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Seul-gi choi Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Will vs be going to
I have some questions about expressing 'future'.
Look at the folloing examples.
ex1) What will you do?
What are you going to do?
ex2)What will you do the summer?
What are you going to do the summer?
I don't know what is different between 'will' and ' be going to'.
Which one is more common?
Look at the folloing examples.
ex1) What will you do?
What are you going to do?
ex2)What will you do the summer?
What are you going to do the summer?
I don't know what is different between 'will' and ' be going to'.
Which one is more common?
Top answer
Hi, The simplest way to begin teaching the difference is to tell students to use 'be going to' when they are talking about a PLAN, and in other cases to use 'will'. It's not really quite as simple as that, but that's a good start. Clive
- Hi, The simplest way to begin teaching the difference is to tell students to use 'be going to' when they are talking about a PLAN, and in other cases to use 'will'.
- It's not really quite as simple as that, but that's a good start.
- Clive
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Hi,
The simplest way to begin teaching the difference is to tell students to use 'be going to' when they are talking about a PLAN, and in other cases to use 'will'.
It's not really quite as simple as that, but that's a good start.
The simplest way to begin teaching the difference is to tell students to use 'be going to' when they are talking about a PLAN, and in other cases to use 'will'.
It's not really quite as simple as that, but that's a good start.
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They are both common, and used almost interchangeably.
Will sounds a bit more formal.
2)What will you do this summer?
What are you going to do this summer?
Will sounds a bit more formal.
2)What will you do this summer?
What are you going to do this summer?
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Hi,
Please,have a look at this website http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplefuture.html .If you need any further explanation,don't hesitate to ask the forums.
Please,have a look at this website http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplefuture.html .If you need any further explanation,don't hesitate to ask the forums.
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