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Luyện ngữ pháp - Destination B2 (Unit 5: Grammar - Future time / present tenses in time clauses / prepositions of time and place)


Expressing the future: will/won't and be going to

There is sometimes little difference in meaning between will and be going to. It is often just a matter of formality. Will is generally more formal than be going to.

Use Example
Facts about the future The website will come online next week. (more formal)
The website's going to come online next week. (more informal)
Predictions not based on present evidence. In the future,everyone will have their own flying car. (more formal)
In the future,everyone is going to have their own flying car. (more informal)
Decisions made at the moment of speaking I've decided! I won't get a new DVD player just yet. (emphasising the decision)
I've decided! I'm not going to get a new DVD player just yet. (emphasising the intention)

Sometimes it is more appropriate to use will rather than be going to.

Use Example
Offers and suggestions I'll help you with your physics homework, if you like.
Requests Will you help me with my physics homework?
Most first conditional sentences If we get a computer, we'll be able to surf the Internet.

Watch out!
With offers and suggestions in the question form, we do not use will with I and we. We use shall.
✓ Shall I help you with your physics homework?
✘ Will I help you with your physics homework?

Sometimes it is more appropriate to use be going to rather than will.

Use Example
Plans and intentions (which you already have when you speak) I'm going to be a famous doctor one day!
Predictions based on present evidence It sounds like the plane's going to take off in a few minutes.

Form - Expressing the future: present continuous


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