We use … to talk about something we have already decided to do (will / be going to)
be going to
Speak clearly or the children ... understand you. (won't / aren't going to)
won't
There isn’t a cloud in the sky. It ..... rain
isn’t going to
We use .... to predict the future generally (will / be going to)
will
to predict the future based on something we can see or know now we use .... (will / be going to)
be going to
..... go and visit my cousins in the summer. We’ve already bought the tickets. (will/be going to)
I’m going to
when we decide to do something while we are speaking we use ... (will / be going to)
will
Let’s have a snack. I’ll get us some popcorn. => this sentence shows that we use will when we decide something .... (while speaking / already planned before)
while speaking / spontaneous
Medicine will allow people to live to the age of 1,000. => this is example of will to talk about ....
general prediction in the future
There isn’t a cloud in the sky. It isn’t going to rain. => this sentence shows the use of be going to when we ..... (predict something in general / predict something based on something we can see)
predict something based on something we can see
No, I don’t want to come out, thanks. I’m going to have an early night. => this sentence shows the use of be going to when we talk about something..... (we already planned / general prediction)
we already planned
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