2015-03-24 Structure: simple future

Greg Malivuk
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Four ways to talk about plans and decisions for the future:
	 will:	I will meet with him tomorrow.
[be] going to: 	I am going to meet with him tomorrow.
present prog.:	I am meeting with him tomorrow.
simple present:	I meet with him tomorrow.
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p. 60 - What problems will we face in the future? What solutions are there?
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p. 62
part A
1 a
2 b
3 c	vertical: |	horizontal: --
4 b
5 a
shrinking: getting smaller
part B
1 now
2 future
3 now
4 future
5 now
6 future
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Two ways to talk about future predictions (I don't have a decision or control):
         will: This will require additional farmland.
[be] going to: The world is going to need 70% more food.

This   will    require  additional farmland.
subj + will + base form

This    won't        be     easy to do.
subj + will not + base form

Will   this    happen   before 2050?	Yes, it will. / No, it won't.
will + subj + base form


The world  is  going to      need    70% more farmland.
subject + [be] going to + base form

The world  is  not going to      be     able to produce enough food.
subject + [be] not going to + base form

 Is  the world  going to    produce  enough food?  Yes, it is. / No, it isn't.
[be]  + subj +  going to + base form
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For future plans/decisions, each form has a different meaning:

I will meet with him tomorrow. = decision I'm making now (no prior plan)
= I just realized I don't have time today, so I decide to meet with him tomorrow.

I'm going to meet with him tomorrow. = I already decided this, at least in my mind.
= I realized earlier that I don't have time today and already decided to meet with him tomorrow.

I'm meeting with him tomorrow. = I already decided AND made some preparations.
= I decided this AND I talked with him about it. I arranged it with him.

I meet with him tomorrow. = I already decided AND arranged AND scheduled it.
= We formally decided and wrote it down in our appointment books.
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Facts: Tomorrow will be Wednesday. (same grammar as predictions: will/be going to)

Offers/Promises: I will talk to you when I get home. (use "will")
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We'll check p. 67 exercise 1B tomorrow
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Homework: read p. 64-65 grammar notes
	  do p. 67-68 exercise 2