a) There are many clouds. Do you see them? It ____________________. (rain) b) I checked with our professor twice. We ____________________ a test tonight! (have) c) What? Did you lose your wallet? Don’t worry. I ____________________ some money. (lend) d) I have always wanted to adopt a baby and now we ____________________ it because the process is over. (do) e) No one knows what happened. I think Sheyla ____________________ anymore. (come)
2) Go back to #1 and explain why you used will or going to.
a) _________________________________________________________ b) _________________________________________________________ c) _________________________________________________________ d) _________________________________________________________ e) _________________________________________________________
a) There are many clouds. Do you see them? It is going to rain.
b) I checked with our professor twice. We are going to have a test tonight!
c) What? Did you lose your wallet? Don’t worry. I will lend you some money.
d) I have always wanted to adopt a baby and now we are going to do it because the process is over.
e) No one knows what happened. I think Sheyla is not going to come anymore.
Explanation:
a) In sentence a), "going to" is used because there is evidence in the present that it is going to rain, as there are many clouds.
b) In sentence b), "going to" is used because the speaker has checked with the professor and knows for certain that they are going to have a test tonight.
c) In sentence c), "will" is used to express willingness to lend money, without any prior plan or evidence that the speaker will lend money.
d) In sentence d), "going to" is used to express a planned action, as the speaker has wanted to adopt a baby for a long time and now the process is over, they have decided to do it.
e) In sentence e), "not going to" is used to express a prediction that Sheyla will not come, based on the speaker's knowledge or intuition.
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a) There are many clouds. Do you see them? It is going to rain.
b) I checked with our professor twice. We are going to have a test tonight!
c) What? Did you lose your wallet? Don’t worry. I will lend you some money.
d) I have always wanted to adopt a baby and now we are going to do it because the process is over.
e) No one knows what happened. I think Sheyla is not going to come anymore.
a) In sentence a), "going to" is used because there is evidence in the present that it is going to rain, as there are many clouds.
b) In sentence b), "going to" is used because the speaker has checked with the professor and knows for certain that they are going to have a test tonight.
c) In sentence c), "will" is used to express willingness to lend money, without any prior plan or evidence that the speaker will lend money.
d) In sentence d), "going to" is used to express a planned action, as the speaker has wanted to adopt a baby for a long time and now the process is over, they have decided to do it.
e) In sentence e), "not going to" is used to express a prediction that Sheyla will not come, based on the speaker's knowledge or intuition.