REMEDIAL IV

WILL OR BE GOING TO EXERCISES

A)Complete the sentences using will or going to.

1.- I feel really tired. I think I _______will________ go to bed
2.- Where are you going? I ____am going to______________ visit a customer
3.- Do you want me to help you? No thanks, John ___________is going to_________ help me.
4.- 4.- Would you prefer tea or coffee? I ________will________ have some coffee, please
5.- Would you like to come to my house for dinner and talk about this? Good idea. I ____will
________ bring some wine.
6.- Ive already decided. I ______am going to__________________ buy a new car
7.- What are your plans for next week? I _________am going_to__________ to fly to New York
on business. Probably on Tuesday but I havent bought my ticket yet.
8.- What are your plans for the holidays? I ________am going to__________ visit my parents
for a few days and then go walking in Scotland.
9.- Why are you wearing your best suit? I ____am going to_________________ have lunch with
my biggest customer.
10.- Do you want to have the chicken or the beef? I think I_________will_________ have the
beef.
11.- My head hurts. Sit down and I ___will________________ get you an aspirin.
12.- We need some more ink for the printer. I _will_______________ go to the shop and get
some
13.- Look! Theres smoke coming out of the photocopier. You turn it off and I
___will__________ phone the safety officer.
14.- I cannot see how to use this spreadsheet. Dont worry. I ______will__________ help you
15.- I need to speak to you today. Im going out now but I _____will___________ be back later.
16.- Did your phone Michael? Im sorry. I completely forgot. I _______will_______________ do it
now.
17.- Can you help me with this? I dont understand. I ________will_______________ give you a
hand as soon as Ive finished this.
18.- Thats much too heavy for one person. I _______will ________________ give you a hand
19.- Could somebody answer the phone? I ______will__________________ get it.
20.- Its really hot in here. I ______________will _______________ put on the air conditioning.

B) Put in the verb in brackets into the gap. Use will or going to
1.- Phillip________________will be_________________ (to be) 15 next Wednesday fact
2.- They____________are going to get_______________________ (to get) a new computer
3.- I think my mother ___________will like________________________(like) this CD

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4.- Pauls sister _____________is going to have__________________________ (have)

baby
5.- They __________________will arrive____________________ (arrive) at about 4 in the
afternoon.
6.- Just a moment. I __________________will help_____________ (help) you with the bags.
7.- In 2020 people ____________are going to buy_____________________ (buy) more hybrid
cars.
8.- Marvin _____________is going to throw_________________________ (throw) a party next week
9.- We ___________are going to fly________________________________ (fly) to Venice in June
10.- Look at the clouds! It _____________is going to rain______________________ (rain) soon por
que hay una evidencia de que llovera
11.- I hope, that the sun _____________will shine________________________ (shine) tomorrow

C) Complete the text with will or going to.

TEXT 1
Next summer we ___________will go_________ to visit my cousin in Mazatlan. We have
everything organized; we _____are going to_______________ swim, to climb, to dive and a lot
more. In this vacation we want to chill a lot. We want to wake up at 12 o clock and go to
bed very late. On one day we _________will_________________ to rent a boat and go to a
little island. Here we probably_____will cook_____________ barbeque and sleep in a tent. This
________will___________ be really fun, I am not sure but I think his parents ______are going
to______________pick us up the next morning. Probably, we
_________will_____________________ stay on the island on our own. In the night it can be a
little scary, because there might be some wild animals there.

TEXT 2

KATE: Hi Alex! So what are you doing after school?

ALEX: I have football practice.
KATE: _______are you going to______________ study with Alison's group tonight?
ALEX: Tonight? I'm busy. I________will____________ join it next weekend.
ALISON: We ______are going to__________________ have a quiz tomorrow.
ALEX: But I think the test _____will_______________ be Friday of next week. Do you know
what the test________will____________ cover?
KATE: I think it ___will__________________cover Chapter 5 in our book. Do you think it
_______will_____________ include an essay?
ALISON: I hope not, but we ______________are going to__________________ study for that just
in case.
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ALEX: OK. We ______will____________________ see you later.
ALISON: Wait! I'm going to get some things from my locker. I
________will________________walk with you two.
TEXT 3
My friends and I ___________are going to____________________ take a trip during spring break.
We ______________are going to_____________ drive to Yosemite National Park this month. I
hope

it

__________will_____________

be

good

weather.

We

________are

going

to__________________ rent a SUV for the trip. My cousin is coming with us too.
The trip _________will ___________________ be 515 miles (828 km) round trip. I think it
________will____________ be a lot of fun. We ___________will_______________ take a lot of
pictures. After the trip, we _________will___________ post our pictures on the Internet. We'll
call you when we get home.

TEXT 4
TOM (teaching assistant): What's new with you?
DAVID (student): I
upcoming semester.

_________am going to______________take a Spanish course this

TOM: Do you think you ______will_______________ be good at learning a language?

DAVID: I have a good memory for learning new vocabulary, but I don't have a good grasp
of grammar. So I _____am going to________________ take a course in English grammar as
well as a course in Spanish. My school ________will_______ offer a comparative EnglishSpanish grammar course this upcoming semester.
TOM: That's a great idea and an even better opportunity.
DAVID: Yes, I'm really happy that I _____am going to __________________ have the chance to
take it. My school wants to find out if students with a good knowledge of grammar in their
first

language

can

learn

second

language

more

easily.

_________________will_______________ improve both my grammar and my ability to speak

Spanish.
TOM: That sounds great!
DAVID: Next year, I ________will ___________________ be able answer your questions in
Spanish.

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