English grammar made easy
English grammar made easy
will + (verb)
am/is/are + going to + (verb)
A: I’m really hungry.
I will call you when I arrive.
He is going to spend his vacation in Hawaii.
The year 2000 will be a very interesting year.
The Simple Future has two different forms in English, will and be going to. Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two very different meanings. These different meanings might seem too abstract at first, but with time and practice the differences will become clear. Both Will and be going to refer to a specific time in the future.
Will often suggests that a speaker will do something voluntarily. A voluntary action is one the speaker offers to do for someone else. Often we use will to respond to someone else’s complaint or request for help.
"Be going to" to expresses that something is a plan. It expresses the idea that a person intends to do something in the future.
Both will and be going to can express the idea of a general prediction about the future. Predictions are guesses about what might happen in the future. In the following examples there is no difference in meaning.
Like all future forms, the Simple Future canot be used in clauses beginning with when, while, before, after, by the time, as soon as, if and unless.
When you are using a verb tense with more than one part such as Simple Future (will help), adverbs usually come between the first part and the second part (will never help).
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