10MO D - Will / Going to / Present continuous

Review:
Will - Be going to - Present Continuous

The three of them are used to express future actions that are going to happen.

Will - Going to - Present continuous

Uses

​Example:

I will go to Quito.
He is going to play the soccer match.
She is meeting his boyfrind this saturday.

Then... what is the difference

Multiple Choice

Which of them I use to...

Predictions with no bases / instant decisions

• WILL

• BE GOING TO

• PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Multiple Choice

Which of them I use to...

Predictions with bases / future plans

• WILL

• BE GOING TO

• PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Multiple Choice

Which of them I use to...

Plans that already have been made

• WILL

• BE GOING TO

• PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Let's review the grammar...

Will

Will is a modal verb, for that reason, we don't change the verb when we use it...

I will cook a chicken...
He will drink some soda today...

Let's review the grammar...

Be going to

Be going to is a combination of some words, but for the last word "to" the following verb is in base form. (DON'T FORGET TO CHANGE THE BE)

I am going to cook fish next week...
He is going to travel to Loja this carnival...

Let's review the grammar...

Present Continuous

The present continuous only uses the verb to be + the main verb in +ing.

I am cooking chicken later...
He is visiting his girlfriend at 6pm...

Open Ended

Create a sentence in future using will....

You may write a decision, a prediction with no evidence or promises

Multiple Choice

Complete the following sentence:

I think my baby _________ a doctor!

• will be

• is going to be

• is being

Multiple Select

Complete the following sentence:

We have checked the airbnb. So next month we _________ to Manta!

• will travel

• are going to travel

• are travelling

Multiple Choice

Complete the following sentence:

Today _________ my friends at 2pm to play soccer

• I will meet

• I am going to meet

• I am meeting

Open Ended

What are you going to do next weekend?