A1 · Beginner Chapter 12

Talking About the Future

2 Total Rules
12 examples
1 min
Rules in This Chapter Quick Practice

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.
Step into tomorrow with the right words today.

What You'll Learn

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.

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.

Key Examples (4)

1

It will be sunny tomorrow.

Will: Talking About the Future
2

I'll have the chicken, please.

Will: Talking About the Future
3

I'm going to visit my grandmother on Sunday.

Be Going To: Plans and Predictions
4

She's going to start a new job next week.

Be Going To: Plans and Predictions

Tips & Tricks (2)

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Use contractions

Use 'I'll' instead of 'I will' in speech to sound more natural.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Will: Talking About the Future
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Use 'gonna' carefully

Only use 'gonna' in speech or informal text. Never use it in formal writing.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Be Going To: Plans and Predictions

Key Vocabulary (5)

tomorrow the day after today decision a choice made after thinking plan a detailed proposal for doing something prediction a statement about what will happen later at a time in the future

Real-World Preview

coffee

Making Weekend Plans

Review Summary

  • Subject + will + verb
  • Subject + am/is/are + going to + verb

Common Mistakes

You must include the verb 'to be' (am/is/are) before 'going to'.

Wrong: I going to swim.
Correct: I am going to swim.

After 'will', use the base verb directly without 'to'.

Wrong: I will to go home.
Correct: I will go home.

If the plan was made in the past, use 'going to' instead of 'will'.

Wrong: I will visit you tomorrow, I decided it last week.
Correct: I am going to visit you tomorrow, I decided it last week.

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.

Continue to: Describing People and Things

Quick Practice (7)

Fill in the blank with the correct form.

I ___ going to study.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: am
I takes am.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Be Going To: Plans and Predictions

Find the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

He will to arrive at 5.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: to arrive
Remove 'to' after 'will'.

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Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: He is going to eat.
Correct structure is be + going to + verb.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Be Going To: Plans and Predictions

Choose the best fit.

I think it ___ snow tomorrow.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: will
Prediction uses 'will'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Will: Talking About the Future

Fill in the blank with 'will' or 'won't'.

I ___ go to the party tonight because I am tired.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: won't
The context 'tired' implies a negative action.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Will: Talking About the Future

Choose the correct form.

She ___ play tennis tomorrow.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: will play
Always use the base form after 'will'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Will: Talking About the Future

Find the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

She are going to leave.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: are
She takes is.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Be Going To: Plans and Predictions

Score: /7

Common Questions (4)

Yes, it is very versatile. However, use 'going to' for planned events.
No, it stays in the base form.
No, 'gonna' is strictly informal. Use 'going to' in all academic or professional writing.
Yes, it is a future tense construction. It links a present state to a future action.
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