Future

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 3

Grammar: future

What will you have for lunch?

What are you going to do this weekend?

What will you do if you win the lottery?

Who is going to the school dance this Saturday?

Different futures

If you want to express something that is going to happen in the future, you can use different ways to express future tense.

- Present Simple

- Going to 

- Will

These words indicate future tense.

Present Simple

If you want to express something that follows a schedule we use the present simple to express future tense.

- Present Simple

For example: Monica plays football on Saturday.

I work every Monday to Thursday.

Schedule = rooster/afspraak

Going to

If something is planned  but nor yet arranged, then we use: 'going to'.

Example: I am going to visit my grandmother this Friday.

Example 2: We are going to hike on Saturday.

                                         to be + going to + infinitive

          werkvorm van "to be" + "going to" + hele werkwoord

Will 

Something is not planned yet or uncertain to happen: 'will'.

Example: I will visit my grandmother.

Example 2: We will be busy this Saturday.

                                         will + infinitive

Als je iets van plan bent, maar het is nog niet zeker dan gebruik je:                          "will" + hele werkwoord

Maybe, you (see) the rest of our office later this year.

1. are going to see
2. will going to see
3. will see
4. are will seeing

Sorry, I haven't got time, because I (prepare) my presentation.

1. will prepare
2. going preparing
3. will going to prepare
4. am going to prepare

Hold on, I (file) the document later.

1. will going to file
2. will file
3. am going to file
4. going filing

I (eat) my sandwich for lunch.

1. am going to eat
2. will eating
3. Will eat
4. will going to