start with Am, Is or Are (or isnt/arent for negative questions), then choose a subject (the person or thing doing the action), followed by going to + the base form of the verb.

A form of be Am Is / Isnt Are/ Arent

subject I

going to + verb

rest of sentence

he / she / it

going to eat

lunch today

you / we / they

1. Am I going to feel bad about my decision? 2. Is he going to watch the film tonight? 3. Are you going to participate in the race tomorrow?

Wh-Questions Be Going To
Wh- questions are questions that require more information in their answers. Typical wh- words are what, where, when, which, why, who, how, how many, how much. To create a wh-question, start with the wh-word, then add am, is or are, then the subject (a person or thing that will be doing the action), going to and the base form of the verb.

Wh- word

A form of be am is / Isnt are/ arent

subject I

going to + verb

rest of sentence

Why

he / she / it

going to watch

the news

you / we / they

1. How much is the computer going to cost? 2. Why arent you going to buy that car?

Exercises Future be going to

Fill in the correct form of the verb with the be going to form of future as in the examples. 1. He is going to clean up his room tonight. (clean up) 2. Teddy and Sam arent going to eat at that restaurant again. (not eat) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Ben__________ Mr. Davis to give him a good grade. (persuade) We __________ a refund on that TV that broke down. (demand) ________Ms. Thompson __________ you extra for that work?(pay) I _______ Los Angeles next year. (leave) Turner _______ a car when he lands at the airport. (hire) Hell take the train. Answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. is going to persuade are going to demand Is/going to pay am going to leave isnt going to hire

Future: Shall
Shall is used with the subjects I and we to make suggestions or to offer to do something for someone. It is always used in the form of a question.

Will Shall

subject I / We

base form of the verb send

rest of sentence out for pizza

1. Shall we go for a walk? 2. Shall I help you with that? The use of shall to mean will is formal English and is not commonly used today.

Future Progressive (Continuous) will + be + verbing

Spelling Tip
Verbing (Present Participle)

Add ing to most verbs. Ex. play > playing, cry > crying, bark > barking For verbs that end in e, remove the e and add ing. Ex: slide > sliding, ride > riding For verbs that end in ie, change the ie to y and add ing. Ex: die > dying, tie > tying For a verb whose last syllable is written with a consonant-vowel-consonant and is stressed, double the last letter before adding ing. Ex: beg > begg ing, begin > beginning.However: enter > entering (last syllable is not stressed)

We use will/wont + be + verbing (present participle) when we know that an action will be in progress at some time in the future or to describe something that has been pre-arranged.

will / wont + be + verbing Subject Positive I / You / We / They He / She / It Negative wont be waiting rest of sentence

will be waiting

for you

1. Dont phone me before 12:00. I will be meeting with a client. 2. You can take my car tomorrow. I wont be using it. 3. 4. This time next year, we will be living in our new home.

Yes/No Questions in the Future Progressive (Continuous)

To ask a question that will be answered with either a yes or no, start with Will or Wont, then choose your subject (the person or thing that will be doing the action), followed by be + verbing (present participle).

Will/Wont Will Wont

Subject

be + verbing be exhibiting

Rest of Sentence at the show next month

I he / she / it you / we / they

be coming

to the wedding on Sunday

1. Will Allen be participating in the science fair next week ? 2. Wont you be visiting your mother when Im in town?

Wh-Questions in the Future Progressive (Continuous)

Wh- questions are questions that require more information in their answers. Typical wh- words are what, where, when, which, why, who, how, To create a wh-question, start with the wh-word, then will +the subject (a person or thing that is doing the action), followed by be + the ing ( present participle) form of the verb.

