Future is a mystery....not in English!

Olá Pessoal,

Tudo bem?
Hoje meu post será a respeito de "Future Forms".
Resolvi escrever sobre isso por se tratar de  um tempo verbal que muitas vezes gera dúvidas nos alunos, principalmente por que em Inglês o "futuro" tem várias formas.
Não vou traduzir, apenas tentar exemplicar de forma breve para que seja fácil identificar cada tipo
Os exemplos apresentam-se nas formas afirmativa, negativa e interrogativa.
Vamos lá:

- WILL

- predicitions: It will rain tomorrow. / It won't snow next weekend  / Will it rain tonight?
- promisses: I will help you with the homework.
- offers: I will make you a sandwich.


- BE + GOING TO

- distant future intentions:  I'm going to study law at the university.
                                             She isn't going to move next year.
                                             Is he going to buy a new car next January?

- planning: She's going to make the cake to our party.


- BE + VERB + ING

- planned or scheduled events:

  I'm traveling to Disney tomorrow afternoon.
  John and Mary aren't getting married in May.
  They are getting married in June.                          
  Are you coming to Brazil next week?
                                                   

- PRESENT

Até mesmo o "present"  pode ser usado para fazer referência a "scheduled public events":

The plane leaves at 7 p.m.
The concert starts at 9 p.m.

Importante lembrar também algumas das "future time expressions": next (morning, Sunday, vacation); tomorrow (morning, at 1pm, evening). in + X's time (in two weeks, in 9 months,  in 10 years).

Espero que o post possa ajudar a compreender melhor o futuro...rs...

E lembrem-se: qualquer dúvida me escrevam (rosanahelping@hotmail.com).

Bjk a todos

(Teacher) Rosana