Schedules

Fixed events which are not simply the wishes of the speaker

Time clauses

Present Simple

Assumption on the part of the speaker

Refers to time which we look back at from a future point

Future Perfect

Fixed arrangements and plans

More polite than will

Will you be going to the shops later?

The band will be performing in Paris this summer.

In two years’ time I’ll have finished this book.

You won’t have heard the news, of course.= I assume you have not heard the news.

I’ll go for a walk as soon as the weather is fine.

He retires in 3 years.

Christmas is on Tuesday.

The train arrives in 40 min.

7. is/are to be - in formal arrangements

The president of the company is to come on Monday.

8. to be about to/to be on the point of/to be due to

I think the play is about to start now.

The play is due to start in 5 min.

9. to hope + Present or Future Tense

I hope it doesn’t rain.

Ex. 49. Fill in: will or be going to.

Julie is planning her summer holiday,

I 1) 'm going to spend my holiday in Crete because there is a lot to see. I 2)………travel there by ferry because I enjoy boat trips. I'm not going on my own; my best friend 3)…………come with me and I think my cousin 4)……..come too if I ask her. We 5)………..stay in Hania for two weeks, then we 6)…………go somewhere else. I hope we 7)………….find a hotel easily but if there's any problem, we 8)……………stay at a campsite. We 9)……………..swim every day so I 10)………..take a lot of suntan oil with me -1 think we 11)…………….need it. I am looking forward to this holiday. I'm sure it 12) ……………be the best holiday ever.

Ex. 50. Fill in: be going to or will.

I heard on TV last night that Portsmouth Council 1) is going to build a new swimming pool in the centre of town. They 2)…………start work in July and the pool 3)…………..probably be finished by September. The Mayor said, "I'm sure the people of Portsmouth 4)………..welcome the new pool. I hope they 5)……….understand the temporary problems which 6)……….be caused in the centre of town." The opposition leader does not seem to like the idea. He 7)……………organise a protest to stop the council wasting public money, and he believes that the majority of the people living in Portsmouth 8)…………support him.

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