Making predictions

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MAKING PREDICTIONS Will or Going to?

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MAKING PREDICTIONS

Will or Going to?

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GOING TO

We use going to when something is definitely going to happen. We can see evidence that nothing can stop it from happening.

Look at the following examples…

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GOING TO

• It’s going to rain. I can see the clouds and so I’m opening my umbrella!

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GOING TO

• They’re going to fall over.

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GOING TO

• He’s going to hit the ball.

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WILL

We use ‘will’ when we think something will happen but we aren’t 100% sure.

This is the structure we use when we guess what will happen next year, or when an astrologist predicts our future.

Look at the following examples…

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WILL

• I think she’ll go on holiday.

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WILL

• I think they’ll separate.

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WILL

• He thinks I’ll have 10 children and will live until I’m 105.

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WILL

• We can also give negative predictions, but we say ‘I don’t think’ and then say a positive sentence.

• E.g. I don’t think… it’ll be warm. (= I think it’ll be cold)

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I don’t think, …

• I don’t think they’ll stay together.

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I don’t think,…

• I don’t think she’ll go to work tomorrow.

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WHAT CAN YOU REMEMBER?

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WHAT CAN YOU REMEMBER?

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WHAT CAN YOU REMEMBER?

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WHAT CAN YOU REMEMBER?

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WHAT CAN YOU REMEMBER?

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WHAT CAN YOU REMEMBER?

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WHAT CAN YOU REMEMBER?

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AND FINALLY…

• What do you think will happen next year?• What are you going to do next year?