reading: will + going to

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome class!

Today's program

- Introduction (3 min)

- Taalmoment (5 min)

- Lesson goal (2 min)

- Reading (5 min)

- Future will + to be going to (10 min)

- Exercises ( 20 min)

- Evaluation (5 min)

Taalmoment

Pak jullie boeken en lees in stilte!

Lesson goal

At the end of this lesson you will be able to use the future tense present correctly in a sentence.

Reading

Page 86 + 88

Future: Will + hele werkwoord

You use "will" + the base form of the verb when:

- Someone makes a prediction without evidence.

- Someone intends to do something/makes a decision and expresses it at that moment.

Future: Will + hele werkwoord

Someone is planning something/making a decision:

Marly: "Let's go on holiday with a nice group of friends!"

Patrick: "What a good plan! We will invite our dear friends to come with us!"

--> Patrick indicates it at that moment --> will + base form of the verb

Someone makes a prediction:

"I think that the weather will be fantastic tomorrow."

--> There's no evidence --> will + base form of the verb

Future: Will + hele werkwoord

You can also use "will" in contracted or negated forms in a sentence:

Contracted:

I will → I'll

You will → You'll

He will → He'll

etc. 

Negated:

Will not / Won't

"I will not come to your place."

"I won't come to your place."

Future: To be going to + hele werkwoord

You use "to be going to" + the base form of the verb when:

- Someone makes a prediction, and there is evidence.

- Someone is planning something/making a decision, and it is already determined/agreed upon earlier.

Future: To be going to + hele werkwoord

Someone is planning something/making a decision:

Frits: "Patrick told me you're going on holiday."

Marly: "Yes, we are going to invite our dearest friends to come with us."

--> It's already agreed upon earlier --> to be going to + base form of the verb

Someone makes a prediction:

He read that the weather is going to be great next week.

--> There's evidence (he read it/saw it happening) --> to be going to + base form of the verb

That dog is seriously injured and is breathing heavily. It looks like it ..... (to stop) breathing any minute now.

1. is going to stop
2. will stop

You know what? I ..... (to send) him a postcard right now!

1. will send
2. am going to send

Perhaps it ..... (to rain, ontkennend) tomorrow, so we can take the bike instead of the car.

1. is not going to rain
2. won't rain

Exercises

Unit 3

Exercises: 1-9

Pages: 83-91

Work in silence, no questions!

Evaluation

Are there any questions?