Future with be going to and will

Future: be going to and will

be going to

• She is going to travel to America

• He is going to sign up for an English course

• They are going to get married

• We are going to have a picnic

• I am going to go to the beach with my family

• Subject + am/is/are + going to + Verb

will

will not = won't

• I will make a cake for her

• We will go to the park by bus

• They will not buy a car

• I won't buy a computer now because it's too expensive

Difference between "be going to" and "will"

• intension, plans, prediction based on evidence => be going to

• Example: We are going to go to a concert on Friday (plan)

• Example: Look at the sky. There're a lot of dark clouds. It is going to rain

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Difference between "be going to" and "will"

• Immediate decision, far future prediction => will

• Example: What would you like to drink? I don't know, I think I will have some orange juice

• In the future, people will travel by flying cars