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          Future Simple

The Simple Future has two different forms in English, "will" and "be going to." Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two very different meanings. These different meanings might seem too abstract at first, but with time and practice the differences will become clear. Both "will" and "be going to" refer to a specific time in the future.
      
  

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USE 1 "Will" to Express a Voluntary Action

"Will" often suggests that a speaker will do something voluntarily. A voluntary action is one the speaker offers to do for someone else. Often we use "will" to respond to someone else's complaint or request for help.

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USE 2 "Will" to Express a Promise

"Will" is usually used in promises.

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USE 3 "Be going to" to Express a Plan

"Be going to" expresses that something is a plan. It expresses the idea that a person intends to do something in the future.

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USE 4 "Will" or "Be Going to" to Express a Prediction

Both "will" and "be going to" can express the idea of a general prediction about the future. Predictions are guesses about what might happen in the future. In "prediction" sentences, the subject usually has little control over the future and therefore USES 1-3 do not apply. In the following examples there is no difference in meaning.

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ACTIVE / PASSIVE FORMS Future Simple

EXAMPLES:

Tom will certainly finish the work by 5:00 PM. ACTIVE
The work will certainly be finished by 5:00 PM. PASSIVE

Yossi  is going to make a beautiful dinner tonight. ACTIVE
A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Yossi  tonight. PASSIVE

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                    Future Simple Exercises

                    1. Verb Tense Exercise :  Future Simple - Will or Won't
                    2. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Future and Future Continuous
                    3. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise on Future I Simple (will)
                    4. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise on Future I Simple (going to)
                    5. Verb Tense Exercise :  Exercise on Future II Simple
                    6. Verb Tense Exercise :  Future simple  -  Exercise 1
                    7. Verb Tense Exercise :  Future simple  -  Exercise 2
                    8. Verb Tense Exercise :  Future Simple (will V) Vs. Be Going to
                    9. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Future verb tense exercises
                  10. Verb Tense Exercise :  Will and Be Going to
                  11. Verb Tense Exercise :  Will and Be Going to
                  12. Verb Tense Exercise :  Will and Be Going to
                  13. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Present and Simple Future
                  14. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Present and Simple Future
                  15. Verb Tense Exercise :  Simple Future and Future Continuous
                  Verb Tense Practice Test : Cumulative Verb Tense Review 
                  Verb Tense Final Test : Cumulative Verb Tense Review               

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