Exploring Future Tenses: Will and Going To

Exploring Future Tenses

Understanding the differences between Will and Going To when talking about future events.

Understanding 'Will'

• 'Will' is used to talk about future actions or events that are not planned or decided yet.
• It is used for predictions, promises, offers, and spontaneous decisions.
• Example: I think it will rain tomorrow.
• Use 'will' for future actions without prior intention or arrangement.

Multiple Choice

What is the main use of 'will' in future tenses?

• To talk about planned future actions

• To talk about past actions

• To talk about future actions without prior intention or arrangement

• To talk about ongoing actions in the future

Multiple Choice

When making a negative sentence, will it become?

• Won't

• Wont

• wion´t

• will wont

Use of 'will' in future tenses

To talk about future actions without prior intention or arrangement. It is used when there is no pre-planned action or arrangement. For example, 'I will go to the beach tomorrow.'

Multiple Choice

when we use the auxiliary will in the verb must be added

• ing

• to

• s

• None of the above

• When using a future tense, going to is used to reference an event that has already been planned.

Last week, they decided they are going to get married in December.

• Going to is also used when there is evidence in the present that emphasizes something will happen.

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Multiple Choice

____ your sister ____ arrive soon?

- I am not sure

• Is / be going to

• Are / going to

• am / to see

• Is / going to

Multiple Choice

- What are you ____ do on vacations?

- I ____ going to visit my grandma.

• 
  going / am

• going to / am

• going to / are

Multiple Choice

My family and I ____ to travel next summer, we are going to stay home.

• 
  are going

• am not going

• are not going

Multiple Choice

- ____ you ____ come to my house after the party?

- Yes, I ___

• 
  Are / going to / are

• Are / going to / am

• 
  Am / going / am

• 
  is / be /going