1. *FUTURE TENSES: WILL/BE GOING
TO
I will travel to Japan next
summer : immediate decision
I am going to study German
at school: plan

2. WILL / GOING TO
The two forms can sometimes be used
interchangeably, they often express two
different intentions.
I will probably go to
London next summer.
I am going to fly to
London next Saturday.

3. *FUTURE TENSES: USES OF
WILL
1.-Instant decisions: Ok, I’ll see you on Friday
2.-Predictions based in what we think: I am
sure she will like you
3.- Arrangements with other people (promises
and offers): Don’t worry, I’ll go and buy some
food for you.
If we are not so certain about the
future, we use 'will' with expressions
such as 'probably', 'possibly', 'I think', 'I
hope‘, ‘perhaps’.

4. FUTURE TENSE: WILL FORM
• Affirmative: I will travel to Madrid in
October
• Interrogative: Will you travel by bus?
• Negative: I will not travel – won t
Will you travel by train or by bus?
I won’t travel by bus, but I will
probably travel by train.

5. FUTURE TENSE: USES OF BE GOING TO
1.- Future plans and intentions: I am going to buy a new laptop
computer next week
2.- Predictions based in what we can see at
the moment; Look at that car! It is going
to crash into the lamp post.
3.- For plans that do not include an arrangement with other
people; I am going to spend three days in Medellin sightseeing.

6. *FUTURE TENSE: BE GOING
TO FORM
• Affirmative: I am going to travel by plane.
• Interrogative: Are you going to travel by
plane?
• Negative: I am not going to travel by plane
because I am going to fly in a hot air balloon.

7. *FUTURE TENSES
*TIME EXPRESIONS
*Tomorrow, next week, next month, next
year…
I am going to travel to New York next year

8. *
Change to future: be going to + verb
1. They (take) a vacation next year.
2. She (study) art at San Diego State University.
3. We (have) a party next weekend.
4. I (buy) a new car.
5. The boyfriend and girlfriend (get) married.
6. He (look) for a new job.
7. The boss (give) everyone a pay raise.
8. One student (be) absent tomorrow.
9. I (no spend) any more money.