Summary grammar Unit 3 and
Unit 4
Unit 3: A place to live
3.2 Future forms
Future Continous
Used to talk about actions which will be in progress at a particular time in the future.
This time tomorrow we will be flying to the Maldives.
Used to talk about planned or routine future events, actions or situations.
I will be going to the supermarket after work.
Used to form polite questions or requests.
Will you be doing the first aid course this month?
Future Perfect Simple
Used to talk about actions or situations which will be completed before a certain time in the future.
They will have crossed the border by five o’clock.
Future Perfect Continuous
Used to talk about actions or states which will have been in progress for some time by a certain time
in the future.
By the end of the year we will have been living in Toronto for eight years.
Typical time expressions with the Future Perfect Simple and the Future Perfect Continuous:
- by … (2030)
- by then
- by the time
- in … (two days)
3.5 Quantifiers
Countable Uncountable
Each/every -
All All
Most Most of the
Whole -
Many Much/ A great deal of
A lot of/Lots of/ Loads of/ Plenty of A lot of/Lots of/ Loads of/ Plenty of
A number of/ Several/ A few/ A couple of A little
Some Some
Few Little
Both -
Either/ Neither -
No No
None of None of
A few and a little have a similar meaning to some, but a few and a little mean ‘not as many or as
much as we’d like’.
Unit 4
Unit 3: A place to live
3.2 Future forms
Future Continous
Used to talk about actions which will be in progress at a particular time in the future.
This time tomorrow we will be flying to the Maldives.
Used to talk about planned or routine future events, actions or situations.
I will be going to the supermarket after work.
Used to form polite questions or requests.
Will you be doing the first aid course this month?
Future Perfect Simple
Used to talk about actions or situations which will be completed before a certain time in the future.
They will have crossed the border by five o’clock.
Future Perfect Continuous
Used to talk about actions or states which will have been in progress for some time by a certain time
in the future.
By the end of the year we will have been living in Toronto for eight years.
Typical time expressions with the Future Perfect Simple and the Future Perfect Continuous:
- by … (2030)
- by then
- by the time
- in … (two days)
3.5 Quantifiers
Countable Uncountable
Each/every -
All All
Most Most of the
Whole -
Many Much/ A great deal of
A lot of/Lots of/ Loads of/ Plenty of A lot of/Lots of/ Loads of/ Plenty of
A number of/ Several/ A few/ A couple of A little
Some Some
Few Little
Both -
Either/ Neither -
No No
None of None of
A few and a little have a similar meaning to some, but a few and a little mean ‘not as many or as
much as we’d like’.
