DAY 9: MY FUTURE PLANS

New day, new tense! This is the last TENSE that we are going to talk about before our mid-test. We use this TENSE to talk about our plans in the future. However, there are 2 ways to express it. Those are:

We use “will” to make spontaneous decisions, predictions, or promises at the moment & no plan before. For example:

Here is how we make sentences using FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE (WILL). Those include positive, negative, and interrogative sentences:

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SUBJECTWILLV1ADDITIONAL INFO
I/she/he/it/singular nouns/
you/we/they/plural nouns
willopenthe door for you.

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SUBJECTWILLNOTV1ADDITIONAL INFO
I/she/he/it/singular nouns/
you/we/they/plural nouns
willnotopenthe door for you.

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WILLSUBJECTV1ADDITIONAL INFO
WillI/she/he/it/singular nouns/
you/we/they/plural nouns
openthe door for you?

We use (BE) GOING TO to talk about plans or intentions that have already been made. For example:

Here is how we make sentences using FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE (BE GOING TO). Those include positive, negative, and interrogative sentences:

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SUBJECTBEGOINGTOV1ADDITIONAL INFOTIME SIGNAL
Iamgoingtoreada noveltomorrow evening.
She/he/it/singular nounsisgoingtobuymilkon Sunday.
You/we/they/plural nounsaregoingtoknita sweaternext month.

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SUBJECTBENOTGOINGTOV1ADDITIONAL INFOTIME SIGNAL
Iamnotgoingtoreada noveltomorrow evening.
She/he/it/singular nounsisnotgoingtobuymilkon Sunday.
You/we/they/plural nounsarenotgoingtoknita sweaternext month.

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BESUBJECTGOINGTOV1ADDITIONAL INFOTIME SIGNAL
AmIgoingtoreada noveltomorrow evening?
Isshe/he/it/singular nounsgoingtobuymilkon Sunday?
Areyou/we/they/plural nouns goingtoknita sweaternext month?

Good job so far, Gems! Let’s fill the last CHEAT SHEETS before our mid-test. Don’t forget to review all materials and see you on the mid-test!

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