Hey buddies, para hablar sobre planes futuros en inglés utilizamos varios tiempos verbales. Os los resumimos de una manera muy sencilla. Vamos allá:

Talking about the future

We use going to to talk about what we intend to do or things we’ve decided to do.
E.g. I’m going to prepare a special meal for Christmas day.
They are going to throw a big party on New Year’s Eve.

We use will to make a spontaneous promise or an offer to do something.
E.g. We’ll buy funny presents for «secret Santa» this year.
I’ll help them wrapping up the presents.

We use both will and going to for predictions
E.g. Children will get many toys and presents.
There’s going to be many people travelling to their home place.

We use present continuous to talk about fixed plans or arrangements.
E.g. We are having a get together meal with all our co-workers.
I’m meeting my friends for a special celebration.

We use the present simple to talk about a schedule.
E.g. Our flight leaves at 15:50h on the 23th of December.
The parade starts at 18h on the 5th of January.

We use future continuous (will be doing) to talk about an action in progress at a specific time in the future.
E.g. I will be travelling to meet my family this time next week.

Y tú, cómo utilizarías los tiempos verbales futuros para hablar de tus planes de navidad?

Déjanos tu comentario ?

Continuamos con la serie de posts sobre phrasal verbs para que cada vez te resulte más fácil conocerlos y empezar a utilizarlos. Esta vez prestaremos atención a varios phrasal verbs con come de uso habitual. Como siempre, os los presentamos con definiciones y ejemplos para que quede más claro.

Come on, let’s go! Comenzamos! ✏️

Come about – to happen or occur – suceder, ocurrir.

E.g.
How did this situation come about?
How did the fire come about?

Come across – to find by chance / accident – encontrar por casualidad.

E.g.
I came across some old photographs when I cleaned up the attic.
She came across Rob when she was at the bank.

Come along – to develop, to make progress – desarrollar, progresar (o hacer progresos).

E.g.
How is the project coming along?
I think we are coming along, we expect to finish soon.

Come along – to appear or to arrive – llegar, aparecer.

E.g.
A bus should come along any minute now.
An opportunity came along and I took the job.

Come along – to go somewhere with someone – acompañar.

E.g.
We are going to have a coffee. Would you like to come along?

Come back – to return – volver.

E.g.
He’s not here at the moment. Could you come back later?

Come by – to be able to get something difficult – conseguir.

E.g.
Cheap organic food it’s not easy to come by.
How did you come by that wonderful apartment?

Come down with – to become ill – caer enfermo.

E.g.
I’m not feeling well, I think I’m coming down with a cold.

Come forward – to offer to do something, to volunteer – ofrecerse, presentarse voluntario.

E.g.
Only one person of the team came forward to help.

Come over – to visit someone in their house – visitar, pasarse a ver.

E.g.
Will you come over on Friday evening?
His parents are coming over for the weekend.

Come out – to become known- conocerse, salir a la luz.

E.g.
The truth will come out sooner or later.
When is the new edition coming out?

Come (a)round – to change your opinion – cambiar de opinión (dejarse convencer).

E.g.
In the end, we came round and accepted their expert advice.
I think they will come round to our way of seeing things.

Come (a)round – to visit someone – pasarse a ver.

E.g.
Sure, come (a)round! I can show my new collection.

Come round – to recover consciousness – recobrar la consciencia.

E.g.
She was coming round, but she was a bit confused after the surgery.

Come up – appear, happen, occur (unexpectedly) – ocurrir, surgir.

E.g.
I’m sorry I miss the meeting, something came up in the last minute.

Come up with – to think of an idea/ a plan – pensar, dar con una idea o un plan.

E.g.
They came up with a fantastic plan to make processes more efficient.

Los phrasal verbs son un tema recurrente a la hora de aprender inglés y una forma de ampliar vocabulario y comunicarnos como lo haría un hablante nativo, échale un vistazo a otros posts de esta serie sobre phrasal verbs aquí ????