THE FUTURE IN ENGLISH

WILL AND BE GOING TO

FUTURE TENSES: WILL/BE GOING TO

I will travel to La Serena next

summer : decision

I am going to study English

at school: plan
 WILL / GOING TO
El futuro simple tiene 2 formas diferentes
en inglés: will y be going to. Aunque estas 2
formas se pueden usar indistintamente, a
manudo expresan 2 significados
diferentes.

I will probably go to London

next summer. (=probabilidad,
no hay certeza)

I am going to fly to London

next Saturday. (planificación)
FUTURE TENSE : WILL FORM

Afirmativo: I will travel to Madrid in October

Interrogativo: Will you travel by bus?

Negativo: I will not travel – won´t

I won’t travel by bus I will probably

travel by train
 FUTURE TENSES: USES OF WILL

1.-Decisiones instantáneas: Ok, I’ll see you

on Friday

2.-Predicciones basadas en lo que

pensamos: It will rain in the evening.

3.- Promesas y ofrecimientos: Don’t worry,

I’ll go and buy some food for you.
FUTURE TENSE: BE GOING TO - FORM

• Afirmativo: I am going to travel by plane.

• Interrogativo: Are you going to travel by

plane?

• Negativo: I am not going to travel

by plane because I am going to fly
in a hot air balloon.
FUTURE TENSE: USES OF GOING TO

1.- Planes futuros e intenciones: I am going

to buy a new laptop computer next week

2.- Predicciones basada en lo que podemos

ver en el momento: Look at that car! It
is going to crash into the lamp post.
 FUTURE TENSES
• Expresiones de tiempo
• Tomorrow, next week, next month, next
year…

I am going to travel to New York next year