V4 English Thursday 23 April

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Grammar revision

Grammar unit 9: Future Tenses

Future tenses

1. Simple Future:                  will walk / am going to walk
   
2. Present Continous         am walking
   
3. Present Simple                walk/walks
   
4. Be + infinitive                    are to walk/ are not to walk
   
5. Future Continuous         will be going
   
6. Future Perfect                  will have walked
   
7. Future in the past           was going to walk/ would walk
   

Future simple

will + verb: Je besluit of belooft iets nu op dit moment/ je doet een voorspelling, maar je hebt geen bewijs of aanwijzingen

- used to talk about a future action or event at the point of decision: I will come to cinema with you tonight.

- used to make predictions about the future: You will meet a tall, dark stranger.

- used to make promises: I will buy a car for your birthday. 

-I will marry you  
-The Dutch team will win. (zeggen de Nederlands altijd, maar waar is het op gebasseerd? Geen aanwijzing voor.))

to be going to + verb:  wordt gebruikt om over plannen voor de toekomst  te praten of als je een voorspelling doet over de toekomst waar je bewijs of aanwijzingen voor hebt.

- used to talk about intentions/ plan & decisions based on intentions: We're going to visit our friends in New Zealand next winter.

- used to talk about future events and actions based on present evidence, especially when we can see that the event is imminent: Watch out! We're going to hit that tree!

The Dutch team scored 5 times. They are going to win.

Present continuous

to be + verb & -ing:  gaat ook om plannen voor de toekomst, maar vaak zie je in de zin al iets staan waardoor je weet dat het gauw gaat gebeuren en al afgesproken is.

Used to talk about plans and arrangements for the future. A time reference often makes the future meaning clear:

- What are you doing tonight?

- We're meeting early tomorrow morning.

Present simple

verb/verb + s: roosters en tijdsschema's

- used to talk about timetables and schedules: 

   Our train leaves at 6.30 tomorrow morning.

als de bijzin met iets als when, before, until en as soon as begint, gebruik je in dat deel van de zin ook de present simple.

- used  with future references  in subordinate clauses after time conjunctions such as  when, before, until, as soon as:

   I hope you will text us as soon as you get home.

be + infinitive

Used in formal situations. Often in rules or instructions, or when you talk about official plans. Common in news reports.

- Staff are not to use company telephones for personal calls

- The Prime Minister is to visit South Africa next month

Future continuous

will + be + verb & -ing:

Focuses on an action or event in progress at a specific time in the future. 

- This time next week I'll be lying on a beach in Italy.

- This day next month I will be spending more time with my family.

Future perfect

will + have + past participle:

used when looking forward to a future time and then looks back from that point.

- By the end of next year we will have finished the project.

- When the summer rolls around, we will have redecorated the entire house.

Future in the past

was/were + going to + verb OR would + verb

used to look back at a past time and talk about the future as it was at that past time.

- By the time I left school I knew I was going to become a doctor.

- I thought it would be cold today, but it isn't.

1. The bus ___ at 7.30. We will have to wait a bit longer.

1. will be arriving
2. will arriving
3. arrives
4. is going to arrive

2. The report on air pollution ___ next Thursday.

1. will have finished
2. will be finishing
3. will be finished
4. will finish

3. The book ___ by the end of this year.

1. will have been published
2. will publish
3. will be publishing
4. publish

4. What __________ at the weekend?

1. will you do
2. are you going to do
3. are you doing

5. If you keep running around on this slippery floor ______

1. you will fall over
2. you're going to fall over
3. you're going to fall over

6. By the time I retire _______________ .

1. I'll have worked here for twenty years
2. I'll be working here for twenty years
3. I'm working here for twenty years

7. This time next week _______________ .

1. I will sit on the beach in Thailand
2. I will be sitting on the beach in Thailand
3. I will have sat on the beach in Thailand

8. Where do you think ___________ in ten years' time?

1. you are going to live
2. you are living
3. you will be living

End of class

• Don't forget to prepare your presentation & make sure you have a focal point. You can always ask your teacher to check if it is a good one.
• Fill and hand in the VEF for this week on Friday!

Have a great May holiday!