During this 30-minute lesson, you will learn how to make sentences about your goals and expectations in English
We will cover three grammatical structures to talk about the future:
| #1 | Present Continuous / Present Progressive |
| #2 | Future Simple |
| #3 | Future with Going to |
Let’s get Started
Table of Contents
What are Goals?
Goals are things you want to achieve or accomplish. They can be big or small and they help you focus on what’s important to you.
If you want to speak about your professional or personal plans for the future, you need to know and master, at least three structures; the (1) Present Progressive, (2) future simple and (3) future with going to
Manuel Campos
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fIRST CONTINUOUS TENSE
Present Continuous (Future)
Structure
This is the structure to make sentences with the present continuous
| Pronoun | Verbo to be | Verb + ING | Time Expression |
| I | am | teaching a class | tomorrow |
| She | is | finishing her major | next year |
| We | are | studying French | next month |
Examples
These are some examples of sentences using the present continuous tense
- I am buying another house next week
- I am fixing my old car next month
- I am moving to Norway next year
Second continuous tense
Simple Future
Structure
This is the structure to make sentences with the present continuous
| Pronoun | Will | Verb | Complement |
| I | will | fix | my car |
| She | will | build | another house |
| We | will | study | programming |
Examples
These are some examples of sentences using the past continuous tense
- I will have dinner with you
- I will help you with your test
- I will watch another Netflix show
- They will go to the Coldplay concert
We will have dinner more often
I am going to get a better job
Third CONTINUOUS tense
Future with Going to
Structure
This is the structure to make sentences with the present continuous
| Pronoun | To be | Going to | Verb + Compl. |
| I | am | going to | do exercises |
| She | is | going to | quit smoking |
| We | are | going to | meditate more |
Examples
These are some examples of sentences using the present continuous tense
- I am going to finish my major next month
- I am going to teach my brothers English
- I am going to have quality time with my kids.
