American Headway 4: Unit 5

American Headway 4: Unit 5

2 Been there, done that!
1 No place like home
Contents
7 Getting along
8 People and places
9 Changing times
10 Dangerous living
11 In your dreams
12 Its never too late
3 What a story!
4 Nothing but the truth
5 An eye to the future
6 Making it big
American Headway 4: Unit 5
5 An eye to the future
Do you
know that
there is no
future
tense in
English?
So how do
you talk
about
tomorrow?
American Headway 4: Unit 5
Future Forms
will prediction
Ill be in college next year.
Itll be fun to be away from home.
I wonder who will be my roommate.
I know that my parents will visit me.
They hope that Ill do well at college.
Ill do well if I study enough.
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Future Forms
will
going to
Im going to be in college next year.
Its going to be fun to be away from home.
I wonder whos going to be my roommate.
I know that my parents are going to visit me.
They think that Im going to do well at college.
Im going to do well if I study enough.
often used
interchangeably
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Future Forms
going to
will
Look at the clouds. Its going to rain.
Angelas leg is healing. Its going to be fine.
I think it will be a rainy day tomorrow.
I hope that Angelas leg will get better.

with physical evidence
no physical evidence
will
going to
some differences
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Future Forms
intentions
decisions
Ill text you later.
Someone is at the door. Ill see who it is.


Were going to visit Brazil next summer.
Shes going to e-mail me this evening.
will (made at moment of speaking)
going to (made before moment of speaking)
will
going to
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American Headway 4: Unit 5
What do you
do on
weekends?
I usually
study or get
together
with
friends.
Usual activity
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Future Forms
Present Continuous arrangements
What are you
doing this
weekend?
Im meeting
some guys at a
baseball game.
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Future Forms
Present Simple timetables
My bus leaves at 6pm.
The gym opens at 7am tomorrow.


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Future Forms
Future Continuous before and after
a future time
Ill be traveling when you wake up tomorrow.
Well be arriving at about 10pm.
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Future Forms
Future Perfect
action completed before a definite time
Ill have arrived by the time you get to school.
Theyll have painted the nursery before the
new baby is born.
American Headway 4: Unit 5
future
present
present
future
American Headway 4: Unit 5
general
specific
moment of speaking
previously arranged
general
specific
intention
more formal, action
will be in progress
report will be written
tonight
report will be complete
before tonight is over
American Headway 4: Unit 5
Correct or incorrect?
Were going to need warm clothes
to hike in those mountains.
correct
American Headway 4: Unit 5
Correct or incorrect?
correct
These flowers are perennials.
It means they are going to bloom next year.
American Headway 4: Unit 5
Correct or incorrect?
incorrect
These flowers are blooming every year.
American Headway 4: Unit 5
Correct or incorrect?
correct
These flowers will bloom next year.