Matakuliah
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Versi
: G0134 – Grammar III
: 2005
: revisi 1
Pertemuan 21
More Future Forms
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Learning Outcomes
Pada akhir pertemuan ini, diharapkan mahasiswa
akan mampu :
• Menuliskan kalimat2 ‘future’ dengan
menggunakan kata2 yang mereka pelajari
pada pertemuan ini.
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Outline Materi
• Be about to, be due to, be to, be on the
verge of
• however
• No matter
• Be on the point of
• Whatever, whoever, whenever, wherever
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Different ways to express the
future in English
Form
Meaning / use
Be about to + base form Be going to happen very
soon
Be due to + base form
Be going to do sth
already arranged
Be to + base form
Be going to do sth that is
an official arrangement
or order
Be ordered not to do sth
Be not to + base form
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Different ways to express the
future in English
Form
Be on the verge of –
ing / sth
However + adverb /
adjective + Present
Simple
No matter (what, who,
etc.) + Present Simple
Meaning / use
Be going to happen
very soon
It is not because of how
sth is being done
It is not important what
happens, who does it,
etc
Be on the point of + Be going to do sth
ing
immediately
Whatever, whoever, etc It is not important what,5
+ Present Simple
who, etc.
Different ways to express the
future in English
Read the following paragraph. Pay attention
to the expression of Future.
So there I am sitting in my seat, on the verge of a
nervous breakdown. ‘We are about to leave,’
says the man next to me, grinning. The noise of
the engine is deafening and I’m on the point of
being sick. The steward bends over me and
says, ‘We’re due to take off soon, sir. Would you
like sweets or cotton wool?’ ‘I’d rather have the
cotton wool, please. Whenever I have sweets,
they fall out of my ears.’
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