The document explains how to use the future tense in English, focusing on the constructions with 'will' and 'going to'. It outlines the grammatical structure for affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms for both expressions, along with their different uses, such as expressing voluntary actions, promises, plans, and predictions. The document concludes by emphasizing the importance of these forms in discussing future events.

1. GRAMMAR TIME!! Future Tense: " Will" Vs. " Going To" AUTHOR: ELENA DEL TORO SILVA

2. Talking about the future We use the future tense to talk about events, ideas or experiences which haven't taken place yet.

3. Talking about the future There are a number of ways of expressing the future, but we will deal here with the most important ones: WILL and GOING TO .

4. Talking about the future To use Will we follow the scheme below: AFF: Will + verb in infinitive

5. NEG: Will + not + verb in infinitive / Won't + verb in infinitive

6. INT: Will + subject + verb in infinitive...? I will study medicine when I finish high school.

7. I won't (will+not) waste my time.

8. Will you be my first patient?

9. Talking about the future To use GOING TO we follow the scheme below : AFF: am/is/are + going to + verb in infinitive

10. NEG: am/is/are + not + going to + verb in infinitive

11. INT: am/is/are + subject + going to + verb in infinitive...? She' s going to study for her exam.

12. She isn't (is+not) going to play computer games.

13. Is she going to get good marks?

14. Talking about the future Now that you know how to form WILL and GOING TO , look at their different uses to talk about the future...

15. Talking about the future: USE 1 WILL is used to express a voluntary action. Will often suggest that a speaker will do something voluntarily:

16. I will get you a cup of tea .

17. Talking about the future: USE 2 WILL is used to express a promise. Will is usually used in promises.

18. I promise I won't tell anyone you cheated in the exam.

19. Talking about the future: USE 3 GOING TO is used to express a plan. Going to expresses that something is a plan.

20. I' m going to be an actor when I grow up.

21. Talking about the future: USE 4 WILL or GOING TO are used to express a prediction.

22. Both will and going to can express the idea of a general prediction in the future. The year 2222 will be a very interesting year.

23. The year 2222 is going to be a very interesting year.

24. WE'RE DONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!