Future Tenses

Be going to…../ be + verb-ing…

• We use ‘be going to’ / ‘be + verb-ing’ when we have a plan for the future.

• I am going to do some Christmas shopping this week-end.

• I am doing some Christmas shopping this weekend

• She is going to go skiing on Saturday.• She is skiing on Saturday.

Will

• We use ‘will’ when we have no plan, or we haven’t thought about the question.

• Q: What are your plans for this week-end?

• A: I don’t have any plans. Maybe I’ll meet my friends, or maybe I’ll just stay at home.

Predictions

• We use will to make predictions when we have no information; just a feel-ing.

• I think Manchester United will beat Arsenal in the football match.

• I think my son will be the president of Korea when he is older!

Predictions

• We use ‘be going to’ to make predictions when we have some information or a good reason for our opinion.

• I think Manchester United are going to win the game, because Arsenal have a lot of injured play-ers.

• I think my son is going to be a mechanic ( 자동차 정비사 ) when he is older, because he is always play-ing with cars.

Questions

• What are your plans for this weekend?• What are going to do after this class?• Do you have any plans for your vaca-

tion this summer?• Are you going to get married and have

lots of children?• Are you going to work in design after

you graduate?