USING PRESENT TENSES WITH
FUTURE INTENTIONS.
Usos futuros: comparación general
📌 Cuadro explicativo y comparativo
Tense
Forma
Uso futuro principal
Idea clave
Present
Simple
Subject +
verb (+s/es)
Horarios oficiales,
rutinas, calendarios,
programas fijos
El evento está
programado
The train
leaves at
6:30.
Present
Continuous
am/is/are +
verb-ing
Planes personales ya
organizados
El plan está
decidido y
arreglado
I’m meeting
Anna
tomorrow.
Be going to
am/is/are +
going to +
verb
Planes previos /
predicciones con
evidencia
La decisión es
previa
It’s cloudy. It’s
going to rain.
Will
will + verb
Decisiones
espontáneas /
predicciones
generales
Decisión en el
momento
I think people
will live longer.
🔎 Comparación clave
● Present Simple → ¿Es un horario oficial o algo fijo?
● Present Continuous → ¿Es un plan personal ya organizado?
● Be going to → ¿Ya lo decidí antes / hay evidencia?
● Will → ¿Lo decido ahora / es una opinión?
Ejemplo
2️⃣ Ejercicios
👉 Completar con el tense correcto: Present Simple, Present Continuous, will o going to.
1. The conference starts (start) at 9 a.m. tomorrow. ✔️
2. I can’t go out tonight. I’m gona to study (study) for a test. ✔️
3. Look at those dark clouds! It will rain (rain). ❌ IS GOING TO RAIN
4. Don’t worry, I will help (help) you with your homework. ✔️
5. The museum opens (open) on Monday at 10. ✔️
6. We already bought the tickets. We are going to travel (travel) to Chile next week. ✔️
7. I think robots will replace (replace) many jobs in the future. ✔️
8. The plane is going to land (land) at 18:45 according to the schedule. ❌ LANDS
9. She is going to meet (meet) her boss tomorrow afternoon. ❌ IS MEETING
10.Careful! You will drop (drop) that glass. ✔️
11.Classes finish (finish) earlier on Fridays. ✔️
12.I’m tired. I am going(go) to bed early tonight. ✔️
3️⃣ READING COMPREHENSION: Future plans and
predictions
In the near future, many aspects of our lives are changing.
The school year starts in March, and classes finish in December, just like every
year. Next week, our class is visiting a technology fair, and the teacher is
meeting the organizers on Monday.
Some people believe that artificial intelligence will transform education
completely, while others think teachers are going to play an even more
important role. Look at how fast technology is developing — it is going to affect
the way we learn.
Personally, I think students will study more online, but schools are not
disappearing anytime soon.
FUTURE: /fiucher/
ORGANIZERS: /organaizers/
EVEN: /iven/
❓ Preguntas de comprensión
1. Which events are part of a fixed schedule? school year starts in march.
2. What plans are already arranged? Tha visiting of technology fair.
3. What prediction is based on evidence? The education’s transformation
4. Which ideas are personal opinions? The methods of study will change, and the future
of tha school’s existence.
5. Do you agree with the writer’s predictions? Why / Why not? Yes, because the falst of
technology’s developing.
4️⃣ Speaking: Prompts para hacer predicciones
1. The future of education in 20 years
2. How technology will change daily routines
3. The future of transportation in big cities prioritize neighboorhoods
4. What jobs may disappear
5. The future of social media
6. How climate change will affect our lives appear there will have to be new
investigations / researches.
7. The future of language learning (extra)
5️⃣ Identify the intention of the speaker.
👉 Indicate both the tense being used and the intention-
1. “The cinema opens at 7.”
→ Present Simple – future intention: official timetable
2. “I’m having dinner with my parents tonight.”
→ Present Continuous - arranged activity.
3. “I think people will work fewer hours in the future.”
→ Future Simple - Prediction without evidence.
4. “We’re flying to Brazil next Saturday.”
→ Present Continuous - Fixed activity.
5. “The exam finishes at 11:30.”
→ Present Simple - Timetable activity.
6. “Look at that car! It’s going to crash!”
7. → Future Continuous: be going to - prediction with evidence.
8. “Don’t worry, I’ll call you later.”
→ Future simple: will - Promise
9. “The train arrives at platform 3.”
Present Simple - Timetable in present
10.“She’s starting a new job next month.”
- Present Continuous - fixed activity in the future.
11.“I’ m sure scientists will find a cure”
12. → Future Simple - Opinion
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