這一次我們將會探討一下能夠表達將來發生的動作所使用的時式之間的一些區別。
例句 | 用法 |
Will Verb (base form) It will snow tomorrow. | 表達「預測」 |
Will Verb (base form) The concert will begin at 8 o'clock. | 表達「已訂立行程的事件」 |
Will Verb (base form) Will you marry me? | 表達「承諾」 |
Will Verb (base form) I'll make you a sandwich. | 表達「意願」 |
Will Verb (base form) He will telephone as soon as he arrives. | 用於「含時間子句的組合」(as soon as, when, before, after) |
Be going to Verb (base form) Frank is going to study Medicine. | 'be going to' 用於表達「已計劃的事件或目的」。這些事件或目的在說話時之前已經決定好。 NOTE 'Going to' or '-ing' 通常都可以用於表示計劃好的事件。 |
Be going to Verb (base form) Oh no! Look at those clouds. It's going to rain. | 表達「根據自然現象(通常從視覺上)作出的預計」 |
Present Continuous (be '-ing') He's coming tomorrow afternoon. | 表達「已計劃好的事件或個人行程」。通常與come, go, begin, start, finish, have等動詞連用。 |
Simple Present The class begins at 11.30. | 表達「已計劃好的公眾事件,如火車、航空、課程的行程(時間)表。」 |
Common future time expressions include: | next (week, month, year), tomorrow, in X's time (amount of time, i.e. two week's time), in year, time clauses (when, as soon as, before, after) simple present (example: I will telephone as soon as I arrive.) soon, later |