TAILIEUCHUNG - Oxford practice grammar with answers part 8

25 Will and be going to A Introduction Emma: Aunt Joan: Emma: Aunt Joan: WILL It's my birthday soon. I'll be twenty next Friday. Oh, really? Are you going to have a party? I'm going to have a meal in a restaurant with a few friends. That'll be nice. BE GOING TO Will has a neutral meaning. We use it to talk about facts in the future. I'll be twenty next Friday. The spacecraft will come down in the Pacific Ocean tomorrow morning. We use be going to for an intention, something we have already decided to do. We're going to have a meal. Tom is going. | 25 Will and be going to A Introduction Emma It s my birthday soon. I ll be twenty next Friday. Aunt Joan Oh really Are you going to have a party Emma I m going to have a meal in a restaurant with a few friends. Aunt Joan That ll be nice. BE GOING TO WILL Will has a neutral meaning. We use it to talk about facts in the future. I ll be twenty next Friday. The spacecraft will come down in the Pacific Ocean tomorrow morning. We use be going to for an intention something we have already decided to do. We re going to have a meal. Tom is going to sell his car. Will does not express an intention. It s her birthday. She s going to have a meal with her friends NOT She ll have a meal. But we often use be going to for an intention and will for the details and comments. We re all going to have a meal. There ll be about ten of us. Oh that ll be nice. As well as be going to we can use the present continuous see Unit 26A . We re going to drive We re driving down to the South ofFrance. That ll be a long journey. Yes it ll take two days. We ll arrive on Sunday. B Decisions and intentions WILL We use will for an instant decision or agreement to do something. There s a postbox over there. I ll post these letters. You still haven t put those shelves up Trevor. OK I ll do it tomorrow. Trevor is deciding now. BE GOING TO Be going to means that we have already decided. I m going out. I m going to post these letters. You still haven t put those shelves up Trevor. I know. I m going to do it tomorrow. Trevor has already decided. C Predictions WILL We can use will for a prediction about the future. I think United will win the game. One day people will travel to Mars. BE GOING TO We use be going to for a prediction when we see from the present situation what is going to happen in the future. There isn t a cloud in the sky. lt s going to be a lovely day. This bag isn t very strong. It s going to break. It is often possible to use either form in a prediction. For example we can also say I think

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