Grammar summary
will: instant decisions, offers, promises and predictions based on opinion.
be going to: intentions decided earlier and predictions based on present evidence.
Present continuous: future arrangements. Present simple: timetables and schedules.
01 will or won't?
Complete with will (positive) or won't (negative).
Example: I'll help. I won't forget.
1.I help you. (positive)
2.She forget your birthday. (negative)
3.We call you tonight. (positive)
4.They be late. (negative)
5.He carry your bag. (positive)
6.You need a coat. (negative)
02 Build be going to
Complete with am, is or are.
Example: He is going to read a book.
1.I going to study tonight.
2.She going to buy a bike.
3.We going to play football.
4.You going to make a cake.
03 Future arrangements
Complete with the present continuous of the verb in brackets.
Example: She is seeing the dentist tomorrow.
Grammar summary
Questions: auxiliary + subject. Will she come? Does the train leave at eight?
Positive short answers use full auxiliaries: will, am, is, are, do or does.
Forms can overlap in real English; follow the form or use given in each exercise.
04 Ask and answer
Complete the questions and the short answers.
Example: Is he going to come? Yes, he is.
05 Match the clue to the form
Match the use: instant decision = will; intention = going to; arrangement = present continuous; timetable = present simple.
Example: I'm meeting Leo tomorrow. (booked arrangement)
1.I the phone. (instant decision)
2.She Spanish. (earlier intention)
3.We at eight tonight. (booked arrangement)
4.I the window. (instant decision)
5.The train at six. (timetable)
6.He the dentist tomorrow. (booked arrangement)
06 Complete the conversation
Use the future form shown in brackets.
Example: I'll bring a drink. (will)
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