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Future
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- WILL
- PRESENT SIMPLE
- PRESENT CONT.
- BE GOING TO
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Intro
- I will get my hair cut
- I am going to get my hair cut
- I am getting my hair cut
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Present Simple
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part of time tabled
- events
- programmed arrangement
- routine
- Examples
- The sale finishes on Thursday
- The sun rises at 5:16 tomorrow
- fixed, unchangeable events
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avoid to use
- less formal
- predictions
- we use
- will
- be going to
- Examples
- Are you staying in to watch TV tonight, or are you coming dancing? (Not do you....)
- It is only a problem in Britain now, but it will affect the rest of Europe soon. (not ....but it affects...)
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future in time&conditional clauses
- after, as soon as, before, by the time, when, while, until, if, in case, provided, unless
- Examples
- When you see Ben, tell him he owes me some money
- by the time you get back, I will finish all work
- in case the software is available, I should be able to solve the problem
- should ---> ...acak/ecek olursa; ...sa/se; gelecekte muhtemel eylemlere değinmede kullanılır
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possible future events with
- suppose, supposing, what if
(can also be used with past)
- Examples
- Suppose we miss the bus, how will we get home
Suppose we missed the bus....
- What if the train's late? Where will I meet you then?
What if the train was late?
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Will
- prediction, believes
- no intention, decision in the moment
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Present Cont.Be going to
- planned future events
- firm intention or definite decision
although it may not be arranged
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don't use present cont.
- make or report predictions over which we have no control
- Examples
- I think it is going to rain soon
- Satellite won't cause any damage when it falls to Earth
- when we talk about permanent future situations
- Examples
- People are going to/will live longer in the future
- Her new house is going to have/will have three floors
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Examples
- Are you seeing the doctor next week?
Are you going to see....
- I am not asking Tom to the party
I am not going to ask Tom....
- Examples
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- BE TO + INF.
- BE ABOUT TO + INF.
- COMMONLY USED PHRASES
- THE FUTURE FROM THE PAST
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Be to + inf.
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News Reports
- Police officers are to visit every home in this area
- The main railway line is to be reopened today
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Formal official arrangements, instructions, orders
- You are not to leave without my permission
- Children are not to be left unsupervised in the museum
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Events controlled by people
- Scientists say they can't predict when or where the disease will appear again (not "is to appear")
- The comet will return to our solar system in around 500 years (not "is to return")
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Be about to + inf.
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Sth will happen in
the near future
- We are about to eat. Do you want to join us?
- Appearing on TV might make her famous, but it is not about to make her rich.
- A: Why don't you switch it off and turn it back again?
B: Yes, I was about to try that when you came in
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Commonly used Phrases
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Be...
- on the verge of...
- on the brink of...
- on the point of
- due to...
- sure /bound to...
- set to...
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- + infinitive
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Verbs - Intentions
- Verb + to infinitive
- Aim
Agree
Expect
Hope
Intend
Plan
Promise
Propose
Resolve
Want
Look(ing)
- I aim / am aiming / was aiming to get to Bangkok by the end of June
- We are looking to create 3.000 jobs in the city over the next year
- Nathan had resolved to become fluent in Spanish before he left university
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Examples
- People are on the verge of starvation as the drought continues
- Exhausted, mentally and physically, she was on the point of collapse
- Scientists are on the brink of making major advances in the fight against COVID19
- The company's chief executive is due to retire next year, but following today's announcement she is sure to be asked to leave sooner
- Her new film is set to be great
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The future from the past
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- I haven't got much money, so I think I will stay at home this summer
- Eleni decided that she would stay at home for this summer
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- I am not going to say anything about the exams today, because I don't have time
- I wasn't going to say anything about the exams, but students asked me to
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- I am having a meeting with my tutor tomorrow to discuss my work
- I couldn't go to the match because I was having a meeting with my tutor
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- Will you be going alone, or is Louise going with you?
- At the time, I thought I would be going alone, but then Jan said he wanted to come
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- The exam will have finished by three o'clock, so I will see you then
- The exam was so easy that most people would have finished after 30 minutes
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- There is to be a meeting of ministers this evening
- It was announced that there was to be a meeting of ministers that evening
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- When the school closes, all the children are to be moved to one nearby
- Mrs Novak heard that she was to be moved to a post in nearby school
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- As the bell is about to go for the end of the lesson, pack your books away
- The bell was about to go when all the children started to pack their books away
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Modal Verbs
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- CAN
- COULD
- BE ABLE TO
- BE ALLOWED TO
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We sometimes use be able to instead of "can" and "could" to talk about ability. We avoid "be able to" -
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When we talk about sth that is happening as we speak
- Watch me, Mum; I can stand on one leg (not... I am able to stand on one leg)
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Before passives
- Films can now easily be streamed online (not... films are now easily able to be streamed...)
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If we talk about single achievement, rather than a general ability in the past, we use "be able to" rather that "could"
- Sophie could play the flute quite well (or... was able to...; general ability)
- She swam strongly and was able to cross the river easily, even though it was swollen by the heavy rain (not She swam strongly and could cross... ; a specific achievement)
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Could more natural than be able to -
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in negative sentences
- I tried to get up but couldn't move
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with verbs of the senses, e.g.
feel, hear, see, smell, taste, and with verbs of "thinking", e.g. believe, decide, remember, understand
- I could remember the crash, but nothing after that
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after the phrases the only thing / place / time, and after all when it means "the only thing"
- All we could see were his feet
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to suggest that something almost didn't happen, particularly with almost, hardly, just, nearly
- I could nearly touch the ceiling
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used to make a suggestion
- You could try painting it a different colour
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Can and Could: Possibility
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To talk about the theoretical possibility something happening we use could, not can. However, we use can, not could, to say that something is possible and actually happens
- It could be expensive to keep a cat ( = if we had one, it could or it may not be expensive)
- It can be expensive to keep a cat ( = it can be, and it sometimes is)
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We use can't, not couldn't, to say that something is theoretically or actually impossible
- There can't be many people in the world who haven't watched television
- The doctor can't see you this morning; he's busy at the hospital
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We can use to indicate that there is a very real possibility of a future event happening. Using could suggests that something is less likely or that there is some doubt about it.
- We can stay with Jake in Oslo. (= we will be able to stay)
- We could stay with Jake in Oslo. ( = it is possible; if he's there)
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Could and be allowed to: permission
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To say in the past someone had a general permission to do something - that is, to do it at any time - we can use either "could" or "was / were allowed to". However to talk about permission for one particular past action, we use "was / were allowed to", but not "could"
- Anyone was allowed to fish in the lake when the council owned it (or... could fish...)
- Although he didn't have a ticket, Ned was allowed to come in (not... to come in)
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In negative sentences, we can use either couldn't or wasn't / weren't allowed to to say that permission was not given in general or particular situations
- I couldn't / wasn't allowed to open the present until my birthday