Future forms
be going to and will
- We use be going to and will to make predictions.
- We use be going to to talk about something we expect to happen because of evidence we have now: Look at that blue sky. It’s going to be hot today.
- We use will to talk about something that we think, believe, or know will happen in the future: I think computers will do everything for us in the future.
- We use be going to and will to talk about future actions.
- We use be going to if we are talking about things that we have already decided or planned to do: ‘What are you going to do tonight?’ ‘l‘m going to stay at home.’
- We use will to talk about decisions that we make at the moment of speaking:
‘Tea or coffee?’ I‘ll have tea, please.’
- The form of be going to is: am/are/is + (not) going to + infinitive
- The form of will is: will/won’t + infinitive without to.
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