Will - Shall - Going to
Will / Shall / Going to
Will + verb can be used when:
- The idea rises at the moment of speaking
- Are you hungry? I'll get you some food.
- It's a prediction based on someone's opinion:
- It'll be a lovely day, I'm sure!
- She'll be so happy once she looks at the painting!
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- A spontaneous offer, refusing, promises and orders:
- Come, I'll carry that for you!
- I will not have you do that for me!
- I promise I'll do better next time.
- For facts:
- It'll be cold during the winter period.
- There will always be another day.
- That'll be 25 Pounds please.
- In case of uncertainty of the future, combined word words such as: think, probably, possibly:
- I'll probably fail the test, I haven't studied at all.
- She'll think I didn't care enough.
Shall + verb can be used when you ask something with 'I' or 'we' as subject:
- Shall I open the door for you?
- Shall we go and see a movie?
To be going to + verb can be used when:
- It was planned before talking about it now.
- I am going to Spain this summer, how about you?
- She is going to take lots of photos, I'm sure.
- They are going to do the dishes in a minute.
- With predictions based on clues:
- Look at these flowers! They're going to look great in this bouqet!
- We are'nt going to see any elephants, they are miles away from here.