In today’s live class, Teacher Robin will explain how to form the future with “will” and “going to”. You can participate by writing in the comments. Enjoy!
Will vs. Going to Comprehension
Grammar – Future Simple: Will vs. Going To 
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Future Simple
- We use the Simple Future to talk about predictions, promises, offers, and spontaneous decisions. We form the Simple Future with WILL plus the infinitive form of the verb. For example:
- – It will rain tomorrow. (Prediction)
- – I will be with you the whole day. (Promises)
- – I will help you with that. (Offer)
- – I will call you right back. (Spontaneous decission).
- The structure in the affirmative form is:
- Subject + will + verb + object
- We can also use the contracted form ‘LL. For example:
- – She’ll be home by 10 o’clock.
- – They’ll give us a hand for the move.
GOING TO describes intentions and predictions. To make a sentence with GOING TO, we place the SUBJECT, then TO BE, then GOING TO, then the PRESENT SIMPLE VERB. - “I’m going to visit my grandmother tomorrow.”
- “Karen is going to dance with her husband.”
- “Alec and Brandon are going to play tennis next week.”
- -We also use GOING TO to make predictions (talk about likely outcomes).
- “Be careful! You’re going to fall!”
- “Micah is going to pass the test, you’ll see.”
- “It’s going to rain again tomorrow.”
- -We can use a short form, GONNA, in informal speech.
- “It’s gonna snow on Thursday.”
- “I’m gonna be late for work again.”
Related Course Units
Related Course Units
Unit 47 – Future with Going To 
I think students will be back in the School by the end of this year. (prediction)
Shall I go through the presentation you prepared for tomorrow’s meeting. (formal proposal)
You won’t watch TV until you finish your homework. (Order)
My friend is gonna give me ride to the office. (plan)
I will apply for a new job this week, I’m going to practice more English tomorrow.
Hi teacher Robin, I have a question…
In the test of unit 48 there are these phrases:
Are we going out later?
Will we go out later?
I don’t undertand because the first is correct, there isn’t “to’” after going…
The same question for this:
I’am going dancing tonight.
The first sentence is a phrasal verb: go out , so *to* is not necessary after * going*! Check out more examples of phrasal verbs with the verb go* !
So going to and will can both be used for predictions?
And for plan? What sentence is correct? :
I will go to the doctor tomorrow or I am going to go to the doctor tomorrow
Sorry, I am still a bit confused
1.i am going to attend martine class