This document provides information about expressing the future tense in English. It discusses two main ways to express the future: using "will" and using "going to". Will expresses spontaneous decisions, assumptions, or actions that cannot be influenced, such as predictions. Going to expresses conclusions or actions that have already been planned, such as intentions. It provides examples of use for both will and going to in positive, negative, and question forms. Signal words that indicate the future are also listed.

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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