Expressing futurity
Στην ανάρτηση αυτή θα εξετάσουμε τους τρόπους με τους οποίους μπορούμε να αναφερθούμε σε γεγονότα και καταστάσεις που θα συμβούν στο μέλλον ... μακροπρόθεσμα ή βραχυπρόθεσμα.
Future Simple - Στιγμιαίος Μέλλοντας (= θα παίξω)
ΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΕΝΟ + WILL + ΑΠΑΡΕΜΦΑΤΟ (Bare Infinitive)
1. Χρησιμοποιούμε τον Simple Future για να εκφράσουμε σκέψεις, απόψεις ή γενικές προβλέψεις για το μέλλον,
π.χ. In fifty years, students will have the choice of going to school or studying at home.
2. Αποφάσεις που παίρνουμε αυθόρμητα, τη στιγμή που μιλάμε.
e.g. The phone is ringing. I will answer it.
3. Για υποσχέσεις, απειλές, παρακλήσεις και για να εκφράσουμε την προσωπική μας άποψη.
e.g. Promise me that you won’t do it again.
e.g. Do your homework, or I’ll call your father.
e.g. Will you get me some bread on your way home?
e.g. I think he will be a successful scientist one day.
Key Words (=Λέξεις κλειδιά):
tomorrow, next week, next month/year, in the future, I think..., I am sure...
ΣΧΗΜΑΤΙΣΜΟΣ:
ΧΡΗΣΗ:
ΑΣΚΗΣΗ:
ΑΣΚΗΣΗ:
BE GOING TO (= Πρόκειται να...)
ΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΕΝΟ + am/is/are + going to +ΑΠΑΡΕΜΦΑΤΟ (Bare Infinitive)
ΣΧΗΜΑΤΙΣΜΟΣ:
1. Για κάτι που είμαστε σίγουροι ότι θα συμβεί (100%) καθώς βασιζόμαστε σε ενδείξεις-αποδείξεις χρησιμοποιούμε be going to.
e.g. Look at the clouds. It is going to rain.
2. Για κάτι που είμαστε αποφασισμένοι να κάνουμε στο μέλλον:
e.g. Look at the clouds. It is going to rain.
2. Για κάτι που είμαστε αποφασισμένοι να κάνουμε στο μέλλον:
e.g. When he finishes school, he is going to look for work in the tourist industry.
Λέξεις κλειδιά: be careful, look out, look!, soon
Λέξεις κλειδιά: be careful, look out, look!, soon ΑΣΚΗΣΗ:
PRESENT SIMPLE – PRESENT CONCTINUOUS
(ΜΕΛΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΣΗΜΑΣΙΑ)
PRESENT SIMPLE 
Για προγράμματα (timetables) ή δρομολόγια (itineraries).
e.g. The train leaves at 4:00.
e.g. The winter semester starts in October.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
e.g. The train leaves at 4:00.
e.g. The winter semester starts in October.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Για κάτι που είναι σίγουρο να συμβεί στο πολύ κοντινό μέλλον. Το έχουμε προγραμματίσει.
e.g. I am going to the dentist this evening.
e.g. Tina is leaving to New York next month. (she has bought the tickets)
I think that people................................................................................
Exercise 3
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (future continuous).
1. Hopefully tomorrow, we __________________ (lie) on the beach all day.
2. What _______________________ (you do) in a year from now?
3. At this level you _______________________ (speak) Spanish fluently in a few months.
4. Before long, he ______________________ (ask) you for more money again.
5. Just wait. She _____________________ (not telephone) you every night.
6. This time tomorrow, _________________________ (they sit) on a train to Barcelona?
7. I _______________________ (not use) my computer in the evening so you can play on it.
8. __________________ (you study) for your test tonight? I’d like to study with you.
9. He _____________________ (not work) on this project next week. He’ll be off.
10. What class _____________________ (she teach) at 8 o’clock tomorrow?
Exercise 4
Put the verbs into the correct form (future perfect).
1. By 9 o'clock we (cook) _______________________ dinner.
2. They (eat) _________________________ by then.
3. In one week he (cross) _______________________________ the Atlantic by boat.
4. She (go) _________________________ home.
5. Jane (not / finish) _____________________________ her work.
6. The sun (not / rise) _______________________________ by 4 o'clock.
7. (do / you) ________________________________ the washing up by six o'clock?
8. Our boss (not / leave) _______________________________ the office yet.
Exercise 5
Mary is 18 now. Read how she sees her future.
As a class, answer the questions in the box.
This year I will go to university.
In 5 years I will finish my studies and find a good job.
In 7 years I will get married.
