Jack will finish his work tomorrow
Jack is going to finish his work tomorrow
WILL and BE GOING TO express future time and often have essentially the same meaning.
WILL
Will typically expresses predictions about the future.
Will does not take a final -s
Will is followed immediatelly by the simple form of the verb
Ex: Ann will come tomorrow around 5:00.
Negative: Will + not = won´t
Alex will not be here tomorrow
Alex won´t be here tomorrow.
Question:
Will + subject + main verb
Will you be here tomorrow? Yes, I will. No, I won´t
Will is often contracted with pronouns: I´ll, you´ll, he´ll.
Will is used to express willingness. In this case, will expresses a decision the speaker makes at the moment of speaking.
BE GOING TO
Anna is going to come tomorrow around 5:00.
Be going to also commonly expresses predictions about the future. In informal speech, going to is pften pronounced "gonna"
Negative: Be + not + going to
Tom isn´t going to come.
Question: Be + subject + going to
Are you going to come? Yes, I am / No, I am not.
ACTIVITIES
1. Do the sentences express present or future time?
a) The students are going to give oral reports today _____________________
b) I am beginning a new job next week. ______________________________
c) Look. It is beginning to rain ______________________________________
d) The teacher will be in her office after class today. _____________________
e) The soccer team is playing well today, They are winning. ________________
2, Correct the errors
a) Marie will cooks some chicken and rice for dinner tonight.______________________
zb) Where you will be tomorrow morning?______________________________________
c) I no will ride the bus to work tomorrow. _____________________________________
d) Marco will probably to call us this evening. __________________________________
e) I going to look for a new apartement. _______________________________________
Taken from: English gramma. Fourth edition.
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