 you today. This is Marc. I'm doing great. Thanks for asking. I'm going to visit Milan next weekend. I wonder, will it rain? Will it be safe? In this lesson, I'm going to delve into the difference between going to and will. So stay tuned. Right. So be going to and will. Let's look at first the timeline. If you have a horizontal line, I divided it with a vertical line that represents now. On the left-hand side, you have the past. And on the right-hand side, you have the future. It will be a cross in the past because it will be a plan for an effect in the future. I'm going to get to that in just one second. But let's look at the different types of formulas. We have the subject for a positive sentence. Then we have be going to the verb to be. You need to conjugate it. Then we have the base of the verb, then the object and the time expression. For a negative sentence, you need the subject first, obviously. Then you need be plus not. So the verb to be plus not. Then you need going to, then the base of the verb, and then the object. For an interrogative sentence, you need w-h question word if there is. Then you need the verb to be, then the subject, then going to, then the base of the verb, and then whatever is next. So when do we use be going to? First, you need to know that these two tenses can be used with the first conditional. Actually, they are mostly used with the first conditional. If you want to watch a lesson on the first conditional, you may click here. Now going back to be going to, we use it for plans and intentions. So to talk about an action that was planned previously for a future effect. So for example, I'm going to visit Milan next weekend, I said at the beginning, right? So if you have the timeline, I have here the horizontal timeline. First, in the past, I decided I want to visit Milan. Then I plan my trip. You can see it right here. This would be now, right here would be now. And then I visit Milan. I am going to visit Milan in the future. So first I want to visit, then I plan the trip, and then I visit Milan. So is an action that it was previously planned and for an effect in the future. The second usage is for predictions based on evidence. On evidence. For example, look at the dog. It's going to attack her. So right now, I look at the dog and I'm predicting he's going to attack a person. So I say, look at the dog, he's going to attack her at that moment. It's a prediction based on evidence because I see it happening. Or for example, I see my neighbor by the window and he's going to bust me any minute. So I see the neighbor walking and going to buzz me any minute. So it's a prediction based on evidence. The last point that I want to mention is Ghana. I'm sure you heard it on songs, for example, or when people speak like colloquially. Well, Ghana is slang, but according to Professor Cazanne from University of Michigan, Ghana is taking another meaning. Let's take a look at the two examples I gave you here. If I said, I'm going to buy some milk, this implies movement. It implies movement. If I said instead, I'm gonna buy some milk, it implies commitment at some time in the future. Obviously, we're talking about the future. So this is more a commitment, Ghana, and going to implies movement. But this is slang. So I recommend you learn going to. Now, for will instead, we use it for a future action that I decided at the moment of speaking, just like my timeline. We have the horizontal line like before that is divided into past and future and the vertical line is now. So we have the cross here for at the crossroads of now and the horizontal line and then a cross in the future. So I decide right now. Let's look at the different types of sentences. So for a positive sentence, we need the subject plus will plus the base of the verb, then the object and then whatever the time expression. Then for a negative sentence, we need the subject plus will plus not. So it would be want plus the base of the verb plus the object and then the time expression if any. For an interrogative sentence, we need the WH question word if any, then we need will, then the subject and then the base of the verb and then whatever is next. I want to say that will is used when you want to use will is usually contracted into aisle, just like my examples. I will explain to you just in a minute just to remind you that will is used for the first conditional. So the first usage of will is for voluntary decisions and promises. Like my example, I'll, I'll be careful while in the land. So this is a decision that I'm saying right now for the future, right? I'm saying it right now for the future. I'll be careful while in the land or he'll help you with your homework. He'll help you with your homework. This is a promise. So voluntary decisions and promises. The second usage is for possibility. Like my example, will it rain in the land? I don't know, but will it rain? It could be, right? Will it be safe? This is another example. Will it be safe? Now, usually is usually used with think, reckon, gas, etc. For example, I think will live on Mars by 2050. This is a prediction, but not based on evidence. But it's just what I think it will happen by 2050. Now, the third usage is for habits that are predictable. For example, she just won't listen to my advice. She just refuses to listen to my advice. Now, the second example, John will fall asleep when watching movies. This is a habit. So, when he watches movies, he falls asleep every time. So, John will fall asleep when watching movies. Now, let's recap. In this lesson, we talked about the difference between will and be going to. We use be going to for plans and intentions and also for predictions based on evidence. I also talked about Ghana. Watch the lesson again if you missed that part. Instead, we use will for voluntary decisions and promises, possibility, and predictions not based on evidence. But also, we use it for habits that are predictable. That's it for today. Thank you very much for watching. If you like the lesson, please share it. If you haven't subscribed to my channel, please do. You will get a new lesson next week, right on your email box. So, have a nice day and see you next week. Take care. Bye-bye.