am / is / are You can also talk about the future in simple sentences with am/ is / are and – adjectives like free, busy, home, away, back. I’m away next week. – expressions with in, on, at, etc. I’m at a conference. You usually use time expressions with all the above forms. For example: tomorrow afternoon, at 7.00, next month … Form be going to Use be going to with the infinitive. Are you going to see her again? I’m going to see her on my next trip to Malaysia. Yes, I am. No, I’m not. I’m not going to see her this month. The present progressive, the present simple See Grammar reference for Unit 1, p. 146. Practice 1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use be going to or the present simple. 1 When your train ? (arrive) 2 What you this summer? (do) 3 I my essay this weekend. (finish) 4 I think the last bus at 11.30 p.m. (leave) 5 W e friends of ours in Bombay this summer. (visit) 6 T he meeting at 2.30 as usual. (start) 2 Complete the sentences with the present progressive or be. Use these verbs. 1 We a party for Margaret next Wednesday. 2 I to the hairdresser this afternoon at 3.00. 3 We a cat this weekend. The whole family are really excited. 4 We from home next week. 5 I her this evening around 6.00. 6 I checked his schedule. He Paris tomorrow. phone go be away have get be in Unit 4 will, might, may Meaning You can use will to say you are sure about something in the future. In 2050, 70% of people around the world will live in cities. (future) But you can also use will to talk about now, or about things in general. A: Shall I phone Irina? B: No, call her later. She’ll be at work now. (now) I work with a really good team. If you have a problem, they’ll always try to help. (in general) You can use will with other words to show that you are more or less sure. Brazil will definitely win the next World Cup. Brazil will win. Brazil will probably win. Maybe/Perhaps Brazil will win. You can use both might and may to say you’re not sure about something. A: Shall we have a barbecue tomorrow? B: I’m not sure. It might/may rain. (future) A: Where’s Irina? B: I don’t know. She might/may be in a meeting. (now) A: Where’s Lagos? B: I don’t know. I think it might/may be in Nigeria. (in general) May is a little more formal than might. May is more common in formal kinds of writing, but might is more common in everyday speech. There is a difference between might/may and can. The supermarket might/may be crowded on Saturday. (I’m not sure if it will be crowded on Saturday.) The supermarket can be crowded on Saturday. (I’m sure it is sometimes crowded on Saturday.) Form will /might /may + infinitive without to / It’ll / It will rain. It might rain. It may rain. It won’t /will not rain. It might not rain. It may not rain. Will it rain? – – Yes, it will. / No, it won’t. It might. / It might not. It may /may not. 149 G Grammar reference and practice Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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