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THE FUTURE…
…IS YOURS

2. Talking about the future,
we can use:
Be going to
The cinema’s going to be full…
Will
People will travel to space as tourists.
Present continuous
Professor Collins is speaking again at the space
conference tomorrow.

3. Expressing future:
Going to→ Form
Affirmative: I am going to travel
by plane
Interrogative : Are you going to travel
by plane?
Negative : I am not going to travel
by plane because I am
going to fly in a hot air
balloon.

4. Uses of Going to
1- Future plans, intentions: I’m going to study a
lot this year.
2- Decisions before the moment of speaking:
I’m going to have party next weekend.
3- Predictions based on what we can see at the
moment (present evidence): I feel terrible.
I’m going to be sick.

5. •I'm going to buy a new
laptop computer next
week.
Plans,
Offers
Intentions
Promises

6. John has decided to
Have a party. He’s going to
invite lots of people.
Decisions before
the moment
Offers
of speaking
Promises

7. I AM GOING TO : I HAVE DECIDED TO DO STH.
Today, I am going to read my
favourite novel, then I am going to
phone my best friend and finally I
am going to drive my new
motorcycle.

8. •Look at that car! It is
going to crash into that
tree.
Predictions on
Offers
present
evidence
Promises

9. PREDICTIONS WITH PRESENT EVIDENCE
Look at those black clouds!
It’s going to rain.
She is pregnant.
She’s going to have a baby.

10. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?
WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN NEXT?

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