English for Exams Karen Kovacs

I'm going to take a long lunch break today.
I think my boss is going to sack me
-
h e ’s called me in to see him urgently.
W e're going to move house next year.
Note that 
be going to go
is usually abbreviated to 
be going,
e.g. 
We're going
fe-ge 
to
Japan.
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Speaking for IELTS

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Unit 10
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Be going to
has another use - that of predicting something based on current evidence: 
a 
England are going to lose in the cricke t again.
b 
That w om an's going to trip.
c 
Do you think it 's going to snow? - Yes, definitely.
W hat could be the possible evidence for the predictions above?
3 
Listen to the three sentences above being spoken. In which sentence is going to 
pronounced / g a n 9 /? Native speakers very often use this weak form. It is more 
inform al than the fu ll form.
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CD2
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1 
Will + infinitive (or won't + infinitive) is used with predictions based on opinions or our 
experience, with hopes and with assumptions. Study these examples:
1 
H e 'll c a ll you when he gets there. D on't worry.
2
I hope we 'II be able to go out today - it hasn't stopped raining.
3
In the future, people w ill live fo r much longer than they do now. 
and with future events that are not yet arranged:
U I think I' 11 visit m y grandm other this weekend.
We also use 
w ill
for spontaneous offers or decisions.