Future do-make
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This document discusses ways to talk about the future in English. It explains that "will/won't" is used to talk about spontaneous decisions being made at the time of speaking, while "going to" is used to talk about predictions based on known facts or fixed plans and decisions. The present continuous can also indicate fixed plans or decisions. The simple present is commonly used for schedules. When using "do" and "make", "do" is typically used with pronouns and adverbs while "make" is often used with nouns like sure, sense, decision, mistake, money, and judgments.
Future do-make
- 1. FUTURE WILL / WON卒T Use when the speaker decides to do something as he or she is speaking. For Factual Information To make predictions based on what speaker knows GOING TO For Factual Information To make predictions based on what speaker knows For decisions the speaker has made and fixed plans. PRESENT CONTINUOUS For decisions the speaker has made and plans that are fixed. SIMPLE PRESENT This form is often used for schedules
- 2. DO - MAKE The most frequent words and phrases that are used after MAKE are sure, a/no difference, sense, a decision, a mistake, money, judgments, reservations an effort Do is used with general pronouns such as something, anything, everything; adverbs such as well, much, OK and sports, interests, and general activities such as aerobics, gardening, business, research, (some) readings.