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Read the following examples:

                       1.  Will you please close the windows?
                       2.  Will   you carry my bag?

             G  promising to do something.

                  Read the following example:
                       Thank you for lending your notes. I will/shall         return you the notes by tomorrow
                       evening.

             G  expressing an action over which the speaker does not have any control.

                  Read the following examples:
                       1.  We will    get wet in the rain.
                       2.  It will be  a sunny day tomorrow.


             G  talking about the future in a general way.
                  Read the following example:
                       The Principal will    soon be   announcing the examination schedule.

             Let us now learn be forms and uses of going to          .

             G  is/are/am + going to + root form of the verb + ........
                  Read the following examples:

                       1.  My mother is going to cook         pasta today.
                       2.  Are   you going to participate     in the competition?

             Going to is used to –

             G  suggest the intentions to do something in the near future.
                  Read the following example:

                       We are going to make       the necessary changes in our daily schedule.
             G  indicate that something is going to happen in the near future.

                  Read the following example:
                       The teacher is going to arrive     at any moment.

             Sometimes,  Present  Continuous  Tense  is  also  used  to  indicate  the  future  time.  It  is
             almost the same as going to form. The only difference is that going to form suggests an
             intention  to  perform  an  action,  the  present  continuous  tense  suggests  that  some

             arrangement has also been made.
             Read the following examples:

                  1.  Nikita is going    to Punjab next week.
                  2.  The school is organising      a debate competition next month.


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