future

1. I don't think he'll change his mind.

2. She's having another operation next week.

3. She's going to carry on for as long as she can.

4. 4. We won't be studying English five years from now.

What do the sentences above have in common?

• They're all in the past.

• They're all about the same athlete.

• They're about the future.

• They're about health in sports.

• They're about money and ambition.

Match the following

• She's going to carry on as long as she can.

• future in progress

• She'll be recovering from her surgery for the next weeks, so she wo'nt be competing.

• an arrangement

• I don't think he'll change his mind.

• a prediction

• She's having another operation next week.

• a plan

I don't think he'LL CHANGE his mind.

WILL usually expresses _____.

• predictions

• plans

• intentions

• arrangements

She'S HAVING another operation next week.

AM/IS/ARE + ING expresses _____.

• arrangements

• predictions

• promises

What does ARRANGEMENT mean?

• a plan you have already prepared, but still have not executed

• a prediction

• a promise

She'S GOING TO carry on as long as she can.

AM/IS/ARE GOING TO expresses _____.

• intentions or plans

• predictions

• arrangements

She'LL BE RECOVERING from her surgery for the next weeks, so she WON'T BE COMPETING.

• predictions

• future in progress

• plans or intentions

• arrangements

Arsenal _____ against Manchester United tomorrow.

• will play

• are playing

Look! The referee _____ him a red card!

• will give

• is going to give

Murray _____ the next game, I hope.

• will win

• is going to win