Proverb of the Week

I really need to study French... I just can't keep on running away from meetings with my supplier from Lion. But I've got no time to attend a school!

Hey, where there's a will, there's a way! Why don't you look for a private teacher?!

When a person really wants to do something, they will find the means to make it come true. 

"Where there is a will, there is a way."

Simple Future - WILL

Use of will Future

• a spontaneous decision
  Wait, I will help you.
• an opinion, hope, uncertainty or assumption regarding the future
  He will probably come back tomorrow.
• a promise
  I will stop eating fast food!
  
  
  
  
  

Immediate Future - TO BE GOING TO

USE

• an action in the near future that has already been planned or prepared
  example: I am going to apply for a new job. I'm not happy where I am right now.
• a conclusion regarding the immediate future based on present evidence
  example: The sky is absolutely blue! It is going to be a lovely day.

Signal Words

• in, tomorrow, next

 GONNA instead of GOING TO

People may use to be gonna instead of to be going to, usually in an informal speech. Read the sentences below extracted from Jamie Cullum's song - Next Year Baby

example:           Gonna read more books = I am going to read more books.

                               Gonna keep up with the news = I am going to keep up with the news                               Gonna learn how to cook = I am going to learn how to cook

   Listen to the Song !  

Next yearThings are gonna changeGonna drink less beerAnd start all over again

Gonna read more booksGonna keep up with the newsGonna learn how to cookAnd spend less money on shoes

Gonna pay my bills on timeFile my mail away, everydayOnly drink the finest wineAnd call my gran every Sunday

Well resolutionsWell baby they come and goWill I do any of these things?The answer's probably no

But if there's one thing, I must doDespite my greatest fearsI'm gonna say to youHow I've felt all of these years

Next yearNext year

I'm gonna tell you how I feelI'm gonna tell you how I feel

Well, resolutionsBaby they come and goWill I do any of these things?The answer's probably no

But if there's one thing, I must doDespite my greatest fearsI'm gonna say to youHow I've felt all of these years

 

Daft Punk - Get Lucky

Like the legend of the phoenix

All ends with beginnings

What keeps the planet spinning

The force from the beginning

We've come too far

To give up who we are

So let's raise the bar

And our cups to the stars

She's up all night 'til the sun

I'm up all night to get some

She's up all night for good fun

I'm up all night to get lucky

We're up all night 'til the sun

We're up all night to get some

We're up all night for good fun

We're up all night to get lucky

The present has no rhythm
Your gift keeps on giving
What is this I'm feeling?
If you want to leave, I'm with it

We've come too far

To give up who we are

So let's raise the bar

And our cups to the stars

She's up all night 'til the sun

I'm up all night to get some

She's up all night for good fun

I'm up all night to get lucky

We're up all night 'til the sun

We're up all night to get some

We're up all night for good fun

We're up all night to get lucky

What is the difference between Take and Get?

       

 

• Take is used when there is some action by the subject.

• Get is used when there is no action from the subject.

• Get is also used  when it means to buy.

1. Everyday I take the subway to work
2. I get my salary on the 5th of every month.
3. I plan to take my Aussie friend to a Brazilian steakhouse when he comes over
4. She is getting married in September

take a break
take a chance
take a look
take a rest
take a seat
take a taxi
take an exam
take notes
take someone's place
take someone's temperature

   

get a job

get a shock

get angry

get divorced

get home

get lost

get married

get nowhere

get permission

get pregnant

get started

get the impression

get the message

get the sack

We all know that practicing makes perfect ! So, here's your exercise:

Choose 5 idioms with Take and Get and write 2 sentences with each one of them in the comments.

Challenge Work (only if you are bold enough LOL) - write 2 sentences with all of them! 

• The PRESENT CONTINUOUS is used as a FUTURE TENSE when it was planned before or a stablished time|/ an agenda
• When we use the present continuous as a future tense, we also use adverbs of time such as:  next week, on Friday, at seven o’clock.

1. Tomorrow morning We are meeting the board . I’ve booked room 01 for us.
2. I’ve got a busy week. Tomorrow I‘m going to Rio and on Friday I‘m coming back to São Paulo.

The Simple Present can be used to talk about  s FUTURE events -  schedules or timetables.

These events are usually scheduled by someone else and they are usually public events.

The train to Perth leaves at 11:30 a.m.

What time does the movie begin tonight?

What time do you finish work tomorrow?

When do you leave for NYC?

Final exams start next week.

The conference call begins at 6:30 p.m.

The plane departs at 8 p.m.

Only the verbs below can be used in the simple present to talk about a future scheduled event:

• Arrive         Be              Begin/Start  
• Close          Depart       End  
• Finish         Leave        Open