Grammar Revision: Tenses

Tuesday, the 31st of May

Class Work

Hello students!

How many ways do you know to talk about the future in English?

In this video, we will revise four easy ways to talk about the future:

will, going to, the present continuous, and the simple present.

So let's get started with the present continuous future.

1. We use the present continuous to talk about future that is going to happen very, very soon.

So, for example: What are you doing this weekend?" - "I'm hanging out with my friend, Josh, this weekend." or "I'm shopping this weekend.", "I'm studying this weekend." .

2. The simple present we can use when we're talking about routines in the future.

For example for timetables, schedule events; when we're talking about transportation; trains, airplanes. We can use it when we're talking about TV shows. We can use it when we're talking about restaurants opening and closing, or stores, when they open and close.

For example: "The last train leaves at 6pm today."

"The restaurant opens at 5pm today."

"My TV show, The Big Bang Theory, starts at 4pm."

3. The future with "will." Use the future with will to talk about an event in the future that you have just decided to do, for predictions and for promises.

For example:I think I'll go to that party next week.

The economy will get better soon.

Yes, I will marry you.

4. "Be going to" + a verb .

"I'm going to study.", "I'm going to sleep.", "You are going to watch a video."

So we use this when we're talking about the near future, it's a future where we think something is going to happen, and we have evidence that something is going to happen.

“Look at those gray clouds! It’s going to rain”

Now, let's watch the video with explanations (for you to understand it more clearly)

After watching this lesson, quiz yourself to practice and make sure you get it.

1. Watch this funny story, pay attention to the past tenses.

2. After watching, rewrite 12 sentences (in Past Simple - 4, Past Continuous - 4 and Past Perfect - 4 ) in your copybooks.