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Speaker 1: The future is here. Have you seen what's going on

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with AI space travel and robotics when they start sending

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humans to Mars, I'm definitely gonna go.

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Speaker 2: Attention passengers, The next flight to planet Mars departs at

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eight o'clock PM, and.

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Speaker 1: Who knows, maybe I'll meet a Marshall.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from

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New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you, Jan and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode seven seventy one.

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The future is here. You've probably learned that to talk

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about the future in English, you can use be, going

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to or will. Like Jack and Jenny are going to

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go to Montreal next week. I'm sure they will have

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a good time. That's pretty basic English, right. Well, for

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today's English lesson, let's have a look at the difference

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between using be, going to and will, and also the

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other ways we can talk about the future, like using

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the simple present tense, the present, progressive tense, and modal verbs.

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So the basic difference between using be, going to and

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will is all about having set plans or not and

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when you've decided to do something, you're gonna want to

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use be going to, Like a friend of mine is

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going to get married this weekend. Getting married is a

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pretty set plan, isn't it. Are you going to go

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to Jack's party on Saturday night? Here I am asking

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you about your plans, and whether I'm talking about set

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plans or asking about them, be going to is the

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way to do it. And remember, in conversational American English,

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we usually pronounce going to as gonna. I'm gonna go

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to the party tomorrow, and Katie, yeah, she's gonna go

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with me, And I'm guessing everyone from the office is

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gonna go there too. Now, there are times when we

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want to talk about the future, but we don't have

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any set plans. Maybe we have some thoughts or ideas

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about the future, but we haven't made any firm decison decisions,

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like what should I do tomorrow? Well, maybe I will

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clean the garage if it's not too cold out. It's

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not a set plan, but I'm thinking about the possibility

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of doing that. Maybe I will clean the garage. It's

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pretty common to use maybe with will because that gives

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us a clearer idea that we're talking about ideas in

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the future, not plans like Eddie said that maybe he'll

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move back to Las Vegas when he retires. So use

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be going to or gonna when you have a plan,

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and use will when you've just got an idea. And

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will is a pretty interesting word too, because we also

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use will when we make a decision at the moment

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of speaking. Oh, I'll get it.

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Speaker 2: Can somebody get me a drink? Please?

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Speaker 1: Sure, I'll get that for you. You are listening to this

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podcast right now, maybe you're driving somewhere, or you are

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sitting on the sofa. This grammar of B plus I

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is usually used when you talk about what you're doing

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right now, But did you know that you can also

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use this kind of grammar to talk about the future,

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like I am working tomorrow, but after work, I am

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hanging out with my friends at the bar. That's my plan.

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And on Saturday, I'm having lunch with some of my

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old friends from high school. Now, some set future plans

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are from schedules, and when you talk about things like schedules,

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scheduled events, and timetables, you can use the simple present tense.

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This is handy when you talk about work like it's

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a good thing. The bus leaves at seven point thirty

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because work starts at eight thirty in the morning, or

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the hotel told me that check in begins at two o'clock.

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Last up for today are modal verbs like can, may,

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and mite. These are used with base verbs to talk

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about possibility in the future, like according to the weather report,

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it may snow tomorrow. If it does, I just might

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stay home and work remotely. I'll call the boss and

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ask if I can do that. Can, may and might.

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Now there's a future for you, And keep in mind.

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The best way to remember grammar and vocabulary like this

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and any other word or phrase in English is to

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take that word or phrase, write it in a sentence

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that's true for you or true in your world, and

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then memorize your sentences and check this out. Do you

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chance to practice this kind of English with me directly.

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