Simple Future Tense

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Simple Future Tense
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• Simple Future Tense has two different forms in
  English will and be going to

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Form Will
Subject Will Verb  
I will   open the door.
You will   finish before me.
He will not be at school tomorrow.
She will help you.
It will be there tomorrow.
They will not do their homework.



Note When using the word not, always put it
between the will and the verb.
The will always comes first when asking a
question.
Will you  not arrive on time?
Will they   want dinner?
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Form Be going to
Subject am/is/are Going to Verb  
I am not going to open the door.
You are going to meet Jane tonight.
He is going to be at school tomorrow.
She is not going to clean the floor.
It is going to be there tomorrow.
They are not going to make dinner.



Are You going to meet Jane tonight?
Is he not going to do his homework?

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When to use the Will form

• We use will to express an instant decision
  to do something in the future.
• Examples I will buy a car.
• We will play a game of tennis this afternoon.
• We use will for making a prediction about the
  future.
• This year will be an interesting year.

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When to use the will form

• We use will to express a voluntary action.
• I will give you the phone number.
• Will you help me with my homework?
• The phone rings. I will get it.
• We use will when there is no plan.
• We will see what happens.
• I think I will go to gym tomorrow.
• We use will when making promises.
• I will call you when I arrive.
• I promise I will not tell anyone about the
  secret.
• Do not worry. I will be careful.

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Other Tenses that refer to Future Actions

• A public Time-table Present Indefinite
• Ex Mohanagar Provati leaves Kamalapur at 600
  am.
• An arrangement Present Continuous
• Ex I am buying a camera next week.
• Very near future be about to
• Example The plane is at the end of the runway.
  It is about to take off.
• A future event that is officially arranged
  (VIP) be to / Present Continuous
• Ex The King is to visit / is visiting Bhutan
  next week.

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When to use the be going to form

• We use be going to to express a plan or an
  intention to do something in the future.
• I am going to spend my vacation in Las Vegas.
• She is going to sleep at 9 p.m.
• Jenna is going to be a singer when she grows up.
• He is going to make the cake.

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When to use the be going to form

• We use be going to for making a prediction
  based on the present situation.
• Examples
• The sky is very cloudy. It is going to rain.
• The result of the presidency election shows that
  Barack Obama is clearly ahead of his opponents.
  So, we can say that he is going to be the next
  president of the US.