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this is jack from tofluency.com and
today we are going to look at a word
which is often overused by English
language learners and what we're going
to do today is talk about the situations
in which I feel too many learners use
this term and what to say instead the
word or the structure here is will I
will
she will he will aisle she'll heal etc
will is often known as the future simple
but it's actually a modal verb and I
think this labeling makes learners
overuse this word so they think about
the future and they think okay the
future simple I'm going to use the
future simple to talk about the future
but there are two much better
alternatives to be used in the
situations we're going to discuss in
this video so by the end of the lesson
you're going to have a clear
understanding on these structures also
when to use will and I'm going to test
your knowledge too so I'll have three
questions for you later on to test your
knowledge of this subject and before we
get started it's okay if you make
mistakes in English it's okay if you
sometimes overuse words but this video
is really going to help you with your
accuracy and also know that talking
about the future is difficult in English
a lot of learners find this hard to do
and this lesson is going to help you
with that so to help me explain this
let's think about an imaginary situation
let's say that you are currently in a
business meeting in Atlanta Georgia USA
and Atlanta is a fantastic city to visit
by the way but let's say you're in a
business meeting and you're meeting some
suppliers they are trying to sell you
their paper for your paper company in
Europe and at the end of the meeting
they ask you what are your plans for the
rest of your time here in Atlanta you
have plans to visit
world of coke you have plans to go
shopping and yourself tickets to watch
the Atlanta United soccer team so with
that in mind think about how you should
respond here I'll just leave this on
your screen now
and just take a few seconds to construct
some sentences
a lot of learners will say things like
tonight I will go to the world of coke
tomorrow we'll do some shopping and then
later on we'll watch the soccer game but
when talking about your plans for the
future use these two forms instead be
going to and also the present continuous
now these two structures can be quite
flexible but there are some small
differences and you're going to see
those now here are some good example
sentences tonight were going to the
world of coke tonight we'll go into the
world of coke tomorrow we're going to do
a bit of shopping we're going to do a
bit of shopping and then later we're
watching the Atlanta United game we're
watching the Atlanta United game so the
first example we're going to the world
of coke tonight we're going to the world
of coke so we use the present continuous
to talk about future arrangements or
very specific plans that we have we have
a time to go to the world of coke at 8
o'clock so we're going to the world of
coke at 8 tonight we're going to the
world of coke the second sentence uses
be going to tomorrow we're going to do a
bit of shopping a bit of shopping
that's a good collocation to know a bit
of shopping and the be going to plus
infinitive is a really good structure to
know because once you get the first part
correct I'm going to I was going to
we're going to you just add the
infinitive I'm going to do it I'm going
to see him I'm going to play tomorrow
now we use this for things like shopping
and exercise and housework or when we
have a plan to do something but we don't
have a specific arrangement for that yet
here are three more examples I'm going
to head to the gym later to head to the
gym means to go to the gym we're going
to spend all day cleaning
tomorrow we're going to spend all day
cleaning tomorrow are you going to do
that thing tomorrow are you going to do
that thing tomorrow and the third
example from before we're going to the
Atlanta United game tomorrow night or
were watching the Atlanta United game
tomorrow night is using the present
continuous because you have tickets to
watch that game there is another way as
well to talk about future plans that not
many people teach and it's simply to
give a statement
musing have or have got instead of
saying we're going or we're watching the
Atlanta United game tomorrow night you
can simply say well we have tickets for
the Atlanta United game tomorrow night
here are other similar examples don't
forget that we have that meet in
tomorrow don't forget that we have that
meeting tomorrow
ohai five classes at university layer i
have five classes at university later
i've got a course next week that I need
to take I've got a course next week that
I need to take so when talking about
plans and arrangements for the future
use be going to the present continuous
and also other structures such as health
instead of will but the question you're
probably asking yourself and asking me
is when do we use will when do we use
this term when do we use this structure
now I've made a video on this and I'll
leave a link to it in the description
but we're just going to briefly explain
this before taking that quiz the first
way is when you make a decision about a
future action while speaking in the
moment of having a conversation for
example if somebody says let's have a
party tomorrow you can say sure I'll
invite people at my work and you do the
same I will invite you made the decision
to invite those people during that
conversation or if your boss asks you
who wants to take on this project you
can say I'll do it
I'll do it you can also use it for
future facts - for example Paul won't be
in the office tomorrow would Wednesday
work instead we can also use it as part
of the first conditional - for example
if it's really cold tomorrow we won't go
to that game again if you want to learn
more about how to use will then click
the link in the description okay now
it's time for the quiz what I'm going to
do is put three sentences on your screen
in order and you have to complete the
sentence using either be going to the
present continuous or will number one so
on ask you what you are doing later you
have tickets to the theater complete the
sentence I something to the theater this
evening I'm going to the theater this
evening you have tickets
you have arrangements we use the present
continuous I'm going to the theater this
evening you can say I'm going to go to
the theater this evening and that works
but it's better to use a present
continuous here number two someone asks
you what you are doing later you have to
do housework complete the sentence I
something do some housework I'm going to
do some housework
this is using be going to and again we
use this for activities such as
housework and number three if it rains
later we something go and put this in
the negative
if it rains later we won't go
or if it rains later we're not going to
go both of those are correct and we can
use be going to or will when using the
first conditional hopefully that wasn't
too difficult that little mini quiz but
now I have something that might be a
little bit more challenging for you what
I want you to do is to leave a comment
below and just tell me what you're doing
tomorrow it's quite simple but think
about the different tenses you can use
in the different structures you can use
to be accurate when answering this
question so go into the YouTube comments
and just type on your phone or on your
computer and tell me what you are doing
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why not watch another one of my lessons
I'll leave a couple on your screen now
again thank you so much for watching and
I'll speak to you soon bye bye
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