How to Talk about Your Future HIGHER QUALITY Basic English Phrases
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our weekly live stream my name 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 will
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 to do lots to
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the future how to imagine the future so
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all 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 so 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 it’s already up here whoo
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 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 wood 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 pad
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
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would invite you to Bora Bora if I had
wings I would fly to everywhere a nice
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could speak English fluently I would
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okay so um 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 mark it in
a different color because we 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
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
Kurt part this part if person or object
so I replaced 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 two
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 okay 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 the correct answer for here if I
were
if we want to use an adjective we need
to use word 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 allow 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 next we’re going to talk about
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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 we’ll 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 use he or we or or the CEO in the
other example we talked about so she is
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
phase one of your question 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 the
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 subject
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 good luck 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 your how
often and your 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 in
youtuber 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 clause blah blah blah 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 often sir 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 Elisha 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 good so I can’t talk about it now we
don’t have time but I think actually I
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okie dokie let’s go on to the last point
for today so we 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
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okay so let’s finish today with 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 guests prediction to make a
prediction like some idea about the
future oh yes
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 four 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 so going to we use these
four 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 know like
you can use going to for 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 whether also it’s gonna rain I
think it’s gonna rain yeah so we used
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 going to 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
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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
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