Going to / Present continuous / Future: Will

Going to / Present continuous / Future: Will

º Going to:

Be	going to	infinitive
aux. verb	future expression	main verb

E.g.:
 9 I'm going to go to the beach.
 9 She's going to have a baby.

Use:
º Plans
º Predictions

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º Present continuous:

Be	verb (+ING)
aux. verb	main verb

E.g.:
 9 I'm going to the beach. (on this moment, tomorrow, next week...)
 9 She's travelling to Europe next week.

Use:
º Future arrangements

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º Future: Will

Use:
º Predictions

- Future happenings and situations (predicting future)

- Sometimes there's not much difference between WILL and GOING TO.

  E.g.: you can say:
 9 I think the weather will be nice later.
                              or
 9 I think the weather is going to be nice later.

Obs.: SHALL is normally used with (I) or (we), but in spoken English we normally use (I'll) or (we'll). The negative form is (Shall not) or (Shan't).

E.g.:
 9 I shall be tired this evening
                        or
 9 I'll be tired this evening

Modal Verb: a diferença entre shall e will