NEB Grade XI Compulsory English Note | Language Development | Unit- 5 Will and Be Going to (Part 3)

Unit:5

Grammar (Will and be going to)

B. Match the expressions with their functions.

1. A: What do you want to take?

   B: I’ll have tea, please. - Deciding

2. A: Are you free this evening?

   B: No, I’m going to meet my uncle. - