tailieunhanh - OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 22

OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR-22 sau đây là giáo trình lý thuyết tiếng anh và bài tập áp dụng từ cơ bản đến nâng cao , nhằm giúp các bạn có thể tự mình ôn tập và củng cố thêm về nền tảng kiến thức môn Anh văn , tự tin đạt kết quả tốt trong kỳ thi ngoại ngữ | OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 22 INTRODUCTION TO THE FUTURE A Present past and future Read this paragraph from Rachel s letter to her aunt and uncle. This is my last year at college so I ll be leaving in June. And I ve already got a job In September I m starting work at a bank in London. So I ll be free for most of the summer. I m going to spend six weeks travelling around the US. My friend Vicky is coming with me. She finishes college at the same time as me. We re really looking forward to the trip. We might go to Canada too. Vicky has friends in Toronto. When we talk about the present or the past we use verb forms to say what is happening now what happened yesterday and so on. Vicky has friends in Toronto. We know about things in the present and in the past because they are already real. But talking about the future is more of a problem. There is no single form in English that we can always use for the future. There are many different ways of talking about the future depending on how we see a future event. It may be something that is fairly sure to happen but on the other hand it may be just a plan or an intention or it may be something that you think will happen but you can t be sure about. B Verb forms used for the future Here are some examples of verb forms used to express the future. Be going to 24 I m going to spend six weeks in the US. an intention Will 23 A I ll be free for most of the summer neutral future Present continuous 26A I m starting work in September an arrangement Present simple 26B She finishes college at the same time a timetable Will be doing 28 I ll be leaving in June in the course of events Very often there is more than one possible form that could be used. She ll finish college in June. She finishes college in June. She s finishing college in June. She ll be finishing college in June. Rachel could use any of these in her letter. C Will We often use will as a neutral way of expressing the future but it is not the future tense . It is only one of