Hey and welcome back to Love English so what do you think of the costume? Do
you know who I am? Do you know what film is coming out very soon?
Well Sabrah and I are if you haven't guessed very big Star Wars fans so we
thought we would combine a lesson on future forms and our favorite film Star
Wars. Hey everybody what are you dressed as? What are you
dressed as? Oh excuse me I thought I was gonna be Princess Leia Oh Sabrah
Princess LEILA... excuse me Sabrah... as in light saber that's not gonna save us. The
force is strong with me so you could dress as a light saber could you? look we
planned this before get off! Okay let's step aside from the abuse here let's
just try and get on with a lesson on future form. Fine okay whatever...
So today we are
looking at... future forms everybody so I were feeling very futuristic Star Wars
is coming out we're getting very excited about it and actually Lela had this
fantastic idea of doing a lesson all about the future. With me dressed as
Princess Leia and me... so we are going to look at will, going to, and the present
continuous.In part 1...In part 2 you need to tune into future continuous and future
perfect all that sounds a bit advanced
Well I think the film is going to be great I think it's going to be much
better than the last one the last one I wasn't sure but it's all about the Jedi
everybody loves the Jedi. So going to Sabrah that's a very good example of how
we can talk about a future prediction SabrahI used "gonna" there that's right yes
in natural English we turn going to into gonna because we're lazy and it's an
informal way to use going to so going to becomes gonna I'm gonna. But remember
with going to four predictions there's some kind of evidence there's a reason
behind your prediction so in this case Sabrah is basing it on what I'm reading
in the press my own opinion and also things like my friends have said so yes...
Yeah I think there's a lot of anticipation for this next film. So the
structure of going to... you need the verb to be in the present form, so I am you
are we are they are she is... yes very good then that we obviously need going to
followed by the verb and the infinitive form so it's going to be great for
example, it's going to be what do you think later I think it's going to make a
lot of money mmm so that's my prediction... but of course going to can also be
used for future plans... that's right yes I'm going to see the film next weekend
Oh fantastic do you know when you're going exactly? I think I'm going to go on
Saturday okay have you got a ticket yet? Uh no not yet I have to persuade my
boyfriend he doesn't like the cinema. So there Sabrah is showing you her
intention she hasn't got a fixed plan. When you have a fixed plan there's
another tense that you use... that's right when we've got an intention this is
something that mentally we think we would like to do it's in our mind but it
might not have happened yet we might not have any physical evidence of that yet
it's all in the mind
It's also worth noting that going to when it is for an a future plan is, often
something that you're planning by yourself and you haven't yet made an
arrangement with anyone else so you haven't made the arrangement with your
boyfriend That's right yes so what's your plan for the next weekend Leila? Well
I'm seeing Star Wars Saturday evening ah so have you booked your ticket? I have
I've got the comfy seats... right now this is a new future form this is a different
way we can use to talk about the future and it's when we use the present
continuous tense to talk about the future. So Leila said I'm seeing it next
weekend. I am yeah. So she's seeing it and she's got her ticket now when we use
present continuous this is when we have some physical evidence in this case the
physical evidence is the ticket. yeah and I've already
persuaded my boyfriend, it didn't take much persuasion he loves Star Wars so
I've made the arrangement with another person which is usually another reason
why we use the present...it's a fixed plan so are you having dinner before? So
here we are this is a question in the present continuous talking about the
future. Are you having dinner before? And we've inverted the subject and the
auxiliary verb to be... so I'm not sure actually I'll have to I have to think about that
So the structure of
present continuous is not too difficult... you need the verb to be in the present
form I am, you are, she is, yes, they are, we are ,and you need the verb plus ing
that's right so I asked Leila before are you seeing it next weekend? Are you
seeing it? And I said yeah well I said yes I am that's a good point that when
we have the question and the short answer yes I am yes she is yes we are
mm-hmm in the full form it would be I am seeing it... yes this is the
infrastructure that So I thought the other day at work
my colleague she looked a bit fatter do you know what's going on there
Eating too much cake? I think it's a bit more than that oh you think she's
pregnant? I think she's having a baby... hmm now here
this is a very fixed plan yeah you can't avoid it... so she's having a baby
unavoidable it's going to happen... so here we would use the present continuous
another example would be if we've booked an appointment and we're planning to go
to that appointment we've made a note in our diary or put a reminder on our phone
for example I'm seeing the dentist later I'm seeing the doctor these are all
fixed arrangements so we would use the present continuous I'm so looking
forward to seeing Star Wars I think I'll get popcorn yeah I think I'll enjoy it
more than you I'm more of a fan which is why I should be Leia I should be Leia
Okay guys so getting back to the grammar. Will... you had two examples of the use of
will ther. First I said I think I'll get popcorn... yes and I said I think I'll
enjoy it more than Leila... I think I will... now we've got two different reasons for
using will here Leila what was your reason so my reason I was thinking in
the moment it was a spontaneous decision to get popcorn when I go to the cinema.
Will is not used for plans... in the case where I was saying I think I'll enjoy it
more than you... this is a prediction... I'm not sure later might actually enjoy it
more than me I might not like it but basing on my experience of Leila and my
experience of myself I'm thinking I predict this will happen... yeah but
it's not in the same way strong present evidence not the same are you
going to yes that's true... so it really is quite a rough prediction when we use
will it was kind of like... I think you'll have five children... oh I hope not... so there we
go will and going to for predictions... one
of the best examples that we can use not Star Wars related I'm afraid, is talking
about the weather, if you look up and you see a cloud... you'll probably say I think
it's going to rain ...strong present evidence if you're
talking about the weather next week...you might say... I think it might rain so I
think maybe I won't book my holiday... Sabrah made a good point there we actually use
might in replacement of will when you're less certain... maybe in a prediction
But you can' say I think it'll rain... so the pronunciation of will can actually
be quite difficult because we push together the subject and will and it
becomes I'll, you'll, he'll, we'll, she'll, they'll... I think that's all we've done them
all oh... it'll... of course that's the most difficult one Leila very good... now the will
becomes 'll...I'll... we're actually really swallowing that word I don't say I will
we say I'll... I'll ... you don't really hear English people say I will... they nearly always
say I'll... you'll she'll ...absolutely... and
it's also worth noting that after will, we of course need the infinitive verb
without to, as we do with modal verbs, so I will go to the cinema... she will go to
the cinema... doesn't change even if you have third-person mm -hmm she will be
sorry that she dressed as Princess Leia... They're not sorry..they are enjoying me
as Princess Leia...WellI think next time Leila
I'll dress as Yoda... yeah you'd look good as Yoda... I know why you're saying
that you want my face to be covered... so horrible....It'd be nice if you were ugly for once!
I think I'll...I think I'll surprise you... ah I don't like surprises hmm is it
gonna be any a dark surprise? It's gonna be on the other side of the force. I
always knew you were a dark sider... So in this case we're talking now about
what we think we'll do... we're making the decision in the moment... These are
spontaneous decisions... like when you're in a restaurant and you're looking at
the menu and you think ...I think I'll have the salad yeah you made that decision in
the moment it was not a plan... so when decisions are made in the moment we use
will... again we have to emphasize this is a mistake that you often make
you cannot say...I will go out the weekend hmm and if you think about this before
you would say I'm going out at the weekend or I'm meeting friends at the
weekend oh yeah for fixed plans... so I will go at the weekend is not correct.
Right everybody we hope you enjoyed this Star Wars themed lesson...was the grammar
force strong with us? Comment below and let us know... and we have something else we
really want to ask you... Leila you can ask the question... come on guys it's me I'm the best Princess Leia ...Light SABRAH!! That's the thing you
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