Grammar point and vocabulary

1. Unit 12
Looking ahead “Future”

2. OBJECTIVES
Discuss future plans and make predictions.
Talk about jobs.
Make offers and Promises.
Agree to offers, requests, and suggestions.

3. What are your future plans?

4. Jobs and professions

5. USE 1
Give facts about
the future
USE 2
Make predictions
based on your
opinion.
EXAMPLES
I will be 30 in
December (FACT)
It won’t be easy
to pass the English
level. (OPINION)
FUTURE FORMS
will / will not (won’t)
STRUCTURE: S+ will / will not + Verb base form + C

6. USE 3
To make offers.
USE 4
To make
promises.
EXAMPLES
I will phone you
again tomorrow.
(OFFER)
I won’t forget
the drinks this
time. (PROMISE)
will / will not (won’t)
STRUCTURE: S+ will / will not + Verb base form + C

7. USE
The speaker is less
than 100% sure about
future activities, facts,
situations, and
predictions
BUT THESE
EXPRESSIONS
ARE NECESSARY:
I think…
I guess…
Maybe…
…probably
EXAMPLES
I think it will rain
later.
I will probably
travel to Paris for
a French course.
Maybe I will buy
a new car.
will / will not (won’t)

8. USE
The speaker is less than
100% sure about future
activities, facts, situations,
and predictions
EXAMPLE 1
I may travel to Paris
for a French course.
EXAMPLE 2
I might not be able
to travel to Paris.
may / may not
might / might not
STRUCTURE: S+ may/ may not + Verb base form + C
S+ might/ might not + Verb base form + C

9. USE 1
Plans or decisions
already made.
I’m going to save
money next year.
USE 2
Events that are
already in progress.
My sister is going to
have a baby.
USE 3
Prediction based on
current evidence or
knowledge.
I know Peter is a
good student. He is
going to pass the
English level.
going to / not going to
STRUCTURE: S+ be going to / be not going to + Verb base form + C

10. USE 1
Planned events and
activities. Fixed
arrangements with
specific time and
place.
EXAMPLE 1
I am taking the
online exam on July
8th at Campus
Colon.
EXAMPLE 2
Mary is traveling to
Miami this August.
Present continuous for future
STRUCTURE: S+ AM/IS/ARE+ Ving + C

11. USE 1
In complex sentences
about the future, use
the simple present
after: WHEN, IF,
BEFORE and AFTER.
EXAMPLE 1
When I graduate, I will
travel to USA.
I will travel to USA when
I graduate.
EXAMPLE 2
If I get good grades, I
may go to Medicine
school.
I may go to Medicine
school if I get good
grades.
Present tense with future meaning
STRUCTURE: When/If/Before/After + S + V simple present , S + future form+ C
S + future form+ C when/if/before/after S + V simple present.