GRAMMAR TIME!!

Future Tense: "Will" Vs.

"Going To"
AUTHOR:
ELENA DEL TORO SILVA
 Talking about the future

We use the future

tense to talk about
events, ideas or
experiences which
haven't taken place
yet.
Talking about the future
There are a number
of ways of expres-
sing the future, but
we will deal here
with the most im-
portant ones: WILL
and GOING TO.
 Talking about the future
To use Will we follow I will study medicine
the scheme below: when I finish high
school.
AFF: Will + verb in infini-
tive
I won't (will+not) was-
NEG: Will + not + verb in te my time.
infinitive / Won't +
verb in infinitive
Will you be my first
INT: Will + subject + verb patient?
in infinitive...?
 Talking about the future
To use GOING TO we She's going to study
follow the scheme be- for her exam.
low:

AFF: am/is/are + going to + She isn't (is+not)

verb in infinitive going to play com-
NEG: am/is/are + not + puter games.
going to + verb in infini-
tive
Is she going to get
INT: am/is/are + subject + good marks?
going to + verb in infini-
tive...?
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Now that you know how to form WILL and

GOING TO, look at their different uses to
talk about the future...
 Talking about the future: USE 1
WILL is used to ex-
press a voluntary
action. Will often
suggest that a
speaker will do so-
mething voluntarily:

I will get you a cup of

tea.
 Talking about the future: USE 2
WILL is used to ex-
press a promise.
Will is usually used
in promises.

I promise I won't tell

anyone you chea-
ted in the exam.
 Talking about the future: USE 3
GOING TO is used to
express a plan.
Going to expres-
ses that something
is a plan.

I'm going to be an
actor when I grow
up.
 Talking about the future: USE 4
WILL or GOING TO The year 2222 will be
are used to express a very interesting
a prediction. year.

Both will and going

to can express the The year 2222 is
idea of a general going to be a very
prediction in the fu- interesting year.
ture.
 WE'RE DONE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTEN-
TION!!