Unit 9 Cae Flashcards
Future forms
Will:
- used to talk about a future action or event at the point of decision
I’ll come to the cinema with you tonight, I think
- it is used to make predictions about the future
You will meet a tall, dark stranger
-it is used to make promises
I’ll buy you a car for your birthday
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Going to:
- used to talk about intentions. Sometime it is used to talk about plans and arrangements based on intentions ( but the present continuous is more commonly used for talking about arrangements)
We are going to visit our friends in New Zealand next winter
-used to talk about future events and actions based on present evidence , especially when we can see that the event is about to happen
The way Brazil are playing at the moment , they are going to win the match
Watch out! We are going to hit that tree
Present continuous
- used to talk about plans and arrangements for the future. A time reference often makes the future meaning clear
What are you doing tonight?
We are meeting early tomorrow morning
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Present simple
- used to talk about timetables and schedules
Our train leaves at 6:30 tomorrow morning
-it is used with future references in subordinate clauses after time conjunctions such as when , before,until, as soon as,
We will reply when we hear from you
I hope you will write to us as soon as you get home
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Be + infinitive
-be + infinitive is formal
-Sex in rules or instructions or to talk about official plans. It is particularly common in new reports
Staff are not to use company telephones for personal calls
The prime minister is to visit South America next month
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Future continuous
- focuses on an action or event in progress at a specific time in the future
This time next week I’ll be lying on a beach in the sun
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Future perfect
-looks forward to a future time and then looks back from that point
By the end of next year we will have finished the project
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Future in the past
-the form was / were going to or would + verb is used to look back to a past time and talk about the future as it was at that past time
By the time I left school I knew I was going to become a doctor
I thought it would be cold today , but it isn’t
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