Future Simple vs Going to

Future Simple vs Going to

1. Formulation

   • Future Simple
     • Subject + will + verb infinitive
   • Going to
     • Subject + verb to be + going to + verb infinitive

2. Usage

   • Future Simple
     • Express a possibility in the future
       • hope, think, maybe, probably, etc
     • Decision at the moment of spaking
   • Going to
     • Express something that is certain to happen in the future
     • Decision or plan you have made before the time of speaking

3. Shall

   • Instead of "WILL" only fo "I" and "We"
     • Sound quite formal

4. Gonna

   • The contracted of "Going to"
     • Informal