PAST PRESENT FUTURE

Future simple
 Events that have not happened yet.
WILL & GOING TO

Will (Events that have not happened yet are uncertain)

 Subject (pronoun) + WILL + Main verb (infinitive) + complement
 Jen (subject)
 WILL
 Read (main verb)
 War and peace (complement – noun)

1. It will rain this afternoon. I see some dark clouds.

2. It is going to rain this afternoon. I watched it on the weather report.

Going to (Events that have not happened yet that are more certain)
 Subject (pronoun) + Verb to be + GOING TO + Main verb (infinitive) + complement
 Jen (subject)
 Is (Verb to be)
 GOING TO
 Read (main verb)
 War and peace (complement – noun)

Jen will read War and Peace. She had to attend history class with professor X.
Jen is going to read War and Peace. She is making line with it at the bookstore.
NEGATIVE

WILL
 Subject + WILL NOT/WON’T + Main verb (infinitive) + complement

Jen will not/won’t read War and Peace. She will attend class with another professor.
Jen is not going to read War and Peace. She is packing it for delivery.

GOING TO
 Subject + Verb to be + not + GOING TO + Main verb + complement

INTERROGATIVE

WILL
 WILL + Subject (pronoun) + Main verb + complement

GOING TO
 Verb to be + Subject (pronoun) + GOING TO + Main verb + complement

Will Jen read War and Peace? – Yes, she will/ No, she will not/won’t
Is Jen GOING TO read War and Peace? – Yes, She is/ No, she is not

Jen is going to read War and Peace, isn’t she?

Jen will read War and Peace, won’t she?
Jen is not going to read War and Peace, is she?
Jen won’t read War and Peace, will she?