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Will and Going To: Are Two Ways To Talk About The Future in English

This document discusses two ways to talk about the future in English: will and going to. Will can be used to express voluntary actions, promises, predictions, offers, and decisions made in the moment. Going to expresses plans and arrangements that have already been decided. Both will and going to refer to a specific time in the future. The document provides examples of how to use will and going to in different contexts involving intentions, scheduled events, and predictions about the future.

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Will and Going To: Are Two Ways To Talk About The Future in English

This document discusses two ways to talk about the future in English: will and going to. Will can be used to express voluntary actions, promises, predictions, offers, and decisions made in the moment. Going to expresses plans and arrangements that have already been decided. Both will and going to refer to a specific time in the future. The document provides examples of how to use will and going to in different contexts involving intentions, scheduled events, and predictions about the future.

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WILL AND GOING TO

Are two ways to talk about the future in English

TWO WAYS TO EXPRESS THE FUTURE

*subject+will+verb

*subject+be+going to+ verb

Both will and going to refer to a specific time in the future

WAYS IN ENGLISH TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE

Predictions/statements of facts

Intentions

Arrangement

Scheduled events

-key words for future tense.

Next.

Tomorrow

In.

On

At..

USE 1 "WILL" TO EXPRESS A VOLUNTARY


ACTION

Will" often suggests that a speaker will do something voluntarily

I will not do your homework for you.

I won't do all the housework myself!

USE 2 "WILL" TO EXPRESS A PROMISE

I promise I will not tell him about the surprise party.

Don't worry, I'll be careful

- Ill send you an e-mail.


- I wont tell anyone your secret.
- Hell pay you back tomorrow

USE 3 "BE GOING TO" TO EXPRESS PLANS AND


ARRANGEMENTS

Be going to" expresses that something is a plan. It expresses the idea that a person
intends to do something in the future. It does not matter whether the plan is realistic or
not.

On my next vacation, Im going to stay in a nice hotel in Paris.

Her current contract ends in December, so shes going to look for a new job.

Davids going to meet me at the airport. He said he would be there at 8:00. -

He is going to spend his vacation in Hawaii

Michelle is going to begin medical school next year.

USE 4 "WILL" OR "BE GOING TO" TO EXPRESS A


PREDICTION

The year 2222 will be a very interesting year.

The year 2222 is going to be a very interesting year

USE WILL FOR OFFERS


- Ill buy you a drink.
- My secretary will help you with the paperwork.

USE WILL FOR DECISIONS MADE IN THE


MOMENT
- Would you like potatoes or rice? Ill have the rice.
- Which shirt do you like? Well, the red one is cheaper, but I prefer the color blue. Ill
take the blue one.

NOTICE!!!!!
- Use I think will and I dont think will to express thoughts about the future.
- Dont use I think wont. (it doesnt sound natural)
- Examples
- I think you wont like this movie. Its very violent.(xxxxxNOOOOxxxxxx))
- I dont think youll like this movie. Its very violent. (YESSSS)

USE GOING TO FOR PLANS AND


ARRANGEMENTS
- On my next vacation, Im going to stay in a nice hotel in Paris.
- Her current contract ends in December, so shes going to look for a new job.
- Davids going to meet me at the airport. He said he would be there at 8:00. -

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