Talking About the Future
Chapter in 30 Seconds
Master the art of looking forward and sharing your future goals with confidence.
- Identify when to use 'will' for spontaneous choices.
- Apply 'going to' to describe your firm personal plans.
- Distinguish between predictions and planned intentions.
چی یاد میگیری
What are your plans? In this chapter you will learn two simple ways to talk about the future in English: will for predictions and quick decisions, and going to for plans you have already made.
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Will: Talking About the FutureUse will + base verb for predictions, quick decisions, and offers. It is the same for all subjects.
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Be Going To: Plans and PredictionsUse be going to + base verb for plans you have already decided and for predictions based on what you can see now.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
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By the end you will be able to: Use 'will' and 'going to' to express future events in simple daily conversations.
مثالهای کلیدی (4)
It will be sunny tomorrow.
I'll have the chicken, please.
I'm going to visit my grandmother on Sunday.
She's going to start a new job next week.
نکات و ترفندها (2)
Use contractions
Use 'gonna' carefully
واژگان کلیدی (5)
Real-World Preview
Making Weekend Plans
Review Summary
- Subject + will + verb
- Subject + am/is/are + going to + verb
اشتباهات رایج
You must include the verb 'to be' (am/is/are) before 'going to'.
After 'will', use the base verb directly without 'to'.
If the plan was made in the past, use 'going to' instead of 'will'.
قواعد این فصل (2)
Next Steps
You have done an amazing job navigating the future. Keep practicing these structures, and they will soon become second nature!
Write a 'To-Do' list for tomorrow.
تمرین سریع (7)
Which is correct?
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Be Going To: Plans and Predictions
Find and fix the mistake:
She are going to leave.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Be Going To: Plans and Predictions
I think it ___ snow tomorrow.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Will: Talking About the Future
I ___ going to study.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Be Going To: Plans and Predictions
She ___ play tennis tomorrow.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Will: Talking About the Future
Find and fix the mistake:
He will to arrive at 5.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Will: Talking About the Future
I ___ go to the party tonight because I am tired.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Will: Talking About the Future
Score: /7