English For Business Ii: SESSION 02: Making Decisions

¡La universidad de todos!
COURSE: ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS II
SESSION 02 : Making decisions:

* Will vs Present Continuous
* Can I / Should I For, offering to help
* Vocabulary: Business conference
PROFESSOR: DR JULIO GARCIA
Periodo académico:2020-II
Escuela Profesional Semester:II
Escuela de Administración y Negocios Internacionales Unidad:I
Using the Future Continuous Tense
The future continuous tense, sometimes also referred to as the

future progressive tense, is a verb tense that indicates that
something will occur in the future and continue for an expected
length of time. It is formed using the construction will + be + the
present participle (the root verb + -ing).
The simple future tense is a verb tense that is used when an

action is expected to occur in the future and be completed. For
example, let’s suppose you have a meeting tomorrow at five
o’clock.
Example
I will arrive at five o’clock.

I will arrive is the simple future tense of the verb to arrive. You arrive once;
beyond that, you can’t keep on arriving. However, once you get there, you may
be doing something that goes on continuously, at least for a certain period of
time.
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EXAMPLE
At five o’clock, I will be meeting with the management about my raise.
Will be meeting is the future continuous tense of the verb to meet. The construction
will + be + the present participle meeting indicates that the meeting isn’t going to
happen in an instant, all at once. It will have a duration. The will + be + present
participle construction always indicates the future continuous tense.
Example:
• Michael will be running a marathon this Saturday.

• Eric will be competing against Michael in the race.
• I will be watching Michael and Eric race.
THE FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
IS FOR ACTION VERBS ONLY
It is important to note that the future continuous tense is only used

with action verbs, because it is possible to do them for a duration.
(Action verbs describe activities like running, thinking, and seeing.

Stative verbs describe states of existence, like being, seeming, and
knowing.)
To use the will + be + present participle construction with a stative

verb would sound very odd indeed.
THE FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE
IS FOR ACTION VERBS ONLY
Incorrect : I will be being stressed tomorrow during my science test.

Correct : I will be stressed tomorrow during my science test.
Incorrect : When the sun comes out tomorrow, winter will be seeming like a
distant memory.
Correct : When the sun comes out tomorrow, winter will seem like a distant
memory.
Incorrect : After I study, I will be knowing all the answers for the test.
Correct : After I study, I will know all the answers for the test.
As you can see, only the simple future tense is suited to stative verbs like to be and to seem.
GOING TO AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
FUTURE PLAN
IN ADDITION TO THE SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE, WE CAN TALK
ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS BY USING EITHER:
•THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS, OR
•TO BE (IN THE SIMPLE PRESENT) + GOING TO +VERB.
THESE TWO FORMS ARE USED TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE
PLANS. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, SOME DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE TWO FORMS.
THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS FOR FUTURE PLANS:
The present continuous is used when we say what we have planned

and arranged to do at a specific time in the future. These are fixed
plans with definite time and/or place.
Examples:
•I'm doing my homework this evening.
•I'm starting university in September.
•Sally is meeting John at seven o'clock this evening in a restaurant
downtown.
TO BE + GOING TO + VERB:
We use 'going to' to express the future when we intend to do something or

have decided to do something but did not arrange it. It is just an intention.
Example:
A: The windows are dirty.

B: Yes I know. I'm going to clean them later.
= I've decided to clean them ,but I haven't arranged to clean them.
B. We also use 'going to' to make predictions.

•Watch out! you are going to break the glass.
•It's so cloudy! I think it's going to rain.
The simple future tense:
This page will present the simple future tense:
•its form
•and its use.
The forms of the simple future:

The simple future is formed as follows:
will / 'll + verb
will = ‘ll
The affirmative form of the simple future:
I, you, he, she, it, we, they // will / ‘’ll //go
Examples:
•I think I'll buy a new computer.
•I will open the door. Someone is ringing the bell.
The interrogative form of the simple future:
Examples:
•Will you buy a computer?
•Will you go to the party?
Will I, you, he, she, it, we, they go?

The negative form of the simple future:
will not = won't
Examples:
I will not stay at home if I finish the homework.
I won't visit Big Ben if I go to London.
The use of the simple future:
will not
I, you, he, she, it, we, they go.
won't
THINGS TO REMEMBER:
1. We don't use the simple future to say what somebody has already
decided or arranged to do in the future. We use instead either the
present continuous or "going to + verb" (Future plan) :
•Ann is traveling to New York next week. (NOT, "Ann will travel ")
•Are you going to watch television? (NOT "will you watch").
2. You can use shall instead of will for I and we:
•I shall play football.(Or, I will play ...)
•We shall play football. (Or, we will play ...)
3. 'll is the short form of will. You can say either:
•I will go, or
•I 'll go.
4. Won't is the short form of will not. You can say either:
•I will not go, or
•I won't go.

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¡La universidad de todos!

COURSE: ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS II

SESSION 02 : Making decisions:

The future continuous tense, sometimes also referred to as the

The simple future tense is a verb tense that is used when an

I will arrive at five o’clock.

At five o’clock, I will be meeting with the management about my raise.

• Michael will be running a marathon this Saturday.

It is important to note that the future continuous tense is only used

(Action verbs describe activities like running, thinking, and seeing.

To use the will + be + present participle construction with a stative

Incorrect : I will be being stressed tomorrow during my science test.

The present continuous is used when we say what we have planned

We use 'going to' to express the future when we intend to do something or

A: The windows are dirty.

B. We also use 'going to' to make predictions.

The forms of the simple future:

I, you, he, she, it, we, they // will / ‘’ll //go

Will I, you, he, she, it, we, they go?

The use of the simple future:

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