Will and to be going to

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

English

11 March 2025

This lesson

Future tenses (to be going to, will, shall)

Exercises

Goals

After this lesson, you:

are able to use the future tenses correctly in sentences

Future

To be going to + verb

OR

Will + verb

To be going to + verb

Am/are/is + going to + werkwoord

- Om aan te geven wat iemand van plan is om te gaan doen

- Als iets zeker zal gebeuren omdat er bewijs voor is

I am going to visit my friends this weekend.

Look at those clouds! It is going to rain.

Will + verb

Will + werkwoord

- Als je iets belooft of voorspelt (zonder bewijs)

- Als iemand iets spontaan besluit zonder dat het is gepland

I will help you in a minute.

It will be dark soon.

He thinks he will cry at the wedding.

Shall

Bij vraagzinnen met I en we gebruik je geen will, maar shall

Shall I start tomorrow?

Shall we go to the cinema?

Use future:
Look at those dark clouds. It ... soon. (to rain)

Use future:
She is very late. I think she ... the bus (to miss)

Use future:
It's very hot in here. ... the window? (I, to open)

Use future:
They ... through the United States next Summer. How exciting! (to travel)

Use future:
I'm tired. I ... to bed early. (to go)

I can use the future tense.

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Exercises

Do exercise A, C, and D (4.2).

Finished?

Check your answers

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