Después de aprener los Phrasal Verbs, en esta lección aprenderemos Going to / Future Continuous.
En inglés, Going to y Future Continous a menudo se usan en inglés americano como una forma de hablar sobre algo que sucederá en un momento dado en el futuro. Going to y Future Continuous son otras 2 formas de expresar una acción en el futuro. Ya estamos familiarizados con el presente simple.
¿Cómo hacemos que el futuro sea continuo?
La estructura del Future Continous es:
Future Continuous (remember: no stative verbs) :
Subject + will be + verb(ing) + complement
- I will be living in Phoenix in 2025.
- The students will be speaking English after they finish the course.
- The new president will be stealing from the people immediately after he wins.
Questions:
- Will you be studying another language?
- What will you be doing in 10 years?
- Will you be home on Friday night?
- Will you eat after class?
- Will you be living in Chihuahua 20 years from now?
- Will your father going to retire soon?
Para oraciones negativas en el Future Continous, insertamos «not«entre will y be, la contracción es «won’t«. Para oraciones de preguntas, intercambiamos el sujeto y will. Mira estos ejemplos de oraciones con el tiempo Future Continous:
- I will not go to school tomorrow if it continues raining
- I won’t do my homework tonight
- She won’t go out with you, she likes tall guys
Going to
Subject + to be + going to + verb + complement
- I am going to study for my exam tonight
- My sister is going to start at the UACH next semester
- We are going to go to the beach in May after the Expogan fair
Questions:
- Is she going to come to the party?
- Are you going to school tomorrow?
- Are we going to take some time off?
Negatives
- I’m not going to stay after class
- He’s not going to eat all that
- They are not going to finish the project before the deadline.
En la próxima lección aprenderemos Conjunctions.
