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Ifwearenotsureaboutthefuture,weuse'will'withexpressionssuchas'probably','I
think',maybe.
Ithinkyouwilllikethemovie.
Shewillprobablyfindanotherjobsoon.
Heprobablywonthavetimetogotothegymnextweek.
Maybetheywilltravelnextmonth.
Ifyouaremakingafuturepredictioningeneralorjusttalkingaboutgeneralfactsin
thefuture,usewill.
TheweatherwillbehotinRiointhesummer.
Inthefuture,peoplewontusedesktopsanymore.
TheOlympicgameswillstartnextmonth.
Butifyouaremakingafuturepredictionbasedonclearpresentevidence,use
'goingto'.
Thereisntacloudinthesky.It'sgoingtobeanotherwarmday.
Lookatthesizeofthatline!We'renotgoingtogetinforhours.
Thetrafficisterrible.We'regoingtomissourflight.
Becareful!You'regoingtospillyourcoffee.
Atthemomentofmakingadecisionifyoudidntmakeplansbefore,use'will'.
Butifyouhavemadethedecisionbeforeyouhadaplanbeforetheconversation
,talkaboutitusing'goingto'.
A:Imgoingtohaveapartytomorrow.Wouldyouliketocome?
B:Sure!I'llcallJennytotellherabouttheparty,too.Whatdoyouthink?
A:Perfect!
A:Imgoingtogohomeinafewminutes.Seeyoutomorrow.
B:Ok,seeyou!
A:(Afewminuteslater)Ohno.Mycarisnotworkingforsomereason.
B:Dontworry.Illgiveyouaride.
A:Thanks!