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Grammar Reference
Module 4 Negative TIME EXPRESSIONS NOTE It isn’t necessary to say
Future will or write to go
I tomorrow, tonight with the future going to.
Affirmative He/She/It will not / won’t work next week/month/Monday, etc. Ted’s going (to go)
soon jogging next weekend.
I in an hour/a year, etc.
He/She/It will work
We/You/They We/You/They will have to, will be able to
Questions
• Will have to expresses obligation in the future.
I We’ll have to train hard to take part in the race.
Will he/she/it work?
we/you/they • Will be able to expresses ability in the future.
When I go to Spain, I’ll be able to practise my Spanish.
We use the future will for: Adjectives - Adverbs of manner
• offers. I’ll help you with everything.
• promises. I promise, I’ll be there for you. • Adverbs of manner describe how something happens.
• requests. Will you do me a favour? • We form most adverbs of manner by adding -ly to the
• on-the-spot decisions. Fine, I’ll meet you in an hour.
• predictions, usually with the verbs think and believe. adjective.
I think he will be a great teacher one day. quiet quietly
careful carefully
TIME EXPRESSIONS
• Adjectives ending in a Irregular adverbs
tomorrow, tonight, soon, next week/month, consonant + -y, drop the -y
in an hour/week, etc. and take -ily. good well
easy easily fast fast
Time Clauses (Present - Future) hard hard
• Adjectives ending in -le, late late
• Time clauses begin with when, after, before, as soon as, drop the -e and take -y. early early
until, etc.
terrible terribly
• When the sentence refers to the future, we usually use
the present simple in the time clause and the future will too / enough
in the main clause. • We use too before adjectives and adverbs. Too has a
negative meaning and it means ‘more than necessary’.
These shoes are too big. I need a smaller size.
Time clause Main clause • We use enough after adjectives and adverbs, but before
nouns. Enough has a positive meaning.
As soon as I know, I’ll tell you. The water isn’t warm enough. We can’t go swimming.
Before I leave, I’ll help you with the housework. We have enough food for tonight.
NOTEWhen the time clause comes before the main clause, Relative pronouns (who, which, that) and
NOTEthe two clauses are separated by a comma.adverbs (where)
Future going to The relative pronouns who, which, that and the
Affirmative adverb where introduce relative clauses.
I am going to work Pronouns Examples
He/She/It is going to work PEOPLE who/that
We/You/They are going to work The man who/that is driving
THINGS which/that that car is my uncle.
Negative ANIMALS The teacher (who/that) I like
IDEAS the most is Mrs Robins.
I ’m not going to work
He/She/It isn’t going to work Adverb The bag which/that is on the
We/You/They aren’t going to work table is mine.
The documentary (which/
that) I watched last night was
terrible.
Questions PLACE where The place where I live is
beautiful.
Am I going to work?
Is he/she/it going to work? • Who, which and that can be omitted when they refer
to the object.
Are we/you/they going to work?
• Where can never be omitted or replaced with that.
We use the future going to to express future plans.
Ben is going to buy a car next week.
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