CONTENTS
3-1 Expressing future time: be going 3-7 Using the present progressive to express
to and wiN future time
3-2 Forms with be going to 3-8 Using the simple present to express
3-3 Forms with will future time
3-4 Sureness about the future 3-9 Immediate future: using be about to
3-5 Be going to vs. will 3-10 Parallel verbs
3-6 Expressing the future in time
clauses and $-clauses
EXERCISE 1. Preview: future time. (Charts 3-1 -. 3-6)
Directions: Use the given words to make sentences about the fu~re. Work in pairs, in
groups, or as a class.
Examples: I... around four this afternoon.. ..hi I, I. i
+ 1'm going to go home aroundfour this a&rkwn. :! ; ::, ,' , , ,! ' '
you... tomorrow?+ WiU ypu be in class tomonow?
- I.. .this evening.
- the teacher... next week?
- I... probably... later today.
- what time... you... tomorrow morning?
- you... later this (morninglafternoonlevening)?
- computers... in the future.*
- what... you... this weekend?
- I may... in a few days.
- we... after we finish this exercise.
- I... before I... tomorrow. , -
*In thajiaum = American Bnglish; in fumm = British English.