Future tense revision

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Future tense revision

Learning objective:

You know which form of the future tense you should use in different situations.

Which of these sentences is not future tense?

A

I will help you tomorrow.

B

I am playing football on Saturday.

C

I am going to play football.

D

He helps you every day.

How to make the future tense?

A

Use a form of 'will'

B

Use a form of 'going to'

C

Use Present continuous: am/are/is + verb+ing

D

Use Present simple: verb(+s)

Future tense - present simple:

........

Future tense - present continous:

........

Prediction - to be going to:

.......

Prediction - will:

.......

Prediction - may/might:

.......

Future tense - to be going to:

.......

Future tense - will:

.......

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Future tense - present simple:

• roosters

• feiten

Future tense - present continous:

• geplande acties/handelingen, vooraf afgesproken, moment afgesproken

Prediction - to be going to:

• voorspelling (met bewijs)

Prediction - will:

• voorspelling (vrij zeker gevoel)

Prediction - may/might:

• voorspelling (minder zeker gevoel)

Future tense - to be going to:

• wat iemand van plan is

Future tense - will:

• spontaan besluit/aanbod

Why are you switching on the TV?

A

Because I will watch TV.

B

Because I am watching TV.

C

Because I am going to watch TV.

D

Because I watch TV.

I can’t meet you tomorrow afternoon. I ___ the dentist at 3 o’clock.

A

will visit

B

am visiting

C

might visit

D

visit

We already decided. We ___ pizza tonight.

A

may eat

B

will eat

C

are going to eat

D

eat

I think people ___ live on Mars one day.

A

are going to

B

are living

C

will

D

Answer D

What future tense sentence could you say in the following situations?

In the following slides a situation will be described. Give a future tense reaction.

You didn’t plan to study tonight, but your friend suddenly reminds you of a test tomorrow.

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You already bought tickets for a concert next Friday.

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Someone asks: “Why are you carrying that ladder?”

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