FUTURE

English Grammar | FUTURE |  WILL:
− predictions (John won't win the race; the weather will be very bad tomorrow.)
− scheduled events (the show will start at 10 tonight).
− promises: I will help you to do your homework tonight.
Syntax: S + WILL + base form

• Will you help me?
• I will help you

> You will help you / He will help you / We will help you / You will help you / They will help
you.
GOING TO:
− planned events or intentions (which have been decided on before the moment of speaking and
which are not very far from this moment).
Syntax: S + BE (present tense) + GOING TO + base form

• Are you going to buy a car tomorrow?
• I am going to buy a car tomorrow morning.

> You are going to buy a car… She is going to buy a car… We are going to buy a car… You are
going to buy a
car… They are going to buy a car…