Question

2. Which future form would you use in these situations? Choose answers from the box below. Some answers may be used more than once. will going to present simple present continuous | may/might 1) Talking about your predictions for the future based on things you can see or hear right now 2) Asking someone for help 3) Promising something to someone ********** 4) Talking about things that could possibly happen in the future...... 5) Making a decision at the time of speaking........ 6) Talking about a timetabled event, for example the arrival of a bus 7) Talking about plans made before the conversation 8) Talking about a prediction based on your opinion **********​

Answer 1

In these situations, we use different future forms: will, going to, present simple. For predictions based on current observations, use will. For asking for help or making promises, use will. For decisions made at the time of speaking, use going to. For plans made before the conversation, use going to. For timetabled events or opinions, use present simple or will.

In these situations, we use different future forms depending on the context:

1. When talking about predictions for the future based on things you can see or hear right now, we use the will future form. For example, 'I think it will rain tomorrow.'
2. When asking someone for help, we generally use will. For example, 'Will you help me with this?'
3. When promising something to someone, we use will as well. For example, 'I will definitely finish the report by tomorrow.'
4. When talking about things that could possibly happen in the future, we can use both 'will' and 'going to' future forms. For example, 'It may rain tomorrow' or 'It might rain tomorrow.'
5. When making a decision at the time of speaking, we generally use the going to future form. For example, 'I am going to buy a new phone.'
6. When talking about a timetabled event, such as the arrival of a bus, we use the present simple tense. For example, 'The bus arrives at 6 PM.'
7. When talking about plans made before the conversation, we often use the going to future form. For example, 'We are going to have dinner at a restaurant.'
8. When talking about a prediction based on your opinion, we use the will future form. For example, 'I think it will be a great movie.'