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Will                                   Be Going To

                        Rapid decision                           Prior Plan

                           -  I’m  thirsty,  I  think  I  will  buy  a  The  decision  was  made  before  the

                               drink                             moment of speaking.
                        Offer                                        -  I am going to go to the beach next

                           -  That looks heavy. I will help you         month with my friends
                               with it                           Evidence/ Signs

                        Promise                                  When there are signs that  something is
                           -  Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone.  likely to happen.

                        Threat                                       -  It is 70- 0. They are going to win

                           -  If you don’t stop, I will tell your
                               mom.

                        Refusal
                           -  She won’t listen to anything I say

                        We can use both will and be going to  for making prediction.

                        I think it will rain tomorrow = I think it is going to rain tomorrow


                  d.  The structure of the sentence:
                     Verbal Sentence

                        Positive        Subject  +  helping  verb  (will/  be  going  to)  +  present

                                        form/verb1 + object
                                        Will                          Be Going To

                                        Jen will   quit before   she  Jen is going to quit before she

                                        reaches her goal              reaches her goal


                        Negative        Subject + helping verb + NOT +present form/v1 + object

                                        Will                          Be Going To
                                        Jen will  not  quit before  she  Jen is not going to quit before

                                        reaches her goal              she reaches her goal


                        Interrogative  Helping verb + subject + present form/ v1 + object ?

                                        Will                          Be Going To


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