2015-05-06 Structure: future progressive

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: finish exercise 1 (if you didn’t in class), and do p. 67-68 exercise 2
p. 66-67 exercise 1
1 Are you presenting - plan
2 my talk starts - schedule
3 (I think) I’ll go - quick decision
4 Will you be discussing - plan
5 I’m focusing - plan
6 Will you be getting - prediction (I can’t exactly control when I’m free or not)
7 I’ll get back to you - offer/promise (or a quick decision)
8 I’m going to visit - plan
9 He’ll be - fact
10 he’s going to love - prediction
11 I’m speaking - plan
12 That’ll be exciting - prediction
facts: things that cannot change
predictions: things I cannot control but which may or may not happen
plans/decisions/offers/promises/schedules: things we can control
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p. 67-68 exercise 2
1 are you going to report (plan, not a schedule)
2 it’s going to rain (prediction, based on evidence I see right now)
3 I’ll talk (promise)
4 I’ll call (quick decision)
5 I’m going (plan with arrangements, but probably not an official appointment/schedule)
6 I’m sending (plan with arrangements)
7 I’m giving (prior plan with arrangements)
8 will you be (prediction), lands (schedule), I’ll see (promise or prediction)
9 Are we going (plan with arrangements), you’re going to like (prediction)
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Future progressive:
At 8:30, we will be watching TV. (We’re going to watch from)
= We’re going to be watching TV.

progressive = [be] + verb(ing)
future progressive = will be + verb(ing)
                   = [be] going to be + verb(ing)

Also: future progressive makes questions about plans a little more polite
When will you grade our tests? - Maybe impatient. = When will you finish them?
When will you be grading our tests? - less impatient. = When will you be in the middle?

Will you be ordering anything more?
Yes, I will. / No, I won’t.

Are you going to be ordering anything more?
Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.

ain’t = am not, is not, are not, (also sometimes have not, has not in perfect tenses)
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p. 68 exercise 3 (with a partner)
3 won’t be presenting
4 am going to be attending
5 are robots going to be doing
6 are still going to be helping
7 will be improving
8 will be cooking
9 will be performing
10 are you going to be buying
11 No, I’m not.
12 Is their appearance going to be changing
13 Yes, it is.
14 will be selling
15 am going to be testing
16 Will you be driving
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Today’s Activity: Lunch in Cambridge and then the MIT museum (which includes many robots!).
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p. 69 exercise 4