To express future we use WILL for:
A sudden decision
- Ok, I‘ll go with you
- Yes, I will marry you
A voluntary action, an offering
- I‘ll make some sandwiches
- They will do it
A request
- Will you help me?
- Will you make dinner?
A promise
- Don’t worry, I‘ll be careful
- I promise I won’t tell anyone
A prediction
- I think it will rain
- We will probably come back tomorrow
A conditional clauses type I
- If he phones me, I won’t answer
| Afirmative ➣ Plants will grow |
| Negative ➣ The planet will not / won’t survive |
| Interrogative ➣ Will wild animals die out? |
No obstante, igual que en español podemos expresar el futuro de tres maneras diferentes:
Mañana lo haré (decisión más espontánea)
will ➣ I will do it tomorrow
Mañana lo voy a hacer (decisión más planeada)
going to ➣ I am going to do it tomorrow
Mañana lo hago (el presente también puede indicar futuro)
CAREFUL present continuous ➣ I am doing it tomorrow
The future in your hands
Palmistry. Do you believe it is possible to tell a person’s future by studying their hands? Do you know how to do it? Look at the palm of the hand you write with. Then look at the picture below. Find the 5 lines. A palmist believes that each line tells us something about our future.
reference: New Generation Colin Granger Heinemann
GOING TO
reference: English for Life Pre-Intermediate Oxford
