2021
COMPACT FIRST: UNIT 5
LEARNING AND EARNING
FUTURE FORMS
1- WILL
It is used:
-For predictions about the future (You will feel a lot better when you finish your exams).
-For predictions which are uncertain (I imagine they will phone you fairly soon).
-For sudden or spontaneous decisions (Is that the doorbell? I will answer it).
2- GOING TO
It is used:
-For decisions or intensions about the future (We are going to take a longer holiday next year).
-For predictions about the future based on evidence (She looks awful. I think she's going to be
sick).
3- PRESENT SIMPLE
It can used for future events which are fixed by a timetable or schedule:
The last bus leaves at midnight.
3- PRESENT CONTINUOUS
It can be used for future and arrangements.
I’m playing golf with my brother later
4- FUTURE CONTINUOUS
It is used:
-For actions in progress in the future (This time next week we will be sunbathing by the pool).
-For expected future events (I'll be seeing John at work tomorrow so I'll ask him then).
-For polite questions (Will you be using the car tomorrow?).
5- FUTURE PERFECT
It is used for actions which will be completed before a particular point in the future.
Eleanor will have finished her course by the end of July.
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
COUNTABLE NOUNS
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
-A/AN can be used with singular countable
nouns (There seems to be a problem with my
laptop).
-(A) FEW, MANY, A LOT/ LOTS OF are
used with plural countable nouns (She
doesn't have many friends apart from me).
-A/AN cannot be used with uncountable
nouns.
-They do not have a plural form.
-(A) LITTLE, MUCH, A LOT/ LOTS OF can
be used (Anything is possible if you have a
little patience).
Mª José González López
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