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Future

• Form 1
• Use
• Form 2
• Affirmative Sentences
• Negative Sentences
• Yes / No Questions
• Wh-subject Questions
• Wh-non-subject Questions
• Use
• Form 3
• Use
• Expressions of future time

• Present Continuous + future expression.
• Going to + base form

• Son las formas de futuro más comunes.
• Ambas se utilizan para referirse a planes establecidos e intenciones:
  I’m working on my essay tonight, so I can’t come out.
  They are getting married next Summer, so we have to send the invitation cards.
  He’s going to be a cook when he finishes his studies.
  Are you going to book the flights?

• Will / Shall

Affirmative Sentences

• El orden de la frase es:
• La forma contraída de will (’ll) suele usarse especialmente detrás de los pronombres sujeto:
  She’ll look after the cases while we buy the tickets.

Negative Sentences

• Las frases negativas se forman con will + not. La forma contraída es won’t.
• El orden de la frase es:

Yes / No Questions

• El orden de la frase es:

Wh-subject Questions

• En este tipo de oraciones interrogatives cuyo sujeto es who o what, el resto de la frase no cambia, es decir, no hay inversión del sujeto y el verbo:
  Paul will paint the walls. Who will paint the walls?
  Storks will disappear from Madrid. What will disappear from Madrid?
• El orden de la frase es:

Wh-non-subject Questions

• La particula interrogativa debe iniciar la frase cuyo orden es:

• Para hacer predicciones de futuro sin base científica:
  I think she will win the race.
• Para decisiones instantáneas:
  It’s stuffy in here, I’ll open the window.
• Para ofrecerse a hacer favores o ayudar.
  Shall I do the washing up for you?
• Para dar sugerencias:
  Shall we go to Future Scope for our school trip?
• Para prometer o comprometerse a algo:
  I’ll be very careful with the money!
• Para hacer invitaciones o peticiones de modo formal:
  Will you join our last-term party on Friday night?
• En oraciones condicionales de presente.
  If you need me, I’ll be there.
• Shall se usa normalmente en lenguaje formal. Suele usarse con I y we, especialmente para hacer ofrecimientos o sugerencias.

Form 3

• The Present Simple

• Para hablar de horarios y programas predeterminados:
  The lecture starts at 11 o’clock.
  Your meeting is at two thirty.

Expressions of future time

• in a minute / in a year
• in two weeks / three days
• next Tuesday / week / month / year
• tomorrow, tonight, this evening / afternoon
• soon
• sometime next week
• Las expresiones de tiempo se suelen colocar al final de la frase, aunque a veces se pueden colocar al principio para dar más énfasis:
  I'm finishing in two minutes.
  Tomorrow I will post my application form to the university.

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