«Will» and «going to»: learn to distinguish them with exercises

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Unlike other elements such as pronunciation or vocabulary, the English verb tenses are relatively simple. The only conjugations that pose considerable difficulty are the past and participle in irregular verbs , but taiwan phone number list structures are otherwise very easy to learn. The problem comes when it comes to knowing which one to use in each case, since some distinctions are very subtle. This happens, for example, with the different ways of forming the future tense . With exercises on will and going to you will see it clearer!


The future with will and going to
As we have already mentioned in the blog, there are several ways of talking about events that will occur in the future. These are the main ones:

« Will »: I will finish this at some point .
« Going to »: I am going to make dinner for them .
Present continuous : I am traveling to India for a meeting tomorrow .
Simple present : Classes start at 8:00 .
Today we are going to focus on the differences between the first two. If you need to, review the structures before reading on. This way you will be better prepared for the exercises with will and going to .

If you notice, the use of the future with will and going to is summarized in our need to talk about:

Predictions or events that we believe will happen.
Decisions we make on the fly.
Events that we know for certain will occur.
When to use “Will” and “going to”?
Often, the choice of one word or another depends on the nuance we want to give it, so in the same sentence both can be correct, just with different meanings. While "will" expresses certainty or strong conviction that something is going to happen, "going to" expresses intention or plans , although it can also be used to predict events based on clues we can perceive. " Going to " is especially common in informal contexts .