FUTURE FORMS:

PLANS AND INTENTIONS

 BE GOING TO – PRESENT CONTINUOUS - WILL
 To talk about future plans, decisions and arrangements.
What are you going to do this weekend?
When are you meeting your friend?
You don’t need to fetch us, we will take the bus.
 We often use the present continuous when a plan is more fixed, for example arrangements
with other people or travel arrangements.
He is leaving tomorrow. (He has bought his tickets.)
He is visiting his aunt next week. (This is his plan.)
 We use will to talk about plans which are made spontaneously, at the time of speaking.
“Do you want to go out tonight?” “OK, I will meet you at seven.”
 Will & BE GOING TO: for predictions

 be going to : when a prediction is based on strong evidence, for example when we can see
that something will happen.
Look at those dark clouds. It’s going to rain.
He hasn’t studied very much. He’s going to fail the exam.

 Use perhaps, probably and definitely to say how likely a prediction is.
 Use perhaps at the beginning of a sentence. Use probably and definitely before the main
verb.
He looks very confident. He’s definitely going to pass the exam.
Perhaps she’ll phone me tonight.
Let’s practice