How to Talk about Your Future Basic English Phrases
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is Alisha and today we’re going to talk
about how to imagine your future that
means like how to make predictions about
the future so we’re going to use for
example we’ll and going to and we’re
going to talk about a sentence pattern
that uses wood a lot a lot of you have
asked questions about how to use the
word wood so I’m going to focus on a
statement pattern you can use so that
means not a question a statement pattern
that you can use and I’m going to
introduce a question pattern that I hope
you can use to make your own questions
to ask about potential futures so lots
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so again the topic for today how to
imagine the future how to imagine the
future so I’ll introduce a couple of
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right so then let’s begin with today’s
topic let’s start today’s topic as I
said how to talk about the future
fantastic dope today’s lesson as always
I have three parts for today’s lesson
today the first thing I’m going to talk
about this part right here this kind of
basic pattern like and I think you’ll
see in just a second as well like the my
tweet is here at the moment but I want
to focus a little bit on the board now
this is going to be the first part for
today oh actually it’s already up here
that’s okay that’s okay this is our
first part for today so the first thing
I want to talk about today is using this
this expression this kind of sentence
pattern to make a a statement about an
unreal situation an unreal situation
means a statement that is not real right
now that’s what it means so this is
where we’re going to start after that
we’ll talk about how to make questions
with wood and then in the last part of
today’s lesson we’ll review how to use
will and
going to so let us begin great tie
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today so let’s begin then with the first
point for today so I said the first
thing for today would be this basic
pattern here um I know it’s sometimes
difficult to see the board so this above
me above my head this is the same thing
and an example sentence so I’ll talk
about this in just a moment yeah so some
people are saying how to use would and
could in the future today we’re going to
talk about one way to use wood to make
guesses okay so the first thing I want
to talk about is this sentence on top
here this sentence if i plus past tense
verb phrase something something I would
so this is a common expression a common
pattern that we use when we want to
express an unreal situation something
that is not true now so this is an
example of an unreal situation here is
my if clause in this case if I had a lot
of money I would buy my parents a house
if I had a lot of money I would buy my
parents a house so here had a lot of
money this is my past tense verb phrase
right here had a lot of money and then I
finish with like a main statement I
would buy my parents a house so we use
wood in these cases because we’re
talking about something that’s not real
it’s not a real situation now this part
here reflects right now at this point in
time I don’t have a lot of money but if
I did if I did this would be my plan so
I don’t use will here I don’t use will
here because this is not true right now
so please be careful this is an unreal
situation so when you make this sentence
you can see like I mentioned use a past
tense verb
phrase here however if your verb is is
is like I just said in my sentence
pattern if I but if I want to use the
verb is and I want to use past tense
there’s an exception for the verb is we
use word like if I were rich for example
so please be careful when you use the
word is when you want to conjugate that
for this verb pattern use were I’m not
going to talk about the use of was today
that’s a kind of a different point and
it’ll take time I think so today we’ll
use word this is a key exception this is
something different we’re not going to
talk about in detail for today but
please use word if you’re using the verb
is so if you like oh great a lot of you
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lottery I would invite you to bora-bora
if I had wings I would fly to everywhere
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see if I could speak English fluently I
would travel all over the world very
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free to do so okay so I want to move on
then like in my example sentence I’ve
introduced if I if I like here I have if
I and in this pattern up here I have if
i if i did something however we can
change this this does not have to be I I
we could say if he if you if they if we
whatever you can change this here I’ll
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have the technology if I we can change
this and we can change this so you can
talk about your behavior you can talk
about your reaction to someone’s
behavior you can change these to make
some other examples so
let’s go I have one more example which
we will see appear in just a moment yeah
that one great thank you so here is a
different one so I’ve updated this part
curt part this part if person or object
so I replace this I we can change this I
with a person or an object here so past
tense verb phrase this part is the same
and the last part the main part is the
same to I would so here’s an example if
the CEO if the CEO so a different person
not me if the CEO were discovered to be
a criminal I would quit the company so
what does this mean the sentence means
now the CEO is not a criminal I hope but
I mean the CEO of this fictional company
the CEO is not a criminal but if he or
she were discovered to be a criminal
this is my plan I would I would quit the
company so again this part shows us this
is not a real situation this is not a
real situation but if it were this is
what I would do so we can change this
part of the sentence if the CEO were
discovered to be a criminal I would quit
the company so in this case these are
two different people CEO and me they can
be whatever your situation needs so
please feel free to be flexible with