Wh Word

will/wont

subject I he / she / it you / we / they

verbing

rest of sentence

When

will

be meeting

with the CEO today

1. Where will he be waiting for me? 2. How will you be travelling to the exhibition? Some Wh-questions have a different word order:

Wh Word How many

subject people

will will

verbing be attending

rest of sentence the show

Who

will

be going

with you

1. How many contestants will be attempting to win the prize? 2. Which runners will be running the race?

Exercises Future Progressive (Continuous)

Fill in the correct form of the verb with the future progressive ( will + be + verbing) form of future as in the examples. 1. He will be receiving his M.A. degree at the ceremony next week (receive) 2. Will Ron be visiting you today?(visit) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. I ________ to Monterey this weekend. (drive) Do you want to come along? ________ they ________ the conference next week? (attend) Ella and Sara __________ out of class just as I arrive at the college. (get) I ________ in Norway next week while you are sunbathing in Tahiti (freeze) How many students _________ next month? (not graduate)

Answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. will be driving Will/ be attending will be getting will be freezing will not be graduating

Present Simple and Present Progressive with Future Meaning

The present simple tense may be used to express the future in order to talk about plans in the near future. 1. Her bus leaves at 6:00 Tuesday morning. The present progressive tense may be used to express the future especially when you want to talk about plans arranged in advance. It is common to use it with verbs of movement. 1. Im turning in my History assignment tomorrow morning.

Tag Questions in the Future Tense

Tag questions are those short questions that are tagged onto the end of a sentence. They are used just to make sure the person youre talking to understood what you meant or to emphasize what you said. Theyre formed by using a positive sentence in the future tense forms and adding an appropriate auxiliary (helping) and a pronoun (I, you, we, they, he, she, it) and a question mark. 1. 2. 3. 4. John will call her tomorrow, wont he? All those girls will be sitting quietly, wont they? Youre coming over tonight, arent you? That bee is going to sting me, isnt it? You may also add a positive tag when youre using a negative sentence. 1. Carey wont report me, will she? 2. The kids arent going to play soccer tomorrow, are they? 3. Youre not working tomorrow, are you? As a rule: When the sentence is positive, the tag is negative. When the sentence is negative, the tag is positive.

Examples Future Tense

Positive
1. Shell write the e-mail after lunch.

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

Dont lift that. Youll hurt yourself. You dropped your purse. Ill get it. Ill see you tomorrow. Youll get the answer by post. Dans going to take the order over to the customer. The girls are going to sing Amazing Grace now. Ill drive you to your lesson at 4 pm. He is going to clean up his room tonight. Dont phone me before 12:00. I will be meeting with a client. This time next year, we will be living in our new home. He will be receiving his M.A. degree at the ceremony next week. Her bus leaves at 6:00 Tuesday morning. Im turning in my History assignment tomorrow morning.

Negative
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Alice wont help us decorate for the party. If you dont finish the bid, the boss wont give you a raise. I wont see you tomorrow. You will not do that again! They arent going to buy the house. I am not going to make dinner tonight. Were going out to a restaurant. Teddy and Sam arent going to eat at that restaurant again. You can take my car tomorrow. I wont be using it. He wont work overtime anymore.

Yes/No Questions
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Will Dave burn the CD for you? Wont the girls be late for the party? Am I going to feel bad about my decision? Is he going to watch the film tonight? Are you going to participate in the race tomorrow? Shall we go for a walk? Shall I help you with that? Will Allen be participating in the science fair next week? Wont you be visiting your mother when Im in town? Will Ron be visiting you today?

Wh- Questions
1. 2. 3. 4. When will he give you an answer? Why wont you tell him the truth? How much is the computer going to cost? Why arent you going to buy that car?

5. 6. 7. 8.

Where will he be waiting for me? How will you be travelling to the exhibition? How many contestants will be attempting to win the prize? Which runners will be running the race?

Tag Questions
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. John will call her tomorrow, wont he? All those girls will be sitting quietly, wont they? You are going to finish that work, arent you? That bee is going to sting me, isnt it? Carey wont report me, will she? The kids arent going to play soccer tomorrow, are they? Youre not working tomorrow, are you?

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