Future Tense – Will vs. Going To

📖 Explanation

🗓️ Day 8: Future Tense

🎯 Understand the difference between “will” and “going to” for talking about the future.

🔰 Beginner Level

What is Future Tense?
We use future tense to talk about things that haven’t happened yet.

🔹 Two Common Forms:

1. Will + base verb
   • Example: I will call you later.
2. Be going to + base verb
   • Example: She is going to travel tomorrow.

🧠 When to Use “Will”:

• Instant decisions: I’ll help you!
• Promises: I will return soon.
• Offers: I’ll carry that for you.
• Predictions (based on opinion): It will rain later.

🧠 When to Use “Going To”:

• Future plans: I’m going to visit my grandma.
• Predictions (based on evidence): Look at those clouds — it’s going to rain.

🧪 Fill in the blanks:

1. I think she ___ (be) famous someday. → will
2. We ___ (visit) Paris next summer. → are going to
3. I ___ (help) you with your bags. → will

🟡 Intermediate Level

Difference between Will vs. Going To

🧠 Questions & Negatives

• Will:
  ✅ Will she come?
  ❌ No, she won’t come.
• Going to:
  ✅ Are you going to study?
  ❌ No, I’m not going to study tonight.

✍️ Practice:

Convert to future tense:

1. I eat dinner → I will eat dinner.
2. She travel to Goa → She is going to travel to Goa.
3. They help us → They will help us.

🔵 Advanced Level

Subtle Differences

• ⚖️ “Going to” shows planning
• ⚖️ “Will” is often spontaneous

Examples:

• I’m going to start a business next year. (Plan)
• I’ll start a business! (Decision made now)

🔹 More Advanced Uses of “Will”

• Conditionals: If it rains, we will stay inside.
• Formal offers: We will provide full support.

✍️ Writing Challenge

Task: Write a paragraph (5–6 lines) using at least:

• 2 uses of will
• 2 uses of going to
• 1 time expression

Example:
I’m going to join an English course next month. My sister is going to learn Spanish. We will both study together. I think we’ll enjoy it a lot.

🧠 Summary