The document discusses the different uses of will and be going to when expressing future tense in English. Will is used to express immediate decisions, predictions based on what is thought, and arrangements with other people. Be going to is used to express future plans and intentions, predictions based on what can currently be seen, and plans that do not involve other people. The document also provides examples of how to form affirmative, interrogative, and negative sentences using will and be going to, and notes that time expressions like "tomorrow" and "next year" are commonly used with future tense constructions.

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 simple future has two different forms
in English: will and be going to. Although
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. 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'.
* FUTURE TENSES: USES OF
WILL

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. • 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.
* FUTURE TENSE: BE GOING
TO FORM

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