Mastering English Future Tenses and Essential Medical Terminology

Understanding English Future Tenses

Future Simple Tense

Structure: Will + Verb (Infinitive)

Uses of the Future Simple:

• Expressing a Prediction: 'It won't rain tomorrow.'
• Expressing Possible or Probable Actions: 'He will probably come back tomorrow.'
• Making Promises: 'I will not watch TV tonight. I promise.'
• Making a Decision at the Moment of Speaking: 'I think I'll have some tea, please.'

Signal Words for Future Simple:

in one year, next week / next month, tomorrow.

Future with Be Going To

Structure: Subject + Verb Be + Going To + Verb (Infinitive)

Uses of Be Going To:

• Expressing Intentions and Future Plans: 'I'm going to get slimmer.' (voy a adelgazar)
• Making Future Predictions Based on Present Evidence: 'The sky is absolutely dark. It is going to rain.'

Future Continuous Tense

Structure: Will Be + Verb (-ing)

We Use the Future Continuous To:

• Discuss Actions in Progress at a Specific Future Time: 'At this time next Monday, I'll be taking an exam.'
• Discuss Scheduled Future Events: 'I will be moving at this time tomorrow.' (Me mudaré mañana a esta hora)

Signal Words for Future Continuous:

by this time tomorrow, at this time tomorrow, by three o'clock tomorrow.

Future Perfect Tense

Structure: Will Have + Past Participle (Third Column or -ed)

Use:

To talk about actions that will be completed before a specific moment in the future: 'I will have painted the room by tomorrow.'

Signal Words for Future Perfect:

by tomorrow, by 7 o'clock, by the end of the month / year.

English Conditional Structures

Zero Conditional

Structure: IF / WHEN + Simple Present, ... Simple Present

Example: If a disease is contagious, it can spread easily from one person to another.

First Conditional

Structure: IF + Simple Present or Present Continuous, ... Future (Will or Be Going To)

Medical and Anatomical Vocabulary

• Quarantine: To isolate a person from contact with others in order to prevent the transmission of biohazards.
• Nebulizer: A machine that converts liquid medicine into a mist that a person inhales using a mask.
• Hospital Aids: The various medical supplies and equipment that hospitals use.
• Asthma Attack: A condition in which a person's airways become tight and the person has trouble breathing.
• Hospital Discharge: The release of a patient after care is given.
• Shoulder Blade: One of the two upper back bones that lie outside the ribs and connect the back to the upper arm.
• Small of the Back: The lower portion of the back just above the hips.
• Groin: The juncture of the inner thigh and the lower abdomen of the human body.
• Rib Cage: A structure of bones in the torso that frames the chest.
• Chest: The part of the human body enclosed by the sternum and ribs that lies above the abdomen and below the neck.