English Explained Simply

  I. The future with Will: to convey a non-premeditated situation A. Use:   It expresses a spontaneous action (I will go there), a promise or an offer (We will help you), an invitation (Will you come tomorrow?), a prediction (It will rain tonight), a request (Will you help me?) B. Grammatical forms: - In a question: will + subject + verb (Will you go to Lille tomorrow?) - In a positive statement: subject + will + verb (I will go to Lille tomorrow) - In a negative statement: subject + will not (won't) + verb (I won't go to Lille tomorrow) II. The future with Be going to: to convey an intention A. Use:   It expresses: an action with plan (I'm going to buy a car next month), a prediction from the existing (It's going to be cold tonight) B. Grammatical forms: - In a question: am, is, are + subject + going to + verb (Is she going to phone you tonight?) - In a positive statement: subject + am, is, are + going to + verb (She is going to phone me tonight ) - In a negative sta...

I. FOR A) Use: For expresses a duration that is to say a length of time during which the action took place. B) Exemplification: - I have been waiting for him for two hours or I have been waiting on him for two hours - She has worked on the project for days - He has already sent the mail to the supplier C) The tenses we use 'For' with: For is used both with the present perfect tenses and the past perfect tenses. - She had travelled to the Middle East for one month prior to getting married - She had been driving a hatchback for a few weeks when a Sports Utility Vehicle hit her D) Other uses of 'For': 1. For: in a past action Can be used to express that something happened in the past and is no longer in effect at the time of speaking. For is therefore used with a time word. I worked there for three years back in the nineties It rained for two days without letting up! He taught in high schools for thirty years before retiring 2. For: conjunction or linking word Can al...