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FUTURE TENSES

GRAMMAR I

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we will study the meaning and the uses of the verbs tenses tomorrow THE SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE is used to talk about sth that has been planned. Irrelevant aspectual meaning
the meeting will begin at 9.00 a.m in formal style, 'will' is used to talk about future events that have been previously arranged IN SOME DETAIL. irrelevant aspec meaning
Aun Catherine will be 90 next week we use 'will' to tell about an action, a state or event that is defenitely going to happen in the future
tomorrow's weather will be cold and cloudy we use the simple future to express general predictions about the future based on opinion, analysis, judgement or experience.
There is Sonia. I'll go and talk to her the simple future is also used to express ON/THE/SPOT decisions, th=that is to say, decisions we make at the time of speaking, It actually represents the process of decison-making
I promise i will be punctual next time 'WILL' is also used to express promises, threats, warnings, hopes, fears, invitations, refusal, willingness
I don't understand this exercise, will you help me? (request) Yes, of course. I will explain it to you in a minute (decision) the Simple futue is also used to express REQUESTS or OFFERS
that was such an unexpected upset that all true sports fans will be discussing it for years the future progressive tense is used to indicate an action that will be taking place, in progress (impective aspect), at certain, stated time in the future
i will be visiting you tomorrow morning as usual PURE FUTURE OR FUTURE AS A MATTER OF COURSE. thiis is called pure future bc it is not contaminated by any modal attitude. In this case, we talk about a future activity that is part of the normal course of events or that is one of a repeated or. IRRELEVA
Peter ant tom will be lying on the beach in Corfu at the moment the future progressive is sometimes used to refer to the present, when we are guessing about what people are doing. Imperfective asp meaning
I will have finished grading the papers before 4.00 p.m the future perfect t, is used to refer to an action that will have been completed to or by (no latter than) a certain time in the future. When we use this structure, whe think of a futurre time and look back from that future to say sth will be com, PERFEC
by the end of the year, they will have been working on that project for ten months. The perfect progressive tensee is used to refer to an action that began before a certain time future, but will not have been completed by then. It is used to emphasize the duration of an action up to certain time in the future. IMPERFECTIVE. the action ma
they are going to decontaminate the lake (used with personal subjects) the be goingg to form is used when the speaker want to refer to a future fulfilment of a present intention/plan/ambition. The speaker has the firm intention of perfofming of fulfillin an action. IRRELEVANT
She is going to have another baby the be going to is used to show the future culmination of a present cause. It is used in predictions where there is evidence that sth will happen in the near future. It can be found with both personal or non-personal subjcts
i was going to visit my parents yesterday, but my car broke down the future seen from the past. was/were going to + infinite. It is used to describe a planned action that did not happen. we often speak about an UNFULFILLED INTENTION. however, it is possible to describe a past intention that is fulfilled
the time was not far off when we would regret his decision we often use would as a king of past tense of will or going to
i was meeting him in Paris the next day past progressive. This structure is used when we don't know whether the activity or event actually took place
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