Simple Future “will” and “be going to”

Now, do the following exercise in your notebook to practice or you can do it on your computer and check your answers here

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Present Continuous as a Future tense

We also use the Present Continuous as a future tense. We use it to express a definite plan and arrangement that we have thought of and decided on from before the time of speaking. We use this tense when the action is certain to happen and we have already made arrangements for it.

e.g. I’m flying to Paris at the weekend. (I have packed my suitcase and I have bought my plane ticket.)

“Be going to” also expresses plans that have been thought of and decided from before the time of speaking but no arrangements have been made. So, the action is not as certain to happen as it is with the Present Continuous where arrangements for the action have been made. “Be going to” expresses our intention to do something so the action is not a definite plan or arrangement.

e.g.  I’m going to visit my relatives in America next year. (The date of travel has not been decided or arranged nor have I bought my flight ticket yet.)

Now, you try this EXERCISE to see how many you can score correct! It has got all three of the future forms: “will”, “going to” and Present Continuous.

testenglish.com “Future forms will, be going to , present continuous”

Liveworksheet “Be going to vs Present Continuous”