Grammar music - future will/shall/going to

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future: will/shall/ to be + going to

The sea-level will rise 40 feet.

will

will is used for a prediction.
you THINK it will happen, but you're not sure.

The phone is ringing! "I will get it."

will

will is also used for a spontaneous decision.
you do NOT have to PLAN it.

Shall we dance?

shall

SHALL is used (instead of will) in combination with
WE or I.
Usually asking a question.

I am going to buy a new car.

(to be) + going to

I AM GOING to buy a new car.
Use to be + going to for a PLANNED ACTION/ CERTAINTY

He is going to fall.

(to be) + going to

He is going to fall.
You see it coming. Use (TO BE) + GOING TO if it is CERTAIN.

Welke zin past hier het best?

1. I think it will rain in a couple of minutes.
2. It looks as if it is going to rain soon.
3. It is raining in 5 minutes.
4. It rains every day.

Welke zin past hier het best?

1. Trump will build a wall.
2. Trump is building a wall.
3. Trump must build a wall.
4. Trump is going to build a wall.

Welke zin past hier het best?

1. We're going to hit that horse!
2. We're hitting that horse!
3. We will hit that horse!
4. Shall we hit that horse?

Welke zin past hier het best?

1. These kids will go to school.
2. These kids are going to go to school.
3. These kids are going to school.
4. These kids go to school.

Gotta feeling that I'm going under.
But I know that I ... ... it out alive.

1. will make
2. am going to make

So you say everything ... ...
all right now. But how do you really know?

1. will be
2. is going to be

This year to save me from tears, I ... ... it to someone special.

Who ... ... the world tonight?

If I'm alive and well, ... you ... there holding my hand?

Wow! We ... ... to Ibiza.

You don't ever want to see me again and your brother ... ... me and he's six feet ten.

Come tomorrow, tomorrow I... ... gone.
Save tonight.

Use WILL to describe an invention

use (to be) GOING TO to describe a plan for the summer/this weekend

Hopefully, I ........ my grammar test.

1. am passing
2. will pass
3. would pass
4. am going to pass

My friends and I ........... Glastonbury festival this month.

1. are visiting
2. are going to visit
3. are going to go
4. go

My bus is delayed.
I ...... too late at the airport.

1. am being
2. will be
3. am going to be
4. shall be

Vanwege de vertraging van je bus heb je nu aanleiding om aan te nemen dat je te laat gaat komen.

What would you like to eat?
> I ..... a sandwich, please.

1. will have
2. have
3. am going to have
4. should have

Het is een beslissing die je op dit moment maakt. Daarbij hoort het gebruik van will.

What rules do you remember about using FUTURE?

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