FUTURE

Mag. María Esther Barriga Ruiz

Título del tema
 Orientaciones
• En esta doceava semana aprenderemos a usar el
tiempo futuro.
• Pueden ingresar a las diferentes plataformas existentes
para practicar la gramática, escuchar la pronunciación.
 Contenidos temáticos

• Future will
• Future be going to
Affirmative Interrogative Negative
I am studying Am I studying? I’ m not studying
You are studying Are you studying? You aren’t studying
He is studying Is he studying? He isn’t studying
She is studying Is she studying? She isn’t studying
It is …………. Is it ……….? It isn’t …………..
We are studying Are we studying? We aren’t studying
You are studying Are you studying? You aren’t studying
They are studying Are they studying? They aren’t studying
The Present Continuous ( progressive ) is used to talk about
actions in progress now.
Ex:
•The people are dancing happily.
•Ruth is filing some important documents.
•They are arranging everything for the trade fair.
It is used to talk about future plans.
Ex:
•Ben is inspecting the factory on July 15th.
•They are planning to open more branches in Europe in
September.
•Steve is joining ICL company when he leaves the
university.
 THE SPELLING RULES
a. If the base form ends in a silent – e drop the -e and
add “ing”:
Make + ing = making
Take + ing = taking
Leave + ing = leaving
Come + ing = coming
b. If the base form ends in a single vowel + a single
consonant( except w , x and y ) double the consonant
and add -ing.
Run + ing = running
Begin + ing = beginning
Win + ing = winning
 THE SPELLING RULES
Exceptions :
Mix + ing =
mixing Play
+ ing =
playing Know
+ ing
= knowing Grow
Sleep + ing = sleeping+
Wash ing
+ ing = washing
Drink = + ing = drinking growing
Hold + ing = holding
Speak - + ing
Add ing = speaking
to all other
base forms :
• Sally is running across the street.
• Sam is helping his wife to do the dishes tonight.
• They are making new products for kids.

• Are Jules and Mitch talking to the coordinator ?

• Are you remodeling your office?
• Are you buying tickets to London tomorrow?

• Melissa is not talking to a red-haired boy.

• They aren’t posting the letters.
• The price of rice isn’t going down.
• I’m not having breakfast because it’s late.
 Future time expressions
• Tomorrow ………….…Mañana

• Tomorrow morning........ Mañana en la mañana

• Tomorrow afternoon…..Mañana en la tarde

• The day after tomorrow ……Pasado mañana.

• Next week……………...La próxima semana

• Next month …………….. El próximo mes

• Next five years………….Dentro de cinco años

• By 2019………………… En el año 2019.

 FUTURE: BE +GOING TO + VERB
Personal Verb TO GOING Verb
Pronoun BE TO
I am study
YOU are be
HE is work
GOING TO
SHE IT

WE are do
YOU
THEY
 BE + GOING TO+ VERB ( Negative Form )

Personal Verb TO GOING Verb

Pronoun BE TO
I am not study
YOU are not be
HE is not GOING work
SHE IT
TO

WE are not do
YOU
THEY
BE + GOING TO + VERB ( Interrogative Form)

VERB Personal GOING Verb

TO BE Pronoun TO

Am I study?
Are YOU be ?
Is HE work ?
GOING
SHE IT
TO

Are WE do?
YOU
THEY
 STATEMENTS WITH BE+GOING TO…
Remember that we use Be + Going to + verb to express plans
and intentions in the future.
•Michael is going to study Electronics next semester.

( he registered some months ago)

•Caroline is going to have a baby. (she’s pregnant)

•We are going to have a barbecue next weekend. ( it’s already
planned)

•They are going to hire new employees next month. ( it’s

necessary and everybody agreed on that)
 BE + GOING TO – negative statements

• You aren’t going to buy that apartment next year. ( you

have not enough money to do it)
• We are not going to sleep eight hours next week. (
there is a lot of work in the office)

• She isn’t going to get her doctorate degree next year. (

she failed some courses)

• Junior isn’t going to get a diploma by 2016. ( He left

some months to study the language)
 BE + GOING TO (YES-NO QUESTIONS)
• • Are
Areyou
Chuck
goingand Leo going
to finish to eatnext
your career porkyear?
chops tomorrow?
• Yes,
Yes,I they are I’m
am / No, not.
/ No, ( never use contraction to answer in
they aren’t.
affirmative form)

• Is Lucia going to present the proposal to the product manager?

• Yes, she is / No she isn’t.

• Is Steve going to chair a meeting next Friday?

• Yes, he is / No, he isn’t.
 FUTURE TENSE - WILL
subject auxiliar main
y verb verb

+ I will open the door.

+ You will finish before me.

- She will not be at school

tomorrow.
- We will not leave the office
? Will you arrive on time?
? Will they want dinner?
 FUTURE TENSE - WILL
When we use the future simple tense in speaking,
we often contract the subject and auxiliary verb:

I will I'll
you will you'll
he will she he'll
will it will she'll
it'll
we will we'll
they will they'll
 FUTURE TENSE – WON’T
For negative sentences in the future simple tense, we
contract with won't, like this:

I will not I won't

you will not you won't
he will not she he won't
will not it will she won't
not it won't
we will not we won't
they will not they won't
 SOME SENTENCES

• 1. I will finish my report tomorrow.

2. I'll go to the market next Saturday.
3. There will be another conference next month.
4. Tom will visit his parents next week.
5. They will paint the house next Tuesday.
6. I won’t work next Sunday.
7. She won’t study Japanese.
8. We won’t be at home tomorrow.
9. Will you arrive on time for christmas?
10. Will Bob get the promotion?
11. Will Mrs. Harris travel to Brazil Next week?
 WILL VS. GOING TO
WILL GOING TO
For predictions: For plans:

There will be robots to help you at I'm going to have a drink with
home by the year 2025. Simon tonight.

For decisions made at the moment When you have evidences that
of speaking. something is going to happen:

A: There isn’t any paper in the printer! The traffic is terrible. We're going
B: Really? I’ll go get some. to miss our flight.

If we are not so certain .we use 'will'  Mind the baby! He’s going to fall
with expressions such as down the stairs.
'probably', 'possibly', 'I think', 'I
hope‘, ‘ perhaps’.
 I think we'll get on well.
WILL VS. GOING TO
MODALS CAN, MIGHT, MAY
 METACOGNITION

1. What have you learnt today?

2. Is it useful?

3. How did you feel?

 Actividades Sugeridas

• Recuerde que tiene que practicar un mínimo de 2

horas.
• Se sugiere elabore su horario de actividades
diarias y encuentre al menos 15 minutos para que
pueda practicar
• Revisar este link

• https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-
resources/english-grammar/future/
¡Gracias!