Present Continuous for Future Arrangements - Part 2

Put the words in the right order to make a sentence

a
Thursday
hosting
Jack
is
next
party
Rule: The Future: Will and Be Going To ShowHide

be going to

am / is / are + going to + verb

  • Plans made before: He's going to work at a restaurant this summer.
  • Predictions from what you can see: Look at those clouds! It's going to rain.

will

  • Decisions on the spot: The phone is ringing. – I'll answer it.
  • Promises: We'll tidy the house. We promise!
  • Predictions, what you think: I think it will be sunny tomorrow.
  • Offers: I'll carry your bag.
  • Requests: Will you close the window, please?
  • Threats: Stop it or I'll tell Mum!

Present Continuous

Arrangements – fixed plans with a day or time, the kind you write in a diary:

We are having a staff meeting next Monday.
Sue is starting an English course next summer.

Planned before? going to: I'm going to play basketball with Peter. Decided right now? will: It's cold. – I'll close the window.

Twenty-four sentences to build out of tiles. Every word is needed here - the point is the word order, not the choice of tense.

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