Future Simple

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Future Simple
The Simple
Future has two different forms in English, "will" and "be going to."
Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they
often express two very different meanings. These different meanings
might seem too abstract at first, but with time and practice the
differences will become clear. Both "will" and "be going to" refer
to a specific time in the future.

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USE 1 "Will" to Express a
Voluntary Action
"Will" often suggests that a speaker will do something voluntarily.
A voluntary action is one the speaker offers to do for someone else.
Often we use "will" to respond to someone else's complaint or
request for help.
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USE 2 "Will" to Express a
Promise
"Will" is usually used in promises.
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USE 3 "Be going to" to
Express a Plan
"Be going to" expresses that something is a plan. It expresses the
idea that a person intends to do something in the future.
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USE 4 "Will" or "Be Going to"
to Express a Prediction
Both "will" and "be going to" can express the idea of a general
prediction about the future. Predictions are guesses about what
might happen in the future. In "prediction" sentences, the subject
usually has little control over the future and therefore USES 1-3 do
not apply. In the following examples there is no difference in
meaning.
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ACTIVE / PASSIVE FORMS Future
Simple
EXAMPLES:
Tom
will certainly finish the work by 5:00 PM.
ACTIVE
The work will certainly be finished by 5:00 PM.
PASSIVE
Yossi is going to make a beautiful dinner tonight.
ACTIVE
A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Yossi
tonight.
PASSIVE
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Future Simple Exercises
1. Verb Tense Exercise :
Future
Simple - Will or Won't
2. Verb Tense Exercise :
Simple Future and
Future Continuous
3. Verb Tense Exercise :
Exercise on Future I Simple (will)
4. Verb Tense Exercise :
Exercise on Future I Simple (going to)
5. Verb Tense Exercise :
Exercise
on Future II Simple
6. Verb Tense Exercise :
Future simple -
Exercise 1
7. Verb Tense Exercise :
Future simple -
Exercise 2
8. Verb Tense Exercise :
Future Simple (will V)
Vs. Be Going to
9. Verb Tense Exercise :
Simple Future verb
tense exercises
10. Verb Tense Exercise :
Will and Be
Going to
11. Verb Tense Exercise :
Will and Be
Going to
12. Verb Tense Exercise :
Will and Be
Going to
13. Verb Tense Exercise :
Simple Present
and Simple Future
14. Verb Tense Exercise :
Simple Present
and Simple Future
15. Verb Tense Exercise :
Simple Future
and Future Continuous
Verb
Tense Practice Test
:
Cumulative Verb Tense Review
Verb Tense Final Test :
Cumulative Verb Tense Review


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