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A cyberattack will hack into your
computer and destroy all your data.
I will help you with those bags. When this
lesson is over I'll go to the gym to
work out. The new president of the United
States will definitely create new jobs.
This summer is going to visit his aunt in
Morocco. Look the swallows are back !
It's going to be spring soon. Her boss is
having a meeting with the employees in
the afternoon.
Our train leaves at 2 p.m. In this
lesson we're going to look at the future
so stay tuned.
So why is it that students find the future difficult in
English ?
Well, for one thing there four futures, so
the future simple will, going to, present
continues or present progressive, and the
present simple or simple present. For
another is that any reference you make
about the future action is usually or
generally an indication of what you
think might occur or what you plan to
happen. Now this sounds a little bit confusing
I'm going to try to show it to
you, by introducing two
timelines : one which represents
going to, and the other one represents
will. So in the first one with going to, there is
a cross in the past, with a cross in the
future
This indicates a planned action, so going to
we use going to, for an action that I
thought about it in the past for a
future, for future action. In the meantime
we have will, and in this case we have
the cross of now and the timeline and
then a cross in the future. This will
indicate a spontaneous action let's take
a look at the examples and the rules.
Ok, I said that we're going to talk about
going to will, present continuous or
progressive, and the present simple.
If you wish to look at other futures like
future perfect
you may click here. Now, will is not
always used for future actions
yes it can be used also for the present.
For example general truths and that was
my first example: A cyberattack will hack
into your computer and destroy all your
data. So this is a general truth and is
a present action.
It doesn't have anything to
do with the future.
I'm going to dedicate this part of the
explanation of will in another lesson.
So, let's take a look at the second one of
the most important one that I already
mentioned, is for spontaneous actions. So
let's see I have a lady in front of me
and I see she's carrying a heavy bag so
I say to her I'll - I will
I'll help you with those bags
spontaneous action for the future or the
phone rings and they say okay I'll
answer it. This is for continuous action.
now let's take a look at the third rule
We use will for the first conditional.
When this lesson is over I'll go to the
gym. Now if you want to review the first
conditional or the conditional you may
click here. For predictions based on
opinions, so is my opinion about a future
event or something that will happen. It's a
prediction for example: The new president
of the United States will definitely
create new jobs.
This is my prediction, it's my opinion or I
think I think, he'll beat me at our next
tennis match. So this is my opinion so
that's why I say I think I'll do
something.
Remember that will usually is contracted
with an apostrophe double L, and we
pronounce L for example for a
negative will plus not is WON'T
I won't do it, if you're saying something to your
friends and your friend tells you ok do
this, do that:I won't do it. Now let's
take a look at going to. Going to, I said
that it's planned: This summer
he's going to visit his
aunt in Morocco. In this case obviously
he had planned before telling you this
right, so he's going to visit his aunt in
Morocco. I'm going to visit my friend in
Spain, for example this summer. This is
what I had thought about before telling
you, so it's an action that I thought in
the past for the future. Let's take a
look at the second rule predictions that
you can actually see. Look the swallows are
back
the swallows, the birds, It's going to be very
soon ! okay you know that when you see
this type of birds
spring is coming. Or another example:
The sun has just set. It's going to get dark
soon. It's going to get dark soon !
obviously because you can see it. So it's a
prediction based on something that you
can actually see. So this is about going
to what about the present continuous or
present progressive ? Some people ask me
if we can use the present continuous and
the answer is yes, there is however a
little difference and the little
difference is that we use the present
continuous or the present progressive for
fixed arrangements. So, for example: The boss is
having a meeting in the afternoon, I said
I think. is having I could have said: The
boss is going to have a meeting in the
afternoon. It's the same. I can say that is
the same. We use the present continuous
for the future a lot. Now, the present
simple instead, we use it for timetables
so for a train
timetable or plane timetable
So, the train leaves at 2pm. So this is
future but the present simple is used
here to indicate the future for example.
The train leaves at 2pm. Now let's
recap. In this lesson, we looked at the
future: Future Simple will, going to
present continuous, progressive and present
simple or simple present. It is important
you remember the difference between a
planned action using going to, and the
spontaneous action using will, I suggest
you watch the lesson once more, so that
you have a better idea and a clear idea
about the future. The future can be
tricky in English so that's why I
suggest to watch the lesson once, twice
three times more. That's it for today if
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