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Future Tense – WILL & GOING TO
Are you confused about if you should use ‘will’ or ‘going to’ to talk about the future? Watch this English grammar lesson to find out when and how to use them!
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marcos
Hi, very nice lesson… thanks for the lesson.
rain
Ronnie you looklike crazy when you do a crazy sound while teaching…sorry,just saying the truth..so annoying..
You look like little girl!
But ronnie, it IS funny sound, distructing from the teaching.
DogMan
hi Ronnie.. i like your freak personal style.. :´) bye.. kisses from Brazil..
fernando
tvmtuan
thank you for the lesson ^^… I’ll never confuse ’bout them anymore ^^
Carlos270
Great Lessons and a real nice teacher!!!
Kruti
Itz really wonderfull lessons.and helpful me a lot.and all dificulties are clear in my mind now…wow feeling so relax..thank you once again..
Marcos
Hi, I have a teacher who says.
“Use will when you aren’t sure about something”
Example: I will travel on my vacation if everything happens all right.
and
“Use going to when you are sure abou something”
Example: I am going to travel on my vacation”
Is this way right too, as the way you taught?
thanks…
Hello! Good question!
You can say “I will travel” or “I am going to travel” – it does not matter. What DOES matter is that in your sentence with will, you used the conditional “if”. The “if” part makes it different. I can say I am going to travel if everything happens all right.
Like I said in the video, grammar books and teachers all have different opinions about if you should use “will” or “going to”. And they are all correct!
What I’m saying is it really doesn’t matter which one you use – I can say “I will travel on my vacation” and it is equal to saying “I’m going to travel on my vacation”.
This is an example of how grammar books are not REAL LIFE. As soon as we step out into the “real world”, or you have a conversation with a native speaker, a lot of the grammar rules don’t exist. AS LONG AS YOU ARE UNDERSTOOD — that’s what matters!
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Cris
Will can used when you don’t have a plan.
Ex: I will go to the beach. (maybe you won’t, you don’t have any arrangement)
Going to can be used when you DO have plans.
Ex: I am going to the beach. (In this case the speaker has a plan, maybe he has invited his/her friend, or something else.)
>I hope this will help
No, mate… we usually use “will” when we HAVE made plans. “Going to” we use when we have casual plans. HOWEVER, the entire point of the lesson is that IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER which one we use.
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Ann Smith
I do not see instructions on how to start the lessons. I’m not very computer literate but I clicked on everything and subscribed but can not get the video on this computer for my student.
Ann — You don’t need to subscribe or sign up to see the lessons. You should see a large video at the top of this page, with a “play” arrow button in the middle of it. Just click play to watch the lesson. If you don’t see it, you may be using an old browser, or might not have Flash installed.
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weer
OK, it’s not easy and not hard, I going to read it again ! thanks
Azam
Dear Rani,
Hope you are fine! This is Azam from Japan preparing for IELTS, can you guide me how to improve my speaking to get maximum band… i have listened to your videos and found these very helpful… awaiting your response!
alejandrot
I like the kind of teachings. She is funny and I got very much in this way. I hope to continue in this page and learn a lot.
Thanks a lot.
Alejandro
nani
good teaching…. making them active throughout class….
nani
Dear Rani,
With Best Wishes, this is venkat from India. Please help me in developing my English, i mean how to improve my speaking. Kindly help he in this regard. Thanking you
venkat
Sara
Very nice lesson!!!
Thanks!!
Cristobal
Thank you!
Lativa
So helpful im never got it that Different When i read gm books also confused =/ i would like to say BIG THXXXX =]
lara
its too confusing ….. she is mixing present contin, future contin , and future tense…..
Hey Lara-
Present continuous = be + verb + ing: “I am eating.”
Future continuous = will + be + verb+ing: “I will be eating.”
Simple future= will + base verb or going to + base verb: “I will eat.” or “I’m going to eat.”
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budianto
what else can we use Will ,could we say for discribe about spontanious activity,making promise,speculating,predicting and what else.please give me your hand.thank you
Dino
I like you Rony!
hana
that good, thanks your lesson
Diet de Light
I really loved it! It’s amuzing!!!
noorhine
ok !
it’s fun,but i don’t know about “will” & “going to”?
i thingk “going to is stronger than will! for certainly aspect!
isn’t!
that all just folow the my experience!
muunuu
thanks for the lessons it was fun and so cool.
undaiaal
thanks Ronnie!
tangam
Hello! Im from Russia. Thanks for youre time and the right method of approach
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beena
good lessons
Francesco
Thanks1000!
Raulo
Hi Ronnie,,good lesson ! But you said at first that Simple future is ; to be+going to+base verb. I think thats okay ! Thank you for all !
hakim
miss ronnie i love u very much.me by self is astudent 22 years old and ur teaching method made me to keep u in my heart thank u miss ronnie i need ur personal email adress i want to tell u somthing special ,okay???????
enkhuush
thanks for good lesson
Ali
Thank you for this lesson
i like your style in teaching
you’re a great teacher
lale
Thank you
cuyimay
Thanks for this lesson
By the way, Congratulation for the website.
juliana
tks (gracias son buenas tu claces
juliana
tks ( gracias son buenas tus clases
lufesace
thx your classes are pretty good
black
lesson is great .. but !! when i write sentce – where i can use ‘ will ‘ or ‘ going to ‘ !!?
plz help me .. I can’t understand what diffrent !!
negro
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varuna sanjaya
i can easy to learn , your lesson
thank you
Mehari
Hey teacher,I am going to ask a quastion.When I was answering the quiz,I got mistake on number five. What I am going to do? I answered “He’s going to school tomorrow.”But I got”x”. Why I want to know? And also you said ” I going to the fool game.Is that make sense with out verb to be? Thank you Ronnie, I appritaite your help. Have a good one.
eeae
A good male. Thanks.
eeae
Sorry. I mean: A good meal.
Kirill
Very useful lesson.
Thank you very much!