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FUTUREWITHWILLorBEGOINGTO

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!

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