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EfS Grammar VI: Future Tenses

EfS Grammar VI: Future Tenses. Saying something more about the future than tomorrow. Decision Tree. Yes. Is this on a timetable?. Present Simple. No. Yes. Have two parties agreed to do this?. Present Continuous. No. Does one person intend to do this? Or: Is this about to happen?.

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EfS Grammar VI: Future Tenses

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

  2. Decision Tree Yes Is this on a timetable? Present Simple No Yes Have two parties agreed to do this? Present Continuous No Does one person intend to do this?Or: Is this about to happen? going to-future Yes No will-future

  3. 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 -  -- - n 0 2 10 0 * Abbreviations: p.s.: present simple, p.c.: present continuous, V: volition, C: commitment, n: number of people involved

  4. Some Choices… 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.

  5. Questions: What do you want to know? 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!

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