In 10 years I will have my first baby and I will be on maternity leave to take care of him / her
In 11 years I will have my second baby.
In 13 years I will go back to work.
In 20 years I will start my own company.
In 30 -31 years my children will start studying.
In 35 years I will retire and move with my husband to the country and my children will have their own families.
In 38 years my first grandchild will be born.
What will have happened to Mary:
1. by the end of this year ?
2. by the time she is 27 ?
3. by the time she is 35 ?
4. by the time she is 50 ?
5. by the time she is 60 ?
e.g. I am going to the dentist this evening.
e.g. Tina is leaving to New York next month. (she has bought the tickets)
Complete the short dialogues
Complete the INTERMEDIATE exercises in your notebook, after you read the notes.
Choose and answer the future-related exercises
Work on the Future Perfect (simple or continuous)
Exercise 1
Put the verbs into the correct form (future simple).
Jim asked a fortune teller about his future. Here is what she told him:
1. You (earn) ____________________ a lot of money.
2. You (travel) __________________________ around the world.
3. You (meet) _____________________________ lots of interesting people.
4. Everybody (adore) ____________________ you.
5. You (not / have) ____________________________ any problems.
6. Many people (serve) _______________________ you.
7. They (anticipate) ______________________________ your wishes.
8. There (not / be) ___________________________ anything left to wish for.
9. Everything (be) ______________________ perfect.
10. But all these things (happen / only) ______________________ if you marry me.
Exercise 2
Write some sentences down about which of these activities you think people will or won’t do in the future? In how many years? Finish off with 2 ideas of your own.
Learn by computer at home instead of going to school
Eat food pills
Produce babies in a laboratory
Fly to Mars
Live on the Moon
Complete the INTERMEDIATE exercises in your notebook, after you read the notes.
Choose and answer the future-related exercises
Work on the Future Perfect (simple or continuous)
Exercise 1
Put the verbs into the correct form (future simple).
Jim asked a fortune teller about his future. Here is what she told him:
1. You (earn) ____________________ a lot of money.
2. You (travel) __________________________ around the world.
3. You (meet) _____________________________ lots of interesting people.
4. Everybody (adore) ____________________ you.
5. You (not / have) ____________________________ any problems.
6. Many people (serve) _______________________ you.
7. They (anticipate) ______________________________ your wishes.
8. There (not / be) ___________________________ anything left to wish for.
9. Everything (be) ______________________ perfect.
10. But all these things (happen / only) ______________________ if you marry me.
Exercise 2
Write some sentences down about which of these activities you think people will or won’t do in the future? In how many years? Finish off with 2 ideas of your own.
Learn by computer at home instead of going to school
Eat food pills
Produce babies in a laboratory
Fly to Mars
Live on the Moon
I think that people................................................................................
Exercise 3
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (future continuous).
1. Hopefully tomorrow, we __________________ (lie) on the beach all day.
2. What _______________________ (you do) in a year from now?
3. At this level you _______________________ (speak) Spanish fluently in a few months.
4. Before long, he ______________________ (ask) you for more money again.
5. Just wait. She _____________________ (not telephone) you every night.
6. This time tomorrow, _________________________ (they sit) on a train to Barcelona?
7. I _______________________ (not use) my computer in the evening so you can play on it.
8. __________________ (you study) for your test tonight? I’d like to study with you.
9. He _____________________ (not work) on this project next week. He’ll be off.
10. What class _____________________ (she teach) at 8 o’clock tomorrow?
Exercise 4
Put the verbs into the correct form (future perfect).
1. By 9 o'clock we (cook) _______________________ dinner.
2. They (eat) _________________________ by then.
3. In one week he (cross) _______________________________ the Atlantic by boat.
4. She (go) _________________________ home.
5. Jane (not / finish) _____________________________ her work.
6. The sun (not / rise) _______________________________ by 4 o'clock.
7. (do / you) ________________________________ the washing up by six o'clock?
8. Our boss (not / leave) _______________________________ the office yet.
Exercise 5
Mary is 18 now. Read how she sees her future.
As a class, answer the questions in the box.
This year I will go to university.
In 5 years I will finish my studies and find a good job.
In 7 years I will get married.
In 10 years I will have my first baby and I will be on maternity leave to take care of him / her
In 11 years I will have my second baby.
In 13 years I will go back to work.
In 20 years I will start my own company.
In 30 -31 years my children will start studying.
In 35 years I will retire and move with my husband to the country and my children will have their own families.
In 38 years my first grandchild will be born.
What will have happened to Mary:
1. by the end of this year ?
2. by the time she is 27 ?
3. by the time she is 35 ?
4. by the time she is 50 ?
5. by the time she is 60 ?
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