English Grammar: Future Intentions

English Grammar: Future Intentions

1. Future tenses

   • Predictions/statements of fact
     • The auxiliary verb will is used in making predictions or simple statements of fact about the future.
       • -If you help me, I will help you. -Do you think she will come soon?
   • Intentions
     • The auxiliary verb going to is used in talking about intentions. (An intention is a plan for the future that you have already thought about.)
       • -Are you going to play basketball after school? -What are you going to have for lunch today?
   • Arrangements
     • The present continuous tense is used in talking about arrangements. (An arrangement is is a plan for the future that you have already thought about and discussed with someone else.)
       • -I'm meeting my mother at the airport tomorrow. -Our grandparents are visiting us this Christmas.
   • Scheduled events
     • The present simple tense is usually used to refer to future events that are scheduled (and outside of our control).
       • -Hurry up! The train departs in 10 minutes. -When does the meeting begin?

2. Be going to

   • -We are going to have a party this weekend. -They are going to save up for a new car.

3. Question form

   • -Am I going to…? -Are you going to…?

4. Short replies

   • -Yes I am / No I’m not -Yes he is / No he isn’t

5. Negative form

   • -I am not going to leave my job. -He / She isn’t going to get married.

6. made by: Edwin Camilo Sanabria Torres