What's the difference between will and going to?

In this video you will learn the difference between "will" and "going to" for the future and for making predictions.

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Transcript:
Hello and welcome to LetThemTalk

My name is Gideon and today we are going to look at the difference between will and going to for the future.

Let's have a look. :

First of all for the simple future « will « is used when we talk about decisions, intentions, opinions. that you make at the moment of speaking. So you don't use it for situations where you decided before the time of speaking.

The structure is will + infinitive without to
Sometimes, words like think or maybe proceed will.

Here are some examples.
Oh no there's no coffee, Ok maybe I'll have some tea.

I'm bored I know I'll watch TV

I think I'll grow a beard

You use will for promises


You also use will to give and ask for information about the future for example.
We'll be there at 7pm
Will you be at the meeting ?


The election will take place in November.
It will get dark tonight at 7pm




Going to is used to talk about plans, decisions and arrangements you made before speaking.

The structure is going to + verb...in conversation going to is often pronounced as gonna »

For example....
I'm going to learn Japanese.
See you later I'm going to post a letter.
I'm going to live in Australia....
When I have enough money I'm going to buy a car.

Will and Going to can both be used to make predictions but in slightly different ways

Will is used when we are predicting something based on our opinion while going to is used to talk about predictions based on present evidence.

Before the game you might say I think England will win the game.
There are 10 minutes left and Germany are winning 3 – 0 so you would say. Ok can't deny it Germany are going to win.

You can say
I think it'll rain tomorrow.
But if your see many clouds in the sky then there is evidence so you could say.. It looks like it's going to rain.
So if there is evidence for a prediction use going to here are some more examples


She's going to have a baby
He's going to win.
If you drink and drive you're going to crash
If you eat like that you're going to get fat.


Will a prediction based on your opinion.
I think she'll find it difficult.
It will be difficult to convince them.
She'll fine another guy soon.

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