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1 EfS Grammar VI: Future Tenses Saying something more about the future than tomorrow.

2 WiSe 2008/09© 2008, Lee Traynor, MA (Oxon) EfS Grammar VI: Future Tenses Decision Tree Is this on a timetable? Have two parties agreed to do this? Does one person intend to do this? Or: Is this about to happen? Present Simple Present Continuous going to-future will-future Yes No

3 WiSe 2008/09© 2008, Lee Traynor, MA (Oxon) EfS Grammar VI: Future Tenses Summary of Functions and Properties Types Timetable Arrangement Intention, Prior Decision, Immediate Event Prediction, Calculation, Offer, Spontaneous Decision, Dependent Events Tense p.s.* p.c. going to will V - - C - - - n02100n02100 * Abbreviations: p.s.: present simple, p.c.: present continuous, V: volition, C: commitment, n: number of people involved

4 WiSe 2008/09© 2008, Lee Traynor, MA (Oxon) EfS Grammar VI: Future Tenses Mr May will be 50 next month. Age is not something that you can arrange or intend. We are having pizza tonight. … either you've made the phone call. We are going to have pizza tonight. … or you haven't. Some Choices…

5 WiSe 2008/09© 2008, Lee Traynor, MA (Oxon) EfS Grammar VI: Future Tenses Where will you go on holiday? Asked in November, December and means: "Guess!" Where are you going to go on holiday? Means: "Where would you like to go?" Where are you going on holiday? Show me what's on the ticket! Questions: What do you want to know?


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