Going to vs Will

Affirmative, Negative,
and Interrogative and
Solving Strategies
Continued
English
Professor Leonardo Calderon
lcalderon@ingeniería.edu.pe
982060150
 Grammar
Presentation
 Going to Affirmative
Use
• To state plans and predictions with evidence.
Structure
• subject + verb to be + going to + verb in original form
Examples
I am going to travel next week.
Look at those clouds! It is going to rain.
 Going to Negative
Use
• To state plans and predictions with evidence in a negative form.
Structure
• subject + verb to be + not + going to + verb in original form
Examples
I am not going to travel next week.
Look at that blue sky! It is not going to rain.
 Going to Interrogative
Use
• To ask and answer questions about plans and predictions with evidence.
Question Structure
• verb to be + subject + going to + verb in original form
Response Structure
• yes + subject + verb to be
• no + subject + verb to be + not
Examples
Are you going to travel next week? Yes, I am.
Look at that blue sky! Is it going to rain? No, it is not.
Warm Up
Questions
1. Look at the image and then complete the sentence.
We are going to ________ a baby.

a) has b) have
2. Look at the image and then complete the sentence.
Keiko Fujimori ________ be president of Peru, because of
her corruption history.

a) is going to not b) is not going to

3. Look at the image and then complete the sentence.
Are you going to ________ admission to a prestigious
university? Yes, ________.

a) gain - I am b) gain - am I
 Will Affirmative
Use
• To state promises, spontaneous decisions, warnings, threats, and
predictions without evidence.
Structure
• subject + will + verb in original form
Examples
I will always love you.
I’m thirsty. I will buy a drink.
 Will Negative
Use
• To state promises, spontaneous decisions, warnings, threats, and
predictions without evidence in a negative form.
Structure
• subject + will + not + verb in original form
Examples
I will not be unfaithful.
I’m not thirsty. I will not buy a drink.
 Will Interrogative
Use
• To ask and answer questions about promises, spontaneous decisions, warnings,
threats, and predictions without evidence.
Question Structure
• will + subject + verb in original form
Response Structure
• yes + subject + will
• no + subject + will + not
Examples
Will you always love me? Yes, I will.
I’m thirsty. Will you buy me a drink? No, I will not.
Warm Up
Questions
1. Look at the image and then complete the sentence.
I will ________ smoking. I swear.

a) quits b) quit
2. Look at the image and then complete the sentence.
If you don’t increase profits, I ________ your contract.

a) will renew b) won’t renew

3. Look at the image and then complete the sentence.
Will you ________ the orange tie? No, ________. I will
wear the yellow tie.

a) wear - I won’t b) wear - I willn’t

English Text Comprehension
 Solving Strategies

Word Question
• Translate well. Sometimes that is all that is necessary for matching the
word with the correct synonym or antonym. An excellent vocabulary
is necessary for that.
• Obtain as much information as possible from the words and
sentences around the word in the text.
• Carefully eliminate possible answers.
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English
Professor Leonardo Calderon
lcalderon@ingeniería.edu.pe
982060150