SIMPLE FUTURE

SIMPLE FUTURE

USING AUXILIARY: WILL BE GOING TO

MAIN VERB: VERB 1

FORMULA (WILL)

POSITIVE SENTENCE

S + will + V-1 + Complement

For examples: The doctor will palpate the woman’s stomach later Nurse Mary will help the paralyzed patient walk

again. The patients will have a surgery tomorrow.

FORMULA

• NEGATIVE SENTENCE

S + will + not + V-1 + Complement

For examples: The doctor will not palpate the woman’s stomach

later Nurse Mary won’t help the paralyzed patient

walk again. The patients won’t have a surgery tomorrow.

FORMULA

• INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE

Will + S + V-1 + Complement

For examples: Will the doctor palpate the woman’s stomach

later Will nurse Mary help the paralyzed patient walk

again. Will the patients have a surgery tomorrow.

FORMULA (BE GOING TO)

• POSITIVE SENTENCE

S + is/am/are + going to + V-1 + Complement

For examples: The doctor is going to palpate the woman’s

stomach later I am going to help the paralyzed patient walk

again. The patients are going to have a surgery

tomorrow.

FORMULA

• NEGATIVE SENTENCE

S + is/am/are + not + going to + V-1 + Complement

• For examples:• The doctor is not going to palpate the woman’s

stomach later• I am not going to help the paralyzed patient walk

again.• The patients aren’t going to have a surgery

tomorrow.

FORMULA

• INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE

• Is/am/are + S + going to + V-1 + Complement

For examples:• Is the doctor going to palpate the woman’s

stomach later?• Am I going to help the paralyzed patient walk

again?• Are the patients are going to have a surgery

tomorrow?

FUNCTIONS

In general, the simple future is used to express something that will happen/occur in the future.

I will go abroad to continue my study next year. She will have a medical treatment in Singapore

next month. The doctor won’t do the procedure unless the

patient signs the informed consent.

FUNCTIONS

1. PREDICTION : Something that someone believes to happen in the future.

Use ‘will’ or ‘be going to’ I guess the man will survive. The rain will fall tonight. Manchester City will win the championship this

season.

FUNCTIONS2. PRIOR PLAN : A pre-conceived plan in

which someone has made some preparations in the past to do the plan.

After thinking about having a surgery for two days, the woman decided to sign the informed consent.

She is going to have the surgery tomorrow morning.

She has made an appointment with Dr. Connors. She is going to meet her doctor this afternoon.

FUNCTIONS

3. WILLINGNESS : Someone is willing to do something for someone else.

Someone is knocking at the door.– I’ll get it

The phone is ringing.– I’ll get it

4. PROMISE :– I’ll do my best.

5. SPONTANEOUS IDEA:– I’ll visit you tonight.

RULES

• Predicate form : Verb-1• Auxiliary:

1. Will = for all subjects 2. Be going to:

- is going to = for single subjects- am going to = for I- are going to = for plural subjects and

you• The auxiliaries (will and be going to) are needed

in all kinds of sentences.

RULES

• Time expressions:

tomorrow, next week, next month, next decade, tomorrow night.

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