Grammar reference and practice 6.1

6.1 ■ will and going to

will

Affirmative and negative
I You He / She / It We They	'll (= will) won't (= will not)		wait here.
Questions and short answers
Will	I you he / she / it we they	be all right?	Yes, I will. No, I won't.

Use

We use will and won't (= will not) to express:

• ■predictions, or future facts that we are certain about, often after the verb think.

  That plant won't survive for long without water.

  I don't think they'll win the competition.

  ■decisions made at the moment of speaking, offers and promises.

  It's very hot in this room. ~ I'll open the window.

going to

Affirmative and negative
I	'm (= am) 'm not (= am not)		going to work tonight.
He She It	's (= is) isn't (= is not)
We You They	're (= are) aren't (= are not)
Questions and short answers
Am	I	going to come?	Yes, I am. No, I'm not.
Is	he she it		Yes, he is. No, he isn't.
Are	we you they		Yes, we are. No, we aren't.

Use

We use be + going to:

• ■to describe an intention.

  I'm going to start keeping a diary.

  ■to talk about a future plan.

  We are both going to study in the USA next summer.

  ■to make a prediction about the future based on something we can see in the present.

  Look at those clouds. It's going to rain.

Compare:

going to: They aren't going to stay in London very long. (This is their plan or intention.)

will / won't: They won't stay very long. (I predict this.)

1Choose the correct words. 

• 1Dana willis going to stay with her French penfriend this summer. She's really excited.

• 2We need some milk. I 'm going to'll go out and buy some.

• 3Do you think that we 're going to'll get there in time for the concert?

• 4Help that boy. He 's going towill fall off the wall.

• 5I can't come out tonight. I 'll'm going to work on my school project.

• 6Mike thinks that his new school is going towill have better facilities than his old one.

• 7I've decided that I'll'm going to live in Italy when I grow up.

• 8What a mess! Will youAre you going to help me to tidy up?

 2Complete the sentences with will or the correct form of be going to. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

• 1I don't think the students  get lost.

• 2Sam and I are training really hard this week. We  run in the 10-kilometre race on Saturday.

• 3There's a spelling mistake on our poster. I  change it.

• 4Nobody wants to come to our concert. It  be a disaster!

• 5During the summer, I  work at the leisure centre to earn some money.

• 6Mr Kempton thinks the window  cost about €200 to repair.

• 7I  have a party on Saturday. Would you like to come?

• 8It's Sarah's birthday next week. I think I  buy her some flowers.