Future and predictions

FUTURE TENSE Expressing future Try to remember, how future can be expressed. Which of the phrases can be used to express future action? FUTURE will be may go might happen won't snow going to see going out gonna help OTHER walked see have looked dresses wasn't having had been alseep have been watching Watch the video and make notes about the future tense Which tense is best to use when making promises and offers? will + infinitive going to present continuous Which tense is best to use when talking about appointments, events and arrangements? will + infinitive going to present continuous Which tense is best to use when talking about plans, intentions and ambitions? will + infinitive going to present continuous Which tense is best to use when we want to be very precise about the future plans? will + infinitive going to present continuous Example sentences Can you sort the sentences. ambitions, plans, intentions We're going to spend the summer abroad. We're going to buy a new car next month. Are you going to play basketball after school? In the new year I'm going to stop eating so much junk. appointments, arrangements, events I'm meeting Jim at the airport. Our grandparents are visiting us this Christmas. My sister's going to the dentist tomorrow. Are you doing anything on Sunday morning? spontaneous decisions, promises, offers We'll give you a lift to the cinema I won't lie to you again. I think I'll make myself a cup of coffee. I'll prepare dinner. future predictions There will be snow in many areas tomorrow. You won't pass your exams if you don't start working harder. She might not want to come skiing with us. Will it snow for Christmas? Negative sentences They are visiting their grandma tomorrow. They are not visiting their grandma tomorrow I will make somathing special for dinner I won't make anything special for dinner. She is going to travel this summer. She is not going to travel this summer. Questions They are going to go shopping after school. are they going to go shopping after school? I will help you study. will you help me study? He is leaving to Rome at 6 pm. when is he leaving to Rome? complete:Students' book p. 46-47 / ex. 1-6Workbook p. 43 / ex. 1-3 PREDICTIONS Which tense is best to use when predicting the future based on opinions and beliefs (without evidence)? will + infinitive going to present continuous Which tense is best to use for uncertain predictions (when we are less sure)? will + infinitive going to may / might Which tense is best to use for predicting the future based evidence? will + infinitive going to may / might Adverbs of probability Adverbs of probability are used to show how sure we are about a situation or event.Here are some examples with willandwon't:It willPROBABLY rain. It PROBABLY won't rain.It willDEFINITELY rain. It DEFINITELY won't rain.It willCERTAINLY rain. It CERTAINLY won't rain.It willPOSSIBLY rain. It POSSIBLY won't rain.Some adverbs are used with present simple to be to express future as well.Here are some examples with present simple to be:A huge meteor isSURE to hit the Earth.A world wide pandemic isLIKELY to happen.A virus isUNLIKELY to wipe out the whole human race.Can you order the sentences according to thier percentage of probability? From left (most probable) to right (least probable). 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% It will certainly happen. It will probably happen. It may / might happen. It probably won't happen. It certainly won't happen.