Future Tenses and Habits for Unit 5 Test

Main points to revise for Unit 5 test

Future forms

Be going to

To talk about predictions with present evidence (you can see it is going to happen).

• She’s going to have a baby.
• Stop! You are going to fall.

To talk about general plans and intentions about the future.

- What are you going to do at the weekend? I’m going to paint my room.

Will + infinitive

To talk about predictions based on mental calculations (I think, I believe…).

• - Where will you live when you are older? I think I’ll live in a big city.
• - Will you have many children? Yes, probably I will have more than two children. I love them.

Decisions made at the moment of speaking:

• (Your mother) This shopping bag is so heavy. I can’t carry it! (You) Ok, don’t worry, I’ll carry it for you.

Present continuous

To talk about future actions already organized and arranged. It’s more than just a plan. We use the simple present in Spanish and Catalan for these sentences.

• - What time is the plane leaving? It’s leaving this evening at six. (a quina hora surt l’avió? Surt …)
• - What are you doing at the weekend? Nothing much. I’m staying at home, watching TV and resting on the sofa. (Qué fas aquest cap de setmana?)

Also, other forms and uses

First conditional

If I see him, I will tell him everything.

If you don’t buy potatoes before lunch, I won’t make a Spanish omelette for lunch!

Might + infinitive

Use when you AREN’T sure about something: might + infinitive, or will perhaps + infinitive.

I will probably go to England this summer.

I will perhaps go to England this summer. It has the same meaning as “I might go to England.”

Define a word

It’s something used for + -ing (for cutting) bread: a knife.

It is something which we use when we want to cut bread.

It is a person who doesn’t speak much (quiet, reserved).

Talk about habits

1. In the past

I used to play with the yo-yo a lot.

I loved playing “churro mediamanga mangotero”.

While the students were leaving the school, we started playing marbles.

I remember watching “Los Chiripitifláuticos” when I was little.

2. In the present

I am into reading newspapers (to be into = similar to like or love).

I have played table tennis since I was 10 years old. (Present perfect to say how long you have done something.)

3. In the future

I’m going to start playing the guitar soon.

I will visit castles one day (I hope!).

Vocabulary: do and make

(Vocabulary notes: do vs make — pay attention to collocations and fixed expressions.)