FUTURE TENSES
WILL VS BE GOING TO
WILL BE GOING TO
Rapid/instant/immediate decisions planned actions/intentions
Example: I am going to visit my aunt next
Example: It is too hot. I will turn the air Friday
conditioner on.
Predictions predictions based on evidence / imminent
actions (when you can see what is going
Example: People will work more from to happen)
home in the future.
offer or a promise Example: Look at those clouds! It is going
to rain
Example: Your computer has a virus. I will
fix it for you
First conditional
Example: If I arrive late, I will call you
WILL VS BE GOING TO – EXERCISES
Use “will” or “be going to” to complete each sentence.
1) I think my mother _____wil____________ like this CD.
2) Just a moment! I ______will____________ help you with the bags.
3) In 2020 people ______going to___________ buy more hybrid cars.
4) What are your plans for next week? I ______going to____________ fly to New
York on business.
5) It is really hot here. I ________will______________ put on the air-conditioning.
6) It's getting cold. I ___________will____________ take my sweater.
7) Be Careful! That tree ________going to________________ fall.
8) These shoes are really dirty. I __________will________________clean them.
9) It's very hot here. I _____________will_______________open the window.
10)I have got a special plan for the weekend. I ______going to________learn how to
make a cake.
11)If you pass the exam I _____will_________ be very proud of you.
12)Watch out! That dog _______going to__________bite you!
13)That looks heavy. I ______will_____________help you with it.
14)Justin ________going to________________buy a new computer tomorrow.
15)I ___will_______________pick my grandmother up at the airport tonight.
16)Look at the sky! It _________will____________rain.
17)I_____will_____________help you with your homework.
18) I think The World Cup ______going to____________win Brazil.
19) It's Julia's birthday next week, so we _____going to______________buy her
some flowers.
Use “will” or “be going to” to complete each sentence.
1. - A: I’m really cold.
B: I ______will____________ turn the heating on.
2. - A: What are your plans after you leave university?
B: I _____going to_____________ work in a hospital in Mexico.
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3. - (The phone rings)
A: I ____will______________ get it!
4. – A: Hey Freddy! Can you work overtime?
B: No problem boss. I _____will____________do it.
5. - A: Are you thirsty?
B: yes, I ______going to__________drink a glass of water.
Will – Be Going to (affirmative or negative)
Complete the sentences using the word bank
come make be take see take
do help do have feel meet
travel
1) I____________________________ to class today because it’s raining.
2) Peter ______is not going to come _______________ at work today. He’s sick.
3) Next week we _____ _________________ on holiday.
4) Charles _____is going to do________________ the shopping tomorrow.
5) The doctor ____will help______________ you at 5 o’clock.
6) My friends ________ _____________________us paint our house.
7) When Tom and I get home, They ______will have_____________________
dinner.
8) I think they __________________very happy if they win the soccer match.
9) What are your plans for this evening?” I __________________ my friends and
then go to a birthday party.
10)This homework is very easy. I know we ________________it very quickly.
11)If Catherine and Jean go to Paris, we ______________________ lots of pictures.
12)Frank is buying some butter and eggs because he __________________ a cake
later.
13)My parents ____ are going to travel______________to Europe next summer.
Circle the correct future tense phrase in the following sentences.
1) I am feeling energetic. So, I think I (will / am going to) wash my car.
2) Who wants to come with me to the movie tonight?
Oh that sounds fun. I (will / am going to) come with you.
3) Tonight seems like a nice night to be outside. I think I (will / am going to) go for a
walk after dinner.
4) You are tired I (will / am going to) help you to clean the kitchen.
5) My dad said we (will / are going to) go to the beach this weekend.
6) Look at the sky! There (will/is going to) be a storm.
7) Careful! You (will / are going to) fall.
8) I (will / am going to) meet your father tomorrow afternoon.
9) He is very hard-working. I think he (will / is going to) be very successful.
10)There isn’t a cloud in the sky. It (is going to/ will) be a lovely day.
11)Do you have any plans for the future? - Yes, I (am going to/ will) work on a farm.
Complete the blanks using future tenses.
1. - My life ______________ (be) very different in six months. I __________________
(get) married. I ___________________ (buy) a house, and I ____________________
(take) a new position in my company. I'm quite nervous now. Soon, I ______________
(become) a husband, and I _______________ (have) many new responsibilities. I
___________________ (not/ have) the freedom to do whatever I want whenever I want
anymore, but I ___________________ (gain) a partner and confident. I ____________
(have) someone to share my life and my experiences with.
2. - My parents _________________ (buy) a new car next week. They ______________
(choose) an expensive imported car - perhaps a BMW. Our whole family
________________ (be able) to travel around Vancouver in style and comfort. We
_____________________ (not/ need) to travel by bus anymore.
3. - A: What (do, you) on the next vacation? ______________________ (study, you) or
____________________ (travel, you)?
B: I __________________ (travel). I have been thinking about going to Cambodia. I
___________________ (talk) to my travel agent tomorrow.
Write a paragraph (4 lines) indicating your plans for the future.
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