Basics: Will vs. Going To for the Future: correct answers
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This challenge contains 12 questions at easy difficulty covering Basics: Will vs. Going To. Test your knowledge with a mix of question formats!
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Correct answers
Question 1
Roommate B: "Really? I _________________________ to the store and get some right now."
Roommate A: "Actually, wait! I already made a grocery list this morning. I _________________________ to the supermarket this afternoon anyway."
Roommate B: "Really? I will go to the store and get some right now."
We use will for spontaneous decisions made at the moment of speaking. Roommate B just found out about the coffee.
Roommate A: "Actually, wait! I already made a grocery list this morning. I am going to go to the supermarket this afternoon anyway."
We use going to for plans or intentions that were already decided before speaking. Roommate A had already planned the trip.
Question 2
Complete the college student's excited text message about the weekend.
"I finally bought the tickets and packed my bags! I _____ visit my best friend in Chicago this weekend."
The correct answer is am going to.
We use going to to talk about prior plans or intentions. Because the student has already bought tickets and packed bags, this is a pre-arranged plan, not a spontaneous decision.
Question 3
Look at Dave! He is carrying ten pizza boxes at once and he's tripping over the rug. He is going to drop all of them!
We use going to when making a prediction based on clear present evidence (Dave is currently tripping).
I think he will be very embarrassed when everyone sees.
We often use will for predictions based on personal opinions or beliefs, especially after phrases like "I think."
Question 4
Help the polite waiter respond to a clumsy customer.
"Oh no, I just dropped my fork on the floor!" "Don't worry, sir. I _____ get you a clean one right away."
The correct answer is will.
We use will for spontaneous decisions and immediate offers made at the moment of speaking. Because the waiter is reacting to a sudden event (the dropped fork), "will" is the natural choice.
Question 5
Sam: "Don't worry, I _________________________ you lift the other side."
Alex: "Thanks! After we finish moving, I ____________________________ a giant pepperoni pizza for us as a reward. I already picked out the exact restaurant!"
Sam: "Don't worry, I will help you lift the other side."
We use will to make offers or promises to help someone in the moment.
Alex: "Thanks! After we finish moving, I am going to order a giant pepperoni pizza for us as a reward. I already picked out the exact restaurant!"
We use going to to talk about a prior plan or intention. Alex had already decided to buy the pizza before Sam offered to help.
Question 6
The correct answers are We are going to visit Paris next summer. and I'm going to buy a new camera for the trip.
When we talk about plans we have already made, we use "going to" + the base verb.
"We will visiting" is incorrect because "will" needs a base verb (visit), and "I am go to" is missing the "-ing" on "going".
Question 7
Help the friends finalize their weekend plans by choosing the correct phrases for each blank.
Leo: "Oh no, we don't have any snacks for the movie night!"
Sam: "Really? I will buy some right now!"
Leo: "Thanks! By the way, I am going to make my famous nachos later. I bought the cheese yesterday."
Leo: "Oh no, we don't have any snacks for the movie night!"
Sam: "Really? I will buy some right now!"
We use will for instant decisions made at the moment of speaking. Sam didn't know they needed snacks until Leo told him.
Leo: "Thanks! By the way, I am going to make my famous nachos later. I bought the cheese yesterday."
We use going to for prior plans and intentions. Leo already bought the cheese, so making nachos was already his plan!
Question 8
Complete the dramatic pizza-delivery moment by choosing the right words for each blank.
"Watch out! You are carrying way too many boxes, and that top pizza is going to fall!"
"Don't worry, I will help you carry the drinks!"
"Watch out! You are carrying way too many boxes, and that top pizza is going to fall!"
We use going to when making a prediction based on present evidence. The speaker can physically see the wobbly pizza boxes right now!
"Don't worry, I will help you carry the drinks!"
We use will when offering to do something for someone or making a quick promise to help.
Question 9
Help the ambitious student describe her science project and future dreams by choosing the correct verb for each gap.
"For my science fair project tomorrow, I am going to build a baking soda volcano. I already gathered all the supplies."
"Because I love science so much, I think I will become a famous chemist one day."
"For my science fair project tomorrow, I am going to build a baking soda volcano. I already gathered all the supplies."
We use going to for fixed plans and intentions. She already gathered the supplies, showing this is a pre-arranged plan.
"Because I love science so much, I think I will become a famous chemist one day."
We use will with phrases like "I think" to express a general prediction, belief, or hope about the distant future.
Question 10
Complete the observer's worried warning.
"Watch out! Look at how that tower of pizza boxes is wobbling. He _____ drop them all!"
The correct answer is is going to.
We use going to when making a prediction based on clear present evidence. The wobbling pizza boxes are a physical sign right now that a disaster is about to happen!
Question 11
The correct answers are will live and are going to live.
When making general predictions about the future, both "will" and "going to" are grammatically correct and mean the same thing!
"Is going to live" is incorrect because "humans" is plural, and "will living" is incorrect because "will" must be followed by a base verb.
Question 12
The correct answers are I will close the window. and I'll make you some hot tea.
For spontaneous decisions and offers made at the exact moment of speaking, we use "will" (or its contraction "'ll") + the base verb.
"Going to closing" has an extra "-ing" and sounds unnatural for a sudden offer, while "will to make" incorrectly adds the word "to" after a modal verb.