Will/ be going to

FUTURE TENSES: WILL/BE GOING TO

I will travel to Japan next summer : decision

I am going to study German at school: plan

WILL / GOING TO

The simple Future has two different forms in English: will and be going to. Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two different meanings as mentioned before.

I will probably go to London next summer.

I am going to fly to London next Saturday.

FUTURE TENSE : WILL FORM

Affirmative: I will travel to Madrid in October

Interrogative: Will you travel by bus?

Negative: I will not travel – won´t

Will you travel by train or by bus?

I won’t travel by bus I will probably travel by train

1.- Instant decisions : Ok, I’ll see you on Friday

2.- Predictions based in what we think : It will rain in the evening.

3.- Promises and offers : Don’t worry, I’ll go and buy some food for you.

FUTURE TENSES: USES OF WILL

• Affirmative: I am going to travel by plane.
• Interrogative: Are you going to travel by plane?
• Negative: I am not going to travel

by plane because I am going to fly

in a hot air balloon.

FUTURE TENSE: BE GOING TO - FORM

FUTURE TENSE: USES OF GOING TO

1.- Future plans and intentions : I am going

to buy a new laptop computer next week

2.- Predictions based in what we can see at the moment; Look at that car! It is going to crash into the lamp post.

• TIME EXPRESIONS
• Tomorrow, next week, next month, next year…

FUTURE TENSES

I am going to travel to New York next year