this ok so I want to practice this I
made a small quiz with this part with
you guys so I want to look at this
example if we look at this example
though where we have I in this position
and we need a past tense verb phrase
right here what do we use we talked
about it earlier send it in the chat
what do you think the answer if I blah
blah blah
I would so let’s imagine we’re going to
use the verb is is here if I want to use
the verb is video froze oh no someone
said the video for us anyway the correct
answer for here if I were
if we want to use an adjective we need
to use work if we’re going to use the
verb is otherwise we just use any other
past tense verbs so this is a key point
for today I noticed many people use
present tense here but don’t do that
please
use past tense and as we talked about
the exception is if you’re using the
verb is please use word instead all
righty
let’s look at another one so let’s again
the same issue same past tense sort of
issue here if he so again my stuff yeah
my subject here if he have or had he
would blah blah blah something else over
here so again we have a choice between
present tense and past tense here many
students choose this one it’s actually
past tense we need to use past tense if
he had gotten up earlier he would have
been on time for work for example so
please use past tense same thing here
but I’ve changed it to we at the
beginning so if we go or went we would
something something so again past tense
so we need to use a past tense verb with
this expression so this is one like key
key point for today please use past
tense I know it seems strange like
you’re talking about an unreal future
situation but we use this grammar to
make that statement so please use this
one please use past tense verbs in this
if clause and this F clause here so this
starts with if we call this the if
clause I’ll talk more about this point
later okay
good so that’s the first part for today
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welcome if you’re just joining if you’re
just joining today’s topic is how to
imagine the future how to imagine the
future so in the first part of today’s
lesson we talked about using would this
if I were I would type pattern with past
tense verb phrases this was the first
part we talked about how to make a
statement with this grammar so now I
want to move on how to make a question
I’ve noticed if you can get this part
I’ve noticed sometimes students are okay
with this part but they can’t make a
question using this grammar so I really
want to practice this one next let’s
continue alrighty
so I talked in this part about this if
Clause yeah
maybe you can see it on the screen this
if part if Clause it starts with the
word if that’s a great hint that it’s
the if clause so um when you make a
question then you need to have this if
clause in your question and your main
Clause which is this part this I would
part for this for this grammar for this
point so to make your if Clause a simple
pattern you can use like we said if
let’s start with if that’s pretty good
we’ll start with if and then choose your
person so in this case when we were
making sentences statements we used I or
we used he or we or or the CEO in the
other example we talked about so choose
the person or maybe a situation the
object so choose the thing you want to
discuss what are you talking about so if
person then same thing in your question
your past tense verb phrase your past
tense verb phrase past tense verb phrase
past tense past tense don’t forget to
change your verb to past tense please so
this is your if clause this is part one
he’s one of your questions so part one
part two then is your question clause so
this is where you ask the question this
part part two is the part where you put
the question so how do you make the
question this part is maybe the most
difficult part to do that here I’m gonna
write a wh question so WH question means
like your who what when where why how
how long how often that question word so
that means that’s WH question I’m not
going to write everything here so add
your question phrase what is your
question so what’s the question you want
to ask then include would would shows
this is not a real situation this is a
reminder like this is not true now but
just let’s just discuss the possibility
so what would and then
again another person or something else
related to this situation it does not
have to match this first one you don’t
need to match this one here these do not
have to be the same you can change it
then we’ll finish with some verb
expression perhaps something else at the
end so this is a very very open sort of
pattern that you can use so I know it’s
quite difficult to imagine like what
what is this how should I use this so I
prepared some examples I have three
examples where should we put those
bottom of the frame is good mmm or we
can show them one at a time if that’s
too much yeah we have three examples
coming in just a second so let’s take a
look at like how to actually how to
actually put these into a real sentence
so yeah okay that looks good to me I’ll
stand up oh that’s nice too perfect okay
sorry we’re arranging the text on the
screen right now so you can see perfect
okay so here’s one example these are all
questions not statements but these are
questions so first one if you were
remember we talked about this were is
the exception when you use the verb is
you need to change it to were not was so
if you were a teacher what subject would
you teach so this question follows this
pattern I introduced right here so if
you here’s my person past tense verb
phrase were a teacher we’re a teacher
and then my question phrase like I
talked about here question phrase what
subject that’s my question what subjects
what subject and then unreal it’s unreal
so I use would and then here is my
person again I’m talking about you my
question is about you in this case what
would you teach so here’s one example
I’ve just plugged in each of these parts
of the sentence here let’s look at one
more it’s kind of hard to see around my
shirt isn’t it sorry I guess laughs okay
I won’t move
I get in trouble when I move I fall down
