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Simple future tense - Coggle Diagram
Simple future tense
Will
Structure
Subject + will + base verb (infinitive without “to”).
Negative: subject + will not (won’t) + base verb.
Question: Will + subject + base verb?
Main uses
It is used to refer to the future, whether to make predictions, promises, spontaneous decisions, or orders. It is also used to offer or ask for help, make invitations, and express firm intentions.
Examples
Will you help me with moving?.
Now, we will not go here.
He will give you the keys
Be Going To
Structure
Subject + am/are/is + going to + base verb.
Negative: subject + am/are/is + not + going to + base verb.
Question: Am/Are/Is + subject + going to + base verb?
Structure in past
affirmative (subject + was/were + going to + verb)
negative (subject + wasn't/weren't + going to + verb)
interrogative (Was/were + subject + going to + verb?).
Main uses
to talk about plans and intentions decided in advance and to make predictions based on current evidence. It's also used to express high certainty about something that will happen in the near future and, occasionally, to give orders.
Examples
I am going to visit my parents next week.
They are not going to play tennis today.
Are you going to eat this piece of cake?
Examples in past
She was going to be here.
Peter wasn’t going to meet Ann tonight.
Were they going to visit Paris this week?
Differences
WILL is used for spur of the moment decisions, promises, or predictions based on opinion.I’ll help you./ I think it will rain.
BE GOING TO is used for already decided plans or predictions with evidence.I’m going to visit my grandma./ Look! It’s going to rain.
In short:
WILL = decision or promise now.
GOING TO = plan or evidence.
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