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WILL or GOING TO?

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WILL + infinitive

GOING TO + infinitive
We use WILL for...
- predictions without evidence
     "I will be rich and famous"
- offering our help
     "I'll help you with those heavy books"
- sudden decisions
     "It's raining. I'll take an umbrella!"
We use GOING TO for...
- predictions with evidence
     "Look! David is going to crash against that tree!"
- future intentions
     "I'm going to study law at university next year"
 
                                                       
 
1. Choose the correct verb for the following sentences. Do not use abbreviations:
 
1) Next summer, I  (travel) to New York. My sister lives there and she bought me a plane ticket for my birthday.
 
2) It's getting cold. I  (take) my coat!
 
3) Are you going to the cinema? Wait for me. I  (go) with you!
 
4) Jane and Tom  (not/study) medicine next year. Jane  (study) French and Tom  (take) a gap year.
 
5. Mrs Simons, those bags seem quite heavy. I  (help) you carry them.
 
6. Experts say the Earth  (suffer) seriously if we continue polluting.
 
7. Look at those black clouds. I think it  (rain).
 
8. Bye Bye Joe. I  (phone) you as soon as I arrive home!
 
9. What  (do) tomorrow? I  (visit) my grandparents.
 
10. Anne: "I don't have enough money to pay for my lunch." 
Peter: " I  (lend) you some."
 
        
 
 2. Complete the sentences with the correct verb and match them with the picture:
 
       
                                                                                                                            
 
 
a) What a beautiful girl! I  out next Saturday!
 
b) I'm bored. I don't know what to do. I know! I  a Harry Potter book!
 
c) Josh is nervous today. He has bought Annie a bunch of flowers because he .
 
d) Those watermelons seem delicious. We !
 
e) We have been thinking about it and we have decided that we  this year.
 
 
GOOD LUCK!