Future tense explanation

1. Welcome to
UNAD ENGLISH
Level A1

2. Lesson 1
Future

3. Future
Will future expresses a
spontaneous decision, an
assumption with regard to
the future or an action in
the future that cannot be
influenced.

4. will
• Will is a word that is used as an auxiliary verb in order to
establish the future tense.
• It Works with all the pronouns in the same way so the
principal verb NEVER changes.
positive negative question
I will speak. I will not speak. Will I speak?

5. use
• a spontaneous decision:
Wait, I will help you.
• an opinion, hope, uncertainty or assumption regarding the future:
He will probably come back tomorrow.
• a promise:
I will not watch TV tonight.
• an action in the future that cannot be influenced:
It will rain tomorrow.

6. Signal Words
•In a year
•Next …
•Tomorrow
•I think…
•Probably…
•Perhaps…

7. GOING TO
•We can also use going to
when we need to express a
conclusion regarding the
immediate future or an action
in the near future that has
already been planned or
prepared.

8. use
• an action in the near future that has already
been planned or prepared:
I am going to study harder next year.
• a conclusion regarding the immediate
future:
The sky is absolutely dark. It is going to rain.

9. form
This is the way to use going to:
positive negative question
I I am going to speak. I am not going to speak. Am I going to speak?
you / we /
they
You are going to speak. You are not going to speak. Are you going to speak?
he / she / it He is going to speak. He is not going to speak. Is he going to speak?

10. Signal Words
• in one year
• next week
• tomorrow

11. Example of future in context
• This video
Shows
you how
to use
future:

12. Come on and practice
• This link will take you to some exercises you can
do in order to practice and see how much you
understood about this topic:
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