Adaptada por Julián Núñez 2012

What´s my ?

You are good at mathematics

... It seems that you are going to be a great physicist

What is he going to do? I’m going going to catchto catch a horse...

What is the weather going to be today ?

It’s going to be rainy

We use be + going to for actions we

have decided to do before speaking

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We use be + going to ...

OFor things that we have alreadyalready decided to do.

Spring holiday is coming soon

O I’m going to camp, I need to relax.

We also use this tense

OWhen the situation indicates that something is going to happen.

OIt´s cloudy, it is going to rain

And finally …..

We use be going to to predict the future , using information we already know.

OLook at the time, we are going to be late.

We form this tense as:

AffirmativeO I am O You areO He is O We are O They are

going to study

And we use will

For actions that we decide to do , at the moment of speaking.

I like this coat,

I think I’ l l buy it

We also use 'will'

O When we want to talk about future facts or things will be true in the future.

O The President will serve for four years.

Uncertain?

O If we are not so certain about the future, we use 'wi l l ' with expressions such as 'probably', 'possibly', 'I think', 'I hope'.

O I think I’ll have bananas for breakfast

We also use Will :O When we offer or ask to

do something.

O Don’t worry I will write it for you.

O Will you open the door? (not very polite)

OThanks for your attention.

OHope you learnt something