Future:

Be going to and Will

жPЙINт
Сhеck thе moin point of thе cortoon.

П тье man forgot his umbrella.

П тьe man is going to fall into the holе.

сI]ARTс'|EсI(I SтAтЕмENTS: BE GOINGтa

Сheck thе corrеct l l BдsвFoвм
onswer. Suв,вст Bс* | (Noт) Gotttстo i oг Vвпв
How many forms am
does be have in
be going to? H е /Sh е /|t rs (not) going to leave so o n.
t o.r" Wе/Yout/Thеy are
П t-o *For сontraсtions witЬ be, see Appendiх 24 on pagе 345.
П tYou is both singular and plural.
Ш threе

сHАRтсl]Eсl(2 YEs/No QuEsтloNS: 8Е G0ING тo s}|oRт ANSWERS

I
Сirclе T (True) or Bс t suq.., | с,,'" ,o | вo,. Foпм Aггlпмдтlvв t NвсAтIvЕ
F (Folsе),
Am you are. you ar en't.
Т F In questions,
a form of be ls hе g o i ng to leavе soon? Yes, h e ls. No, hе isn't.
goes aftеr
Arе you am. I 'm no t.
the subjeсt.

}y},.QUЕSТIONS:BE GolNG тo
UVн-Woпo | в. I su,l..' | сo,n" ,o | влs. Foвм
am
When
ts hе going to leavе?
why
arе you

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сIiARTсHEсK3 sтAтЕ]t.tЕNТS;WILL
Сirclе T (True)or Suв;вст | wпt* (tloт)| вo'. гoпм |
F (Folse).
l/Hе/She/ltlWe lYoulТhеy will (not) leave so o n.
т F The fоrm of
rryillis thе *For сontraсtions withulill, see Appendix24 on pagе 345.
samе for
all subjeсts. YEs/No QUЕsтloNS: !V|l.t' sHoRт ANsWЕRs
wttt I Suвlвст| вo'. гoпм | Aггlпмдтlvв l Nвсдтlvв
will hе lеavе so o n? Yes, hе wilI. l No, hе won,t.

wH. QUЕsтloNS: W|tL

l,Uн-Woпo I wш | Suвlвст| вo,. Foпм
Whеn will hе lеave?

EхPREssж
Unsсromblethesе words to form two sentеnces,

to.rainrlt's.going It's going to rain.

an.getоI,ll .umbrella I'll get an umbrella.

6raшжmar ЕxрЕanatiCIns ffi.жawmрffes

1. Youсanusеbegoing toor willto talkabout r ProfessorVгoom
is going to attend a
futurеplansor prediсtions. nеxtwееk.
сonfегenсе
*?*
r Professo,
v,o# witl attend a сonferеnсе
Past""""" :' X next WeеK.
i otten,do
i. confеrеncе r l think it,s going to bе vегy interesting.
,l oR

r l think it,ll bе vеry interеsting.

2. Use be going to when thегeis somеthingin the r Look at thosedark с|ouds!|t,sgoing to rain.
prеsеntthat lеadsto thе prediсtion. Noт Look at those dark сIouds!lt,||гain.

Use willwhen you dесidеsomеthingat thе A: Profеssoг Vгoom is spеakingat noon.

momе n to f s p е a k i n g . B: o h. l thinkl,ll go to his talk.

PпoшuшсlдпoшNoтц
|n infoгma|speeсh,going to is often pronounсed ,,gonna.,,Do not writе gonno,

Сheсkit out!
Thеrе arе othеr ways to talk about thе futurе. See Unit 20, pages 84_85.
a2 r unit i9

REАDо Look at ProfеssorНorrу Vroom,se-moil mеssogе.

Greg-Just a quiсk note to let you know my pIans.] hear you'regoing to be in

Madison nextweekend.Unfortunate|y, l Won'tbe there.Тhat means I won'tbe able to
go fishingwithyou on Saturday.l'm goingto be in Chiсagogivinga speeсh at the
Smart Тransportсonferenсe.l attendevery Уear,but this is the firsttime l'm going to
give a speeсh.The сonferenсeis over on Saturday,but l'm not going to returnto
MadisonuntilSundaynight.|'mgoingto take the traininsteadof driving'so l сan get
some work done.So, it doesn'tlook Iikewe'll get to see eaсh otherthis time.l hope
nexttime works out better.-Harry

ANIWERо Chеck аIl thе things Horrу Vroom is going to do next wеekend.

l. П ье in Madison 4.Пattеndaсonfеrenсe 7. П d.i,,е to Madison

2. И ьe in Chiсago 5. Пgi,.easpeeсh 8. П see Greg

3. t go frshing 6. П rеturn on Saturdav

DE$сRIBЕо Look ot the piсturеs. Theу show eventsfrom a doу in ProfessorVroom,slife.

Writе prеdictions or guеssеs.Use the words in the box ond o form of be 9oin9 to or
not bе going to.

answеr the рhone drivе give a speeсh ж take a trip watсh ТV

|t,'эgoing to rain, He is going to take a trip. He is not going to drive.

1.

He's going to give a speech. He's going to answer the phone. He is not going to watch TV.
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о After hisspееch, ProfessorVroom onswerеdquestionsfrom thе oudiencе,

сoff|PLЕтE
won,t.
Сomplеtеthe questionsond onswеrs.|Jsethе words in porеnthеsеsond wi|| or

will the сar of the

Woмдш 1: Мy question is this, Prоfеssor Vroom:
futurе run on gasoline?
1.(run)
will probably
Vвoом: No, it won't, .It
use solar energy.
3. (use)
get
Woмдш 2: Will wе still flat tires?
4. (gеt)
won't will have
Vвooм: No, we . By the yеar 20tО,tires 6. (havе)
5.
will repair themselves.
a speсial sеal so that theу
7. (rеpaiф
will be diffеrent?
Mдш 1: In what other ways сarS
8. (be)
will have smart сards. Thesе
Vвоoм: Well, instead of kеys, сars 9. (havе)
will look will open doors
a lot like сredit сards. Thеy
1O. (look) 11. (opеn)

and they
will adjust thе sеats, mirrors, and steering whеels. Thеу
12. (adjust)
will control the insidе temperaturе.
еven
l3. (сontro|)
Will prevent сar thеfts?
Mдп 1: they
14. (prеveпt)
Vвooм: Yes, they will ! Nеxt question? That gentleman in thе baсk.
will cost
Mдш 2: Hоw muсh thеse сars
16. (сost)

Vвooм: I don't know eхaсtly, but they сertainly

will be сhеap.
17. (be)

EDIT. Rеad thisе-moil mеssogeto ProfessorVroom,Find ond corrесtnine mistokеsin

the usеof thе futurе with wii| аnd be going to. Thе first mistokеis olreodу corrеcted.

won'l
Harry-|'m sorrythatwe йllI hЪ be able to get togetherin Madison.Martha,too, wil|
are
miss going
misses you. PerhapsWe сan get togethersometimenextmonth.Marthaand I am
going to
His
to be in MinneapolisuntilJuly 15.Afterthat,we are goingvisitour son in Phoenix.
is going to
we're
wife is pregnantand will have a baby the firstweek in July.It'shard to believethat
going to
gonna be grandParents!
will
are going
How exсitingthatyou goingto ta|kat the сonferenсe!I'm sure it wiIlsbe great.
it is going to
l,vegot to run now.The sky is gettingreallydark and it'llstorm.I wantto get out of this
offiсebeforethen.More |ater.-Greg