Mastering English Future Tenses and Vocabulary

Technology Vocabulary

• Host: Anfitrión
• Mute: Silenciar
• Unfollow: Dejar de seguir
• Upload: Subir
• Wireless: Inalámbrico
• Device: Dispositivo
• Virtual assistant: Asistente virtual
• Emotionally interactive: Emocionalmente interactivo
• Driverless car: Coche autónomo
• Microchip implant: Implante de microchip
• Embed: Incrustar

Adjectives and Verbs

Adjectives

• Cutting-edge: Vanguardia
• Feasible: Factible
• Flawed: Defectuoso
• Intriguing: Intrigante
• Outdated: Anticuado
• User-friendly: Fácil de usar

Verbs and Phrases

• Convince: Convencer
• Enhance: Mejorar / Aumentar
• Link up: Enlazar
• Make huge strides: Hacer grandes progresos
• Merge: Fusionar
• Pick up: Recoger
• Purchase: Compra
• Respond: Responder
• Show up: Aparecer
• Villain: Villano

Critical Thinking Skills

• Brainstorm solutions
• Consider alternatives
• Draw conclusions
• Identify pros and cons
• Imagine possibilities
• Predict the effects
• Suspend judgement
• Use your intuition

Word Formation Patterns

• Affect (v) – Effect (n) – Effective (adj)
• Consider (v) – Consideration (n) – Considerate (adj)
• Create (v) – Creation (n) – Creative (adj)
• Criticise (v) – Criticism (n) – Critical (adj)
• Identify (v) – Identification (n) – Identifiable (adj)
• Imagine (v) – Imagination (n) – Imaginative (adj)
• Intuit (v) – Intuition (n) – Intuitive (adj)
• Judge (v) – Judgement (n) – Judgemental (adj)
• Predict (v) – Prediction (n) – Predictable (adj)
• Solve (v) – Solution (n) – Solvable (adj)

English Future Tenses

Simple Future (Will)

Structure: Subject + will/won't + verb (infinitive).
Use: Decisions made at the moment of speaking; predictions based on opinions, hopes, or expectations.

Going To

Structure: Subject + be going to + verb (infinitive).
Use: Plans or intentions; predictions based on evidence at the moment of speaking.

Present Simple

Structure: Subject + verb (-s).
Use: Timetables, calendars, or schedules.

Present Continuous

Structure: Subject + to be (am/is/are) + verb (-ing).
Use: Future arrangements planned for a specific time and place.

Future Continuous

Structure: Subject + will + be + verb (-ing).
Use: Future actions in progress, planned future actions, or interrupted future actions.

Future Perfect

Structure: Subject + will + have + past participle.
Use: Actions completed by a certain time in the future.

Future in the Past

Definition: An event that was in the future at the time of speaking in the past, which had not yet happened.

Reported Speech Changes

• Present continuous changes to past continuous.
• Be going to changes to was going to.
• Will + infinitive changes to would + infinitive.