future tenses

we use BE GOING TO

• to make general predictions about the future

• to talk about plans and intentions in the future

• to express our opinion in the future

• offer to do something for someone

we use WILL

• for things that we are doing now

• for things that we have already decided to do in the future

• to make general predictions in the future without evidence

• to make predictions in the future when we have any evidence

we use.......................to talk about the future when we consider it to be an objective truth

we use DEFINITELY when

• we are quite certain

• we are very certain

• we say how certain we think something is

• we are 50% certain

We use GOING TO

• to make predictions when we have evidence

• to make predictions when we don`t have any evidence

• for instant decisions

• for promises

when we want to express our opinion about the future, we use............. ..................................with will or won`t

My team will......................win tonight. I`m sure

• probably

• may

• definitely

• might

.....................the problem will disappear

• Perhaps

• probably

• Definitely

• might

She definitely..............run tomorrow because she`s got a broken leg

They .............................won`t go out tonight because they are very tired

• might

• may

• probably

• perhaps