Future
1. Will
| Form | will + infinitive | I 'll help you with your homework but I won't do it for you. | |
| I will = I'll | I will no = I won't | ||
| Use | 1. To make predicions. | The weather will be fine tomorrow. | |
| 2. To refer to something we have decided to do at the moment. | I'm hungry. I'll have a sandwich. | ||
| 3. To offer to do something. | I'll post this letter for you. | ||
| 4. To refer to something that has not happened yet. | This time next week she'll be in Japan. | ||
| 5. With conditional sentences. | She will get the job if she works hard. | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I will work
You will work He/she /it will work We will work You will work They will work
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I will not work
You will not work He/she/ It will not work We will not work You will not work They will not work
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Will I work?
Will you work? Will he/she /it work? Will we work? Will you work? Will they work? |
Note - If the subject is I or we the verb shall is sometimes used instead of will.
I shall do everything I can to help him.
We shall go to your office.
2. Be going to
| Form | Be + going to + infinitive | |
| Use | 1.To express an intention. | We are going to China this summer. |
| 2.When something in the present tells us about an event of the future. | Look at those black clouds in the sky. It's going to rain. | |
| 3. To refer to something we have arranged previously. | I'm going to meet Tom at 4 o'clock. | |
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I am going to work
You are going to work He /she / it is going to work We are going to work You are going to work They are going to work
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I am not going to work
You are not going to work He/she /it is not going to work We are not going to work You are not going to work We are not going to work
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Am I going to work?
Are you going to work? Is he /she /it going to work? Are we going to work? Are you going to work? Are they going to work?
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