FUTURE SIMPLE

WILL & GOING TO

• He is going to come home
tomorrow, we talked last Monday
about this.
• He is bored now. He will come back
home.
Plan e intención programada:

■ He is going to come home tomorrow, we talked last

Monday about this.
(Él va a venir a casa mañana. Hablamos el pasado
lunes sobre eso).
La decisión se ha tomado sobre
la marcha
■ He is bored now. He will come back home.
(Él está aburrido ahora. Volverá a casa).
Promesas:

■ I will always love you!

What are you going to do?

• What are you going to do this weekend?

¿Qué vas a hacer este fin de semana?
• I’m going to go to the cinema.
Voy a ir al cine.
Predictions:

■ Is it going to rain on Saturday or do you think it will be

a sunny day?
(¿Va a llover este sábado o crees que será un día
soleado?)
STRUCTURE
+ AFFIRMATIVE
+ S. + “WILL” + verb in
infinitive…
I will call you tonight.
She will arrive late tomorrow.
They will come to the party.

Contractions: I + will = I’ll

She + will = she’ll
we + will = we’ll
- NEGATIVE

- S. + “WILL” + aux. + verb in

neg infinitive…
“not”
I will not call you tonight.
She will not arrive late tomorrow.
They will not come to the party.
? INTERROGATIVE
? “WILL” + S. + verb in + ?
infinitive…
Will you call me tonight ?
Will she arrive late tomorrow ?
Will they come to the party ?
STRUCTURE
+ AFFIRMATIVE
+ S. + Verb + “GOING TO” + verb in
TO BE infinitive…
(present)
I am going to call you tonight..
She is going to arrive late tomorrow.
They are going to come to the party.
- NEGATIVE

- S. + Verb + aux. + “GOING TO” + verb in

TO BE neg infinitive…
(present) “not”
I am not going to call you tonight.
She is not going to arrive late
tomorrow.
They are not going to come to the party.
? INTERROGATIVE
? Verb + S. + “GOING TO” + verb in + ?
TO BE infinitive
(present) …
Are you going to call me tonight ?
Is she going to arrive late tomorrow ?
Are they going to come to the party ?