Nature Form (Future simple)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g, t
• Leerjaar 4

Grammar:

Look at the following sentences. Look at the bolded words and try to figure out what these words have in common and what their function is.

It will rain next week.

I will help you with your homework tomorrow.

I am going to to the store.

The are going to the beach.

Identify what "will" and "going to" have in common?

"Will" and "going to" are both words that have to do with the future.

We will focus on each of these words and see how they work.

"Will"

Compare the following sentences and try to make your own rule on when to use "will"

The new wildlife resort will open next week.

In a few months it will be summer again.

When is "will" used in the future simple?

1. When making predictions
2. Doing something far in the future
3. Something that happened yesterday
4. When something happens now

"Going to"

Compare the following sentences and try to make your own rule on when to use "going to"

It started to rain. I am going to stay in my house.

I am not going to the party because I have the flu.

When do you use "going to" in the future simple?

1. When you plan something far in the future
2. Make plans that you have not arranged for (Sudden plan)
3. When doing soemthing that is not far in the future.
4. When you kane a prediction

I......... rain tomorrow, so bring an umbrella with you.

1. Will
2. Is going to

I ........ the the cinima

1. Will
2. going to

...... we go to grandma's house tomorrow

1. Will
2. Going to

Explain why "will" should be used in this sentence:

I won't go to camp in the summer.