EXPRESSING FUTURE PLANS AND ACTIVITIES

Chapter 10

EXPRESSING FUTURE PLANS AND ACTIVITIES

Future exists in different forms

(1) Intention - necessity -shall

(2) Probability - possibility -will

 Common adverb

Tomorrow, next

How to form future?

Subject + shall/will + be + main clause

Examples:

It will be there tomorrow

Subject + will + be + clause

When we want to talk about things what we shall do tomorrow, next week, next month we use words like

- Going to

- Shall

- Will

Examples:

Tomorrow I’m going to write my mother a letter.

She will tell you something good tomorrow

We shall visit you next month

Going to, will and shall show future tense.

Future continues activities

Subject + will or shall + (be) + verb ........ing + clause

Examples

You will be leaving the school at 4:30pm

We shall be singing in the church choir

Exercise

Mention 4 things that you are going to do after you have finished form four

(i) ..........................

(ii) ..........................

(iii) ..........................

(iv) ..........................

(v) ..........................

1. Mention three (3) things which will happen to someone who has HIV/AIDS

(i) ..........................

(ii) ..........................

(iii) ..........................

Note: will is used all persons in the singular and plural for example i) you will be wait ii) I will go to the market tomorrow

Shall is sometimes use instead of will, It is used in statement in the fist personal singular or plural, It shows determination or promise about future activities for example i) We shall play hard and we shall win the game: (determination) ii) I shall write to you as soon as i arrive in Mpwapwa (promise)