Task1. Look at the ways to express future. Which ones do you use more often?

To plan/to be planning to do something:

e.g.Im planning to buy a new house later this year.
To think/to be thinking of doing something:
e.g.Im thinking of studying painting because I want to be a designer.
To want to do something
e.g.I want to become famous.
To be going to do something
e.g.Im going to study hard this weekend.
Will
e.g.I know I will go to Egypt this summer
To be about to do something
e.g.I am about to finish that paper and then Ill be able to
do whatever I want.
To be starting something
e.g.I am starting a new job next Monday.
I will probably, definitely
e.g.I will probably find this book in Moscow.
e.g.I will definitely be at your birthday party
I probably wont, I definitely wont
e.g.I probably wont come to see you off, I have too much work to do.
e.g.I definitely wont let you go to Egypt alone.
To be due to do something
e.g.I am due to get a visa by next weekend.

Task2. Fill in the chart with the information about you:

Future Forms
Im planning to
Im thinking of
I want to
Im going to
I know I will
I am about to
I am starting
I will probably/definitely
I probably/definitely
wont
I am due to
I am to

Next week

Next Month

Next Year

Task3. Now talk with your partner about your plans future. Do you have any similarities? If
yes, could you do these together? Discuss.