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I will help you

I am going to help you

When do you use GOING TO?

Future

Now

Negation

What does it look like?

(ontkenning)

Unplanned

Plan

Forming the Future Simple WILL is really easy:

We use the "will" to indicate that something is going to happen in the future BUT only when:

  • something is unplanned
  • making a promise
  • you are unsure about something

You can use the Simple Future - Will when you make a decision at the moment you say it.

Example:

You are studying and the doorbell rings. You shout to your mother:

You use "Future Simple - Going to" when you have thought about something and have started planning. The plan can still be flexible.

Example:

You have planned to meet your friend this afternoon. You say to your mother:

If you want to say something is NOT going to happen in the future, you use:

We use the "going to" to indicate that something is going to happen in the future BUT only when:

  • you have planned/thought about something
  • you make a prediction (voorspelling)
  • you have the intention (voornemen) to do something

"I will get it"

Negation

"I am going to meet/visit Brian this afternoon"

person + will + verb

(ontkenning)

person + (to be) + not + going to + verb

What does it look like?

Promise

Prediction

If you want to say something will NOT happen in the future, you use:

(voorspelling)

You can use the Simple Future - Will when you make a promise to someone else or to yourself.

Example:

One of your best friends tells you a secret. You promise him/her:

Questions

I will work

You will work

He/she/it will work

We will work

You will work

They will work

I am not going to work

You use "Future Simple - Going to" when you make a prediction about the future and you have an idea about what is going to happen. You, for example, have extra information.

Example:

Your friend thinks she has a bad grade for her English presentation, but you have heard the teacher talking about how well he/she did. You say:

The "Future Simple - Going to" looks as follows:

"I will never tell anyone"

"Everything is going to be alright"

Unsure

(This cannot be abbreviated (afgekort))

If you want to ask if something is going to happen, you use:

person + will + not + verb

Intention

(voornemen)

You can use the Simple Future - Will when you make a prediction, but you are not sure it will happen. Often used with "maybe", "perhaps", "I think ..."

Example:

You are talking to a friend about countries you want to visit. You say:

You use the "Future Simple - Going to" when you have the intention of doing something.

Example:

It is New Year's Eve (oudjaarsdag) and you have decided you are going to work harder for school next year. You say to your father:

person + (to be) + going to + verb

"Maybe I will visit Africa one day"

I will not work

(to be) + person + going to + verb?

"(This year) I am going to do my homework more often"

Am I going to work?

You can also abbreviate (afkorten) will + not to won't

The form of (to be) depends on the "person" and can often be abbreviated (afgekort)

Questions

I am going to work

You are going to work

He/she/it is going to work

We are going to work

You are going to work

They are going to work

If you want to ask if something will happen in the future, you use:

I won't work

will + person + verb?

also: I'm going to, you're going to

he's going to, we're going to ...

Will you work?

If there is another "wh" word (why, when, where etc.) in the question, put it BEFORE will.

When will you work?

The Future Simple

In order to describe events in the future (toekomst) we can use the Future Simple.

The Future Simple has two forms:

Will "I will help you with your homework"

Going to "I am going to help you with your homework"

This prezi will explain everything you need to know about the Future Simple and its two forms.

What is going to happen tomorrow?

When do you use WILL?

Future

Now

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