Unit 4 LET’S GO!!!
Travel vocabulary
Future tense
VOCABULARY 1 – Travel compound
nouns
VOCABULARY 2 – Travel phrasal verbs
put on . to clothe oneself in
put up to accommodate or be accommodated at: can you put me up for tonight?
come back To return
stop off A stop on a trip to visit a diffferent place
Get on to board or help to board (a bus, train, etc)
turn back To reverse
take off the act or process of making an aircraft airborne
come across to meet or find by accident
Get off to descend (from a bus, train, etc)
set off to embark on/start a journey
FUTURE TENSE
In Spanish we have just one kind of future tense
but in English they have several forms to talk
about the future. (if it is something planned or
not or if it is a near or a far away future)
To talk about the future you have to use these
forms:.
– BE GOING TO
– WILL
– PRESENT SIMPLE
– PRESENT CONTINOUS
BE GOING TO + INFINITIVE
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I’m going to go the gym this year
She’s going to give up smoking
My family are going to visit me on summer
Peter and Jane are going to have a baby
Future plans or intentions
WILL
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•
•
•
I will get married at the age of 30
People will fly in the year 2060
You will meet your future wife in the cinema
This summer will be very hot
Future facts (long future facts)
BE GOING TO + INFINITIVE
• As you can see you have the verb “BE” so it is clear that
you have to conjugate it. (And you all already know
how to do it)
• You have to be aware because you need to add a verb
in the infinitive form, this is the main verb , the verb
you are going to use in the future form.
I’m going to see the doctor next Monday
She is not going to pass the exam, she hasn’t studied at all
What are you going to do next Friday?
Is your brother going to come to the party? No, he isn’t *
WILL
• It is very easy to conjugate because it acts as a modal
verb. I mean it is “sacred/untouchable”, it can not be
changed. It must be followed (ALWAYS!!if not it doesn’t
have any sense) by an INFINITIVE form
• Its negative form is WON’T and it follows the same
rules
She will pass the exam, I promise
If I win the lottery I will travel to New York
Will you see Peter at the match? No, I won’t
They won’t win the match if the keep playing like that
BE GOING TO / WILL
• Things your are going to say or do
– Spontaneously
– Planned or decided actions
• Things that will take place
– As a prediction
– With evidences
BE GOING TO / WILL
• Things your are going to say or do
You haven’t planed that. You
– Spontaneously
didn’t know your friend was
going to be thirsty . It is
• WILL
spontaneous
– I’m thirsty
I’ll bring you a glass of water
– Planned or decided actions
• BE GOING TO
– I’m going to the cinema next Friday so I can’t go to the
party
You have bought the tickets and
you have planned that
BE GOING TO / WILL
• Things your are going to say or do
– Spontaneously
WILL
– Planned or decided actions
BE GOING TO
• Things that will take place
– As a prediction
WILL
– With evidences
BE GOING TO
BE GOING TO / WILL
• Things that will take place
– As a prediction (I think, I believe…)
• WILL
You are like a fortune teller
– I think people will fly in the year 2050 with your crystal ball
predicting the future
– Racing will win the league in 6 years
– With evidences
• BE GOING TO
You have some evidences, the
clouds, the chair in a wrong
position…
– She is going to fall off that chair!
– Look at that clouds! It is going to rain
BE GOING TO / WILL
WILL
• It is used to talk about PROMISES
– I promise I won’t watch TV tonight
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Fixed appointments or when the arrangements are
definite and unlikely to change.
It’s more definite that when we use Be going to
This morning, afternoon...
– I’m washing my hair this evening*
– I’m getting marry next July *
Tomorrow morning / evening...
Next Monday, week, July...
PRESENT SIMPLE
Events which are part of a timetable or
schedule: buses, trains, concerts...
– The train leaves at 6:00, so you must be there on
time
– The concert starts at 10:00 and finishes at 11:00
Let’s practice
Will or be going to
1. Look! I’ve just won 100$. I will / am going to buy
myself a new jacket at last.
2. He doesn’t look healthy and smokes like a chimney. He
will / is going to have a heart attack one day.
3. Sarah is going on holiday tomorrow. I’m sure she will /
is going to enjoy it.
4. I’ve decided to stay at home tonight. I will / am gong
to study for my history test.
5. Al is coming to our party. I hope he will / isn’t going
to / is going not to bring anyone with him.
6. Just look at Susan. Everybody can see that she will /
is going to have a baby.
7. Don’t pick up the phone, I will / am gong to answer it.
Let’s practice again
Present Continuous or Present Simple
1. I play / am playing tennis with David tomorrow.
2. Our plane take off / takes off / is taking off at
six in the morning.
3. What time does last train leave / is last train
leaving?
4. We are not going to / don’t go to Jessica’s this
evening, she is ill.
5. School starts / start / is starting at 8.45.
6. The exam don’t finish / doesn’t finish / is not
finishing until 3.30.
8. The match finish / finishes / is finishing at 4.45.
Will, be going to or Present
Continuous
Choose the right answer.
1.
a.
b.
2.
a.
b.
3.
a.
b.
4.
a.
b.
6.
a.
b.
Jane has passed all her exams and
She’ll study in Prague next year.
She’s going to study in Prague next year.
He rides that motorbike much too fast.
He’s going to have an accident soon.
He’s having an accident soon.
We’ve got some bad news.
We aren’t coming tomorrow.
We aren’t going to come tomorrow.
What
Will you do this evening?
Are you doing this evening?
Don’t worry!
She’ll be here soon.
She’s going to be here soon.
FIRST CONDITIONAL