FUTURE FORMS

Question 1

Making predictions

Answer 1

Going to:
- When we have some evidence for a prediction.
Will:
- When we are confident about a prediction.
- We can add probably if we are slightly less certain.
Might:
- When we are less confident about a prediction.
Be about:
- When we are make a prediction that something will happen very soon.

Question 2

Going to

Answer 2

• Quando tomamos uma decisão, mas não fizemos todos os preparativos necessariamente para que isso acontecesse (We’re going to the beach this weekend).
• Ou falar de algo que não está sobre nosso controle (she’s going to miss the train).

Question 3

Present continuous in future forms

Answer 3

Podemos utilizar para falar sobre planos futuros, na qual já está tudo planejado, com providências já tomadas ou em andamento —> I’m flying tomorrow at 7:00 pm.

Question 4

Will

Answer 4

• Usamos para falar sobre previsões, sobre um futuro que não foi planejado ou sem ter nada já em andamento —> Maybe I will buy a car this year.
• Pedidos, promessas, ameaças.

Question 5

Future continuous

Answer 5

• Structure: will + be + ing.
• Use:
  —> to describe an action in progress at or around a certain time in the future (I will be watching TV at 8:30 tonight).
  —> to predict events we expect to be in progress at a certain time in the future (In ten years, we will be using computers in different ways).

Question 6

Future perfect

Answer 6

• Structure: will + have + past participle.
• Use: to describe an action completed before a certain time in the future (I’ll have finished my college project by the end of the summer).