1.定义
表示将要发生的动作或存在的状态及打算、计划或准备做某事。它既不强调是否完成，也不强调是否是进行中，就是普普通通的发生在将来的一件事。
2.时间标志
1.tonight (今晚)
2.soon (不久；很快)
3.tomorrow系列：tomorrow morning/afternoon/evening、the day after tomorrow(后天)
4.next系列：next week/ next year/next Monday...
5.一段时间+later系列：five years later/three days later…
6.in + 一段时间系列：in five minutes/in two weeks…
7.in the future (在未来)，this evening/afternoon/ year
3.基本结构
① will do（当下决定的计划）
② be going to do（早就想好的计划）
③be doing表示位置转移的动词（如：go，come，leave，start，arrive等非延续性动词），可用现在进行时表示将来时。
1️⃣will +动词原形表示将来会出现的状态。
e.g. There will be no classes tomorrow.明天没有课。
●表示将来经常发生的动作。
e.g.The students will have five English classes.学生们要上五节英语课。
●表示事物的固有属性或必然趋势、倾向。
e.g. Flowers will die without water. 没有水花会枯死的。
●表示说话过程中做出某种决定。
e.g.That bag looks heavy.I'll help you with it. 这个包看起来很重，我来帮你提。
2️⃣ be going to +动词原形
● 表示已经决定或安排要做的事。
e.g. He is going to be a doctor when he grows up. 他长大后要当医生。
● 表示根据某种迹象认为在最近或将来将要发生的事。
e.g. It is going to rain.天要下雨了。
一般将来时作文
写作思路：
1.可以描写的方面：
时间顺序（某天、早上....）、天气、周末参与活动、相关人物、心情等等
2.一般将来时--周末打算怎么过？
重要句型：
主语+be+going to do sth.
主语+be+going to地点.
常用句型：
I am going to have a busy/happy weekend.
On Saturday morning, I’m going to….
Then,…..
In the evening, I….
On Sunday morning, I…..
In the afternoon,….
In the evening…….
3.常用表示活动的单词：
watch(watched) TV | do(did) homework | wash(washed) the clothes | clean(cleaned) the room | play(played) football |
play(played) basketball | play(played) ping-pong | visit(visited) grandparents | go(went) to a park | go(went) swimming |
read(read) books | go(went) fishing | go(went) hiking | fly(flew) kites | take(took) pictures |
sing(sang) and dance(danced) | eat(ate) good food | climb(climbed) a mountain | buy(bought) presents | go(went) skiing |
4. 作文范文
请描述你的周末计划。
例文1：
I'm going to have a happy weekend. On Saturday,I’m going to the library. I am going to do homework and read magazines there. Then I am going to go shopping with my sister after lunch. On Sunday, I’m going to have a picnic with my classmates. That will be fun. Then I am going to visit my grandparents with my mother. It will be a busy weekend.
例文2 ：
Here is my weekend plan.First, my mum and I will go to the library. We will read books there. Then,my mum, my dad and I will go to my grandparents'home. We will have lunch there. In the afternoon,we will go to the farm. We will have a good time this weekend.
例文3：
I am going to be very busy this weekend. On Saturday morning I am going to do some exercises. On Saturday afternoon I am going to finish my homework at home. On Saturday evening I am going to watch cartoons. On Sunday morning I am going to bake a cake for dessert. On Sunday afternoon I am going to buy a gift for my friend Amy. What a busy weekend!
例文4：
This weekend, I'm going to the Beihai Park with my friend. We're going there by bike at nine o'clock in the morning. We're going to fly kites. Then we are going to read books. We're also going to have a picnic near the lake. It's going to be a fantastic weekend.
请写出你的寒假/暑假计划。
My Spring Festival
The winter holiday is coming. That means the Spring Festival is coming, too. I'm looking forward to the Spring Festival very much. Because during the Spring Festival, my all families and I will stay together. We will eat a meal on New Year's Eve. And we will wait for the coming of New Year. When the bells of New Year rings, we will say " happy new year " to each other. And adults will give children a cash gift. That's the Spring Festival which I look forward.
My Summer Holiday
The summer holiday is coming. I have many things to do.I will have a short visit to Nanjing with my parents. We are going to see the Fuzi Temple and Qinhuai River. It will be fun.I will also have a basketball training. The training will last a week. And I am going to do some special exercisesin the club. The teachers there are very nice. I can't wait to see them.My holiday will be fun and fruitful. I love it.