2. The Monsson is here, it's going to pour!


Future time
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As you have studied in topic 1, the two forms most commonly used to express future tense in English are future with will and with be going to. In this topic we will widen in their uses. Click here to see the main uses of will and here for the uses of be going to.

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Paco is astonished after visiting the Reunification Palace. He decides to have a walk around Notre Dame Cathedral. There, he steps into Saigon ancient post office where he takes some pictures and has a rest. Just coming out from it, there is a booking tour office and he decides to enter and ask for some information on a tour to the Mekong Delta...

Saigon post office
Creación propia.

Paco: Good afternoon.

Girl: Good afternoon, sir. Can I help you?

Paco: Yes. I'm going to have a tour along the Mekong Delta, have you any packages?

Girl: Sure, I'll show you a very interesting one. It's two days traveling on boat and spending a night in Can Tho and this is the price.

Paco: That's nice. I'll take it.

Girl: You will have a lot of fun, I promise you. You must contact Ms. Ha. She is going to accompany you during the trip on the boat. She is quite friendly and funny. She won't disappoint you.

Paco: Ok. And what about the weather, will it rain tomorrow?

Girl: Well, the Monsoon is here, look at those black clouds, it is going to pour! You'd better carry your umbrella!

Paco: I will. Thank you.

Girl: Thanks. Goodbye, sir.


Read the passage and think about all the different functions the future forms can perform. Go to click here for the meaning of the words in bold.


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Read the passage above and complete the chart with the functions of the future sentences appearing in it.

 

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A monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by seasonal changes in precipitation, but now it is used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation. The major monsoon systems in the world consist of the (West) African and Asia-Australian monsoons. Click on the photo if you want to know more about this atmospheric phenomenon in Southeast Asia.
The Monsoon
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Surely you understand the uses of will and going to much better now; but as we saw in the first section of this topic the present continuous tense can also denote future time with slight differences with the going to future. Let's have a look at them in the next section.

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