Complete the following sentences using appropriate future forms.
In English, we use several different forms to talk about future events. The forms with ‘will’ are mainly used to talk about your promises and willingness to do something. They are also used to make simple predictions and show your reactions to something that was just said.
Use going to to talk about planned future events or events that you see is about to happen. In some cases, either could be used.
Complete the following sentences with will or going to.
1"I can’t lift this box." "OK. I ............... help you."
Wrong!
Use "will" for a spontaneous offer made at the moment of speaking.
2I don’t think that she ............... recognize me.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "will" and "is going to" can express a prediction here; "will" is especially common after "I don’t think". "Is going" is wrong because it needs "to" before the verb.
3Careful! You ............... fall.
Wrong!
Use "are going to" for a prediction based on something we can see now.
4She ............... graduate next year.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "will" and "is going to" can express a future prediction in this sentence.
5The flight ............... at 9 p.m.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "departs" for a scheduled event such as a timetable; "will depart" is also correct as a plain statement about the future. "Depart" does not agree with the singular subject "The flight".
6I ............... meet your dad tomorrow afternoon.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "am going to" for a plan or intention already decided; "will" is also possible as a decision or plain statement about the future. "Am going" is wrong because it needs "to" before the verb.
7He is very hard-working. I think he ............... be very successful.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both are possible: "will" is common with "I think" for an opinion, and "is going to" fits a prediction based on present evidence (he is hard-working). "Is going" is wrong because it needs "to" before the verb.
8............... you marry me?
Wrong!
Use "Will" in the fixed question "Will you marry me?"
9Who do you think ............... win the championship?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "will" and "is going to" can ask for a prediction after "Who do you think". "Is going" is wrong because it needs "to" before the verb.
10I ............... to America next month.
Wrong!
Use "am flying" for a fixed future arrangement; "flew" and "have flown" are past forms that do not fit "next month".
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- “I can’t lift this box.” “OK. I will help you.”
- I don’t think that she will / is going to recognize me.
- Careful! You are going to fall.
- She will / is going to graduate next year.
- The flight departs / will depart at 9 p.m.
- I am going to / will meet your dad tomorrow afternoon.
- He is very hard-working. I think he will / is going to be very successful.
- Will you marry me?
- Who do you think will / is going to win the championship?
- I am flying to America next month.