if this were your house where would you
put the furniture so here this is a
great example where I’ve changed so this
part I said person but this can be an
object so in this case house so if this
if this were your house where would you
put the furniture hmm another example
here and then one more if they built a
pool if they built a pool how often
would you go swimming in it all right I
want to focus on one point in this
example sentence how often how often
would you go swimming in it please make
sure you’re how often and you’re how
long fit together sometimes students
separate them like how would you go
swimming often or something I don’t know
but don’t separate those keep how long
and how often together keep those
question phrases together then yes good
some of you are answering this someone
on YouTube wrote what would you do if
you were Donald Trump I don’t know okay
great so these are a few examples of
questions we can make building our using
this pattern we’ve built these these
questions using this pattern right here
so this is a great way if you’re not
sure how to start making questions you
can use this pattern good good good
all right so let’s have a quiz let’s
have a quiz so um let’s see again we
need to use past tense here so a quick
review for your if Clause if he made or
he make remember we need to use a past
tense verb in the if clause so so we
need to use made if he made so in your
if Clause you need to use that past
tense verb for sure okay but now let’s
ask a question a quick review question
about the main clause so if you had so
here’s our if clause we have something
in our if
but in your main clause
how would you often or how often would
you which one is correct well you can
send it in the chat but we don’t have
time so how often would you this bottom
one is correct so I know that the
question how is here but how often is
the question phrase we need to keep
those two words together don’t split
your how offense or your how long’s keep
those two together please hmm all right
good whew we’re running out of time so
I’ll finish there for that point great
nice job with your with your example
sentence this guy guys Brian on YouTube
says Alicia can I use could instead of
would not necessarily know I can’t talk
about good in this lesson there’s not
enough time but no could and would while
sometimes they can be used to make
grammatically correct sentences they
change the meaning using could changes
the meaning and there is some different
some different ways to use could I can’t
talk about it now we don’t have time but
I think actually I made a whiteboard
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talked about this kind of if Clause main
Clause some review and remember you can
switch that to you can’t you don’t have
to use if clause first main clause
second you can swap them that’s why
we’re gonna talk about will and going to
at the end of today’s lesson some review
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a review point about two expressions or
two grammar points that are for making
predictions about the future they are
will and going to will end going to so
I’m not this is not a review about your
future plans but this is a review for
your guesses your your ideas about the
future when should we use these so we
tend to use will for like prediction
here’s a key word prediction prediction
means guess prediction to make a
prediction like some idea about the
future oh yes here it is this is what
I’m writing on the board predictions far
in the future far in the future so
things we can’t see things we can’t see
or we’re not so sure so and this is my
example sentence with will in the future
we’ll have flying cars here I have the
reduced form wheel as we will in the
future we will have flying cars we will
here’s a negative then we won’t have
clean water if we don’t protect the
environment so these two sentences use
will and won’t to make a prediction to
make a guess about the future so we use
these as I said far in the future far in
the future means a long long time in the
future and we use these for things maybe
it’s hard to guess we’re not sure maybe
we don’t have all the information or a
lot of information so you can use will
and the negative won’t will not in these
cases however going to is a little bit
different also going to we use these for
like easy predictions so things we can
see things we can see so like for
example if you’re watching like a soccer
game or something and you can see the
player moving towards the ball and you
can guess what he’s going to do or she’s
going to do you can say oh he’s going to
shoot a goal or something I don’t like
you can use going to four things that
are easy to see easy to predict we can
guess that like based on the information
we have we can make a strong guess about
that like weather also it’s gonna rain I
think it’s gonna rain yeah so we use
going to it’s like really really strong
a close future maybe or we’re very
confident about the prediction so
examples here
the company is gonna so this is going to
in the reduced form the company is gonna
grow a lot next year so maybe I have a
lot of confidence about this idea like
how the company is gonna grow a lot next
year maybe I have a lot of information I
can make this prediction with confidence
another one the president is going to
make a huge mistake the president is
going to make a huge mistake so here I’m
very confident here I’m going to make a
huge mistake so I can see based on the
information I have and I can make a
strong prediction yeah nice good work
you guys so you’re sending some
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oh that’s maybe not a prediction that’s
just a statement of fact so if you have
some predictions you can send a
prediction for the month of June if you
like yeah what are you going to do in
June what do you think might happen in
June that’s a question but anyway that’s
a good point
to finish on today’s lesson so we’ll and
going to we can use to make a prediction
to make a guess about the future one is
strong one not so strong to put it quite
simply all right but it is thirty
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