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The document discusses the differences between using will and going to when talking about the future in English. Will is used to talk about predictions, promises, and decisions made at the time of speaking. Going to is used to talk about planned future events and predictions based on facts. It provides examples of the structures and usage of both will and going to in positive, negative, and question sentences.

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Power Point Future Simple

The document discusses the differences between using will and going to when talking about the future in English. Will is used to talk about predictions, promises, and decisions made at the time of speaking. Going to is used to talk about planned future events and predictions based on facts. It provides examples of the structures and usage of both will and going to in positive, negative, and question sentences.

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Future Simple

Will vs going to
Future Simple
To talk about predictions and promises in
the future, we can use the future simple.

Signal words:
tomorrow, next week,
next weekend,
a few days, weeks, years later
I
will
YouSimple - affirmative stay
Future at home.
He/She/It ´ll
We
You
They Subject + ´ll/will + infinitive without to
You will live a long You will be rich.
and happy life.

You will have two


You will get married. children and a dog.
Johnny, will you set
the table?

Sure, Dad, I will do it


in five minutes!
I
will
YouSimple - negative
not
Future travel this summer.
He/She/It won‘t
We
You
Subject + won‘t/will not + infinitive without to
They
I will not smile.

I won’t drink
the cofee.
I
Will you go to school in June?
he/she/it
we
Future
WhenSimple
will- Questions
you
they go to school ?

will + subject + infinitive without to

Question word + will + subject + infinitive without to


Will I be healthy? Will I fall in love?

Will I get a better job? Will we live on Mars?


GOING TO--
FUTURE
Going to is not a tense.

It is a special expression to talk about the


future.
It is used with expressions such as:
•- tomorrow
•- tonight
•- next week/month/year
•- in a few hours/days
•- by next week, etc.
Structure of Going to

• The structure is:

subject + be (am-is-are) + going to + verb (infinitive)

Maria is going to paint


Negative sentences structure of Going to
THE STRUCTURE IS:

subject + be (am-is-are) + not + going to + verb (infinitive)

• EXAMPLES:

• I am not going to sing at the party.

• She is not going to sing at the party.

• You are not going to sing at the party.


Question sentences structure of Going to
THE STRUCTURE IS:

be (am-is-are) subject + going to + verb (infinitive)

• EXAMPLES:

• Am I going to sing at the party.

• Is she going to sing at the party.

• Are you going to sing at the party.


Diferences between the use of
will and going to
Will and Going to Similarity in Usage

• Both Will and Going to can be used for making future predictions


without having a real difference in meaning.

• Example:

• I think it will be foggy tomorrow. = I think it is going to be foggy tomorrow.


Will and Going to Differences in Usage

• Will is used to express future actions decided at the moment of


speaking while Going to describes future plans decided before the
moment of speaking.

• Examples:

• I‘ll have salad now. (will)


• I’m going to visit my aunt next Friday. (going to)
WILL BE GOING TO
to make decisions that are made at the a future event that has been planned
time of speaking before the time of speaking
to make a future prediction based on
to state a fact about the future facts / evidence
 
to make a promise
to make a prediction
with words like I think, I guess, I hope,
probably, possibly

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