Talking about the future
Present simple
Timetabled events, e.g. TV programme or train departure (timetabled future)
The hair salon opens at 8 o'clock.
Present continuous
Personal arrangements (diary future)
I am getting my hair cut next week.
Going to + infinitive
Predictions (when you can see the evidence)
Look at the clouds. It's going to rain.
Decisions already made
I'm going to get my hair cut.
Will + infinitive
Predictions (based on no evidence)
I think it will rain in a few days.
Decisions made at the time of speaking (spontaneous)
I will get my hair cut.
- 1) Your arrangements for this evening.
______________________________________________________________________ - 2) Your intentions for the rest of the year.
______________________________________________________________________ - 3) Your predictions for the planet for 2050.
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Predictions can be based on evidence or no evidence.
When talking about your predictions for the planet for 2050, you can use both will-future or going-to future, depending on whether there is evidence or not.
E.g.:
I think there will be flying cars in 2050.
Scientists say that Venice is going to be flooded
by 2050. (Wissenschaftler haben Beweise dafür.)
arrangement = Vereinbarung
intention = Absicht
prediction = Vorhersage
evidence = Beweis/Hinweis
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