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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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