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                    Grammar: Future Simple. ‘To be going


                                       to’. ‘May and ‘might’.




                Grammar Reference: Future Simple.
                     Future Simple 'will' is used for future actions decided at the moment of
                speaking, as well as for predictions (personal opinion).
                     Oh, your bag is so heavy! I will help you!
                     I will buy her a present, I promise.
                     He thinks, it will rain tomorrow.

                     I am sure, Sam will win.
                     I will stay at home tomorrow.
                     I won't go to work tomorrow.
                     Will I stay at home tomorrow?
                     He will go to school next year.

                     He won't go to Italy next year.
                     Will he go to school next year?
                     You will buy her a present.
                     You won't buy her a present.
                     Will you buy her a present?
                     Will they come next Sunday?
                     Alternatively,  ’going  to'  is  used  for  future  actions  decided  before  the
                moment of speaking.

                     He is going to visit us on Sunday.
                     I am going to buy her a present.
                     We are going to invite Lisa to the party.
                     Grammar Reference: May / might (possibility).
                     Tom may come to see us on Sunday.

                     Sam may not come to see us on Sunday.
                     May Tom come to see us on Sunday?
                     We may travel to Italy next summer.
                     I may meet my old friends in the club.
                     I may not meet many people at the conference.
                     They might ask you about your job
                     They might not ask you many questions.

                     Might they arrive earlier?
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