Future Tense - WILL & GOING TO

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[smilernick]

How does your example "She will eat pasta" fit with your explanation that "will is used when we do something quickly without thinking about it"? Can you think of a context where you would naturally say "She will eat pasta"?

I'm not sure you understand the usage of 'will', 'going to', 'present continuous', or 'present simple' to express future time (there is no future tense in English). You talk about the form a lot, but very little accurate discussion of the difference in meaning.

[EnglishLessons4U]

@smilernick "She will eat pasta"...... It is an EXAMPLE.......yes I can think of loads of times where I would say she'll eat pasta. Not my fault you have no imagination. Yes there is a future tense in English.....better check yourself before you wreck yourself. I KNOW you don't understand the tenses.

[albertoflugbegleiter]

I can´t get it definetly ( the difference between will & goint to ) . What would you say about this sentece: I am gonna go right now!

Gonna = abreviation of GOING TO ?

If I decided at this very moment to go, how I need to use '' going to '' and not WILL?

Please, help me :) - Thanks

[EnglishLessons4U]

@albertoflugbegleiter I am gonna go right now! Gonna = abbreviation of GOING TO ? Yes, these sentences are correct..

IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU SAY GOING TO OR WILL........You can say I will go or I am gonna go right now!

[1extenderpro]

awesome tutorial.

[TheMarcosqui]

@albertoflugbegleiter in Espanish, yo sé que se usa "going to", para acciones que si van a si van a suceder, en cambio "will" es para acciones no muy seguras que sucederán.

[1ahmeduddin]

Awesome !! Please keep teaching ...Love u

[Tshweesh7]

We use "will" to express uncertainty, often with maybe or probably, we also use "will" when we decide to do something at the time we're speaking. Just like you said "will is used when we do something quickly without thinking about it. And we use "be going to" to express a plan that is already made or decided. Simple as that. :)

[kridina2022]

thx teacher i learn more things from you

[wa00dv4]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[JhonnyFala]

Very Helpful

[Rigmarollee]

My understanding is : 1) Will is used for something which will happen latter or some time in the future eg. I will complete the assignment by tomorrow. 2) Going to is used for something which is shortly going to happen in near future. I am going to kill you. The short form of Going to is gonna. Here you must also tell the use of Shall & Would i think its very important ,especially the difference btw Will & Would. Maybe your are using kind of Canadian English.

[Timsiam]

@Timsiam the last one is Be to + base form of the verb. 6 future-referring expressions in total. Not that hard to remember.

[Timsiam]

There is no future tense in English. There are only the two tenses: the present tense and the past tense. However there are several future-referring expressions in English, actually only 6, these are: Will/shall/'ll + base form of lexical verb, Be going to + base form of the lexical verb, The present progressive, The simple present, Shall/will/'ll + progressive forms, and Be tp + base form of the verb. (These are not tenses, they are future-referring expressions! .