FUTURE INTENTIONS

FUTURE INTENTIONS

by rusma rose

​Intention is an idea or plan of what we are going to do

What is your plan tommorrow?

​What are you going to do on weekend?

​Will you go home tonight?

​What would you like to do?

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​How to express future intentions?

• ​Be going to...

• ​Will ...

• ​Would like to...

​+ Verb 1

​1. Be going to + Infinitive

​Describe an arrangement that we plan to do in the future.

​Sentence example:

I am going to go to your house for having dinner.

She is going to meet the clients.

They are going to sell their house.

​He is going to learn foreign language.

​I am not going to call him.

​Are your parents going to stay here?

​2. Will + Infinitive

​Describe a rapid or spontaneous decision for future action.

​Sentence example:

I will help you with this.

She will text me soon.

They will not (won't) watch movie anymore.

​He won't be able to speak.

​Will you say hello to her?

​3.Would like to + Infinitive

​Polite form of "want to"

​(Can be replaced by plan, want, mean, hope, expect)

​Sentence example:

I would like (I'd like) to go to University.

​She'd like to have steak for dinner.

​They wouldn't like to invite us.

​My friends wouldn't like to see all of this.

​Would you like to come to my party?

​THANK YOU