I will travel to Japan next year → decision

WILL / GOING TO

I am going to study German at school plan

There are two main ways of expressing future in English: "will" and "be going to."

I will probably go to Italy next Summer

I am going to fly to Italy next Saturday

FUTURE TENSE: WILL FORM

Affirmative: I will travel to Madrid in October

Interrogative : Will you travel by bus?

Negative : I will not travel - won’t

Will you travel by train or by bus?I won’t travel by bus I will probably travel by train

FUTURE TENSE: USES OF WILL

1- Instant decisions: Ok, I’ll see you on Friday

2- Predictions based in what we think: It will rain in the evening

3- Promises and offers: Don’t worry, I’ll go and buy some food for you

FUTURE TENSE: GOING TO FORM

Affirmative: I am going to travel by plane

Interrogative : Are you going to travel by plane? Negative : I am not going to travel by plane because I am going to fly in a hot air balloon

FUTURE TENSE: USES OF GOING TO1- Future plans and intentions: I'm

going to buy a new laptop computer next week

2- Predictions based in what we can see at the moment: Look at that car! it is going to crash into the lamp post

FUTURE TENSESTIME EXPRESSIONS:

Tomorrow, next week, next month, Tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, next Christmas, next next year, next Christmas, next summer, soon.summer, soon.

I am going to travel to Venecia next year

FUTURE : WILL / BE GOING TOWILL + INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO

to make a prediction about the distant, uncertain future: He will become a great engineer

to offer our help to somebody or to make a promise:

We will help you with your schoolwork.to make a request; Will you lend me your laptop ?with will, we often use I think, I believe, I hope, I promise, I know ...

BE GOING TO + INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO

We use be going to to express:

an intention:We are going to buy a new car.

a prediction based on something we can observe.It's warmer today. It is going to rain tomorrow.

FUTURE TENSES WILL/GOING TO: COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

A: Why are you holding a piece of paper? B: I …………………….. (write) an English exam A:I want to have breakfast! B: I (get)………………… you a cup of coffee.

We are so happy about our trip next month to France. We ………………………. (visit) Paris. I think he …………………. (be) the next Peruvian Prime Minister.

EXERCISES

1. A: Why are you holding a piece of paper? B: I’m going to write a a English exam.

2. A:I want to have breakfast! B: I’ll get you a cup of coffee.

3. We are so excited about our trip next month to France. We ……are going to visit Paris.

4. I think he will be the next Peruvian Prime Minister.

COMPLETE WITH WILL OR BE GOING TO

1. They __________________ watch music videos on MTV this afternoon. 

2. We _____________ go to the shopping centre to see our favorite clothes. 

3. Wait for me! I _____________________ go with you. 

4. If you visit the shopping malls, you _____________________ see the influence of rap on teen style. 

5. I promise I ______________________ give you your favorite CD. 

• I love London. I (probably / go)………….. there next year.

• Our train (leave) ………………. at 4:47.• What (wear / you)……………… at the party

tonight?• I think I (find)…………… something nice.• This is my last day here. I (go)

……………………. back to Lima tomorrow.

• Hurry up! The conference (begin) ………………………… in 20 minutes.

• My horoscope says that I (meet) ………………………….. an old friend this week.

• Look at these big black clouds! It (rain)…………….. .

1) …………………………………….. basketball on Friday? (she/to play)

2) ………………………………….. their bikes at the weekend? (the boys/to ride)

3) ……………………………………. the kitchen today? (Paul/to clean)

4) ……………………………………. a new T-shirt on Saturday? (his mother/to buy)

5) …………………………….. their friends at the station? (they/to meet)

6) …………………………….. his hamster in the evening? (he/to feed)

7) ……………………………… your homework in the afternoon? (you/to do)

8) ……………………………. on the computer at school? (Robert and Martin/to work)

9) …………………………….. our parents? (we/to help)

10) ……………………………….. Freddie in the lunch break? (Lisa/to text)

OTHER WAYS OF EXPRESSING THE FUTURE

The simple present and present progressive are also used to express future time. These are often used used in connection with schedules.

The train leaves at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow.She is meeting a new client at six o’clock in the evening and she is travelling by byke through the forest.

FUTURE PROGRESSIVEThis tense is used to describe an event or action that will occur over a period of time at a specific point in the future.

They will be sailing in the Atlantic ocean by the time you arrive at the Island.

THE FUTURE PERFECTThis tense is used to describe an event or action that will be completed before another event or time in the future.

We will have finished the exam by the time class ends tomorrow.