The difference between "will" and "to be going to"

       

The Difference between "will" and "to be going to"




As Western people, they won't be puzzled by the difference of the usefulness between "will" and "to be going to". But for people who have not English as their first language, it will be a rather big problem. Although in spoken English it won't seen clearly and most of them always ignore it.

But, if you want to know the difference of both, this article will lead you to understand the difference and the usefulness of both easily and deeply. "Will" is an auxiliary verb which is used to compose future sentences. And "to be going to" is too. Both of them have future senses. Then, how to differ them? Read and study the following explanation carefully. 

I. Will

   This auxiliary is used to compose and express future ideas.  

   Example: I will repair it tomorrow.

II. To be going to

   This pattern is used to compose and express future ideas too.

   Example: I'm going to repair it tomorrow.

See and study the following short conversation to understand and differ the difference easier and faster.

Rendy : Mom, look at my bicycle. It's broken.
Mommy : Is it? It's Okay. you can tell your father later.

a few minutes later, Rendy's father came back.

Father: Hi honey, how are you today?
Mommy : Hi, I'm fine. Honey, Rendy said if his bicycle was broken. can you fix it?
Father: Hmm sure. I will repair it later.
Mommy : Tomorrow is Saturday. When will you repair it honey?
Father: I'm going to repair it tomorrow.

From the conversation above, we can see the difference between "will" and "to be going to" as indicated with underlines. The underlined sentences as above describe the difference situation of the speaker. The first sentence "I will repair it later" is a spontaneous answer that indicated future action. Meanwhile the second sentence "I'm going to repair it tomorrow" is a repeated information of a planned action that will be done in the future time.


written by: Rohmat Hidayat, S.Pd @Batam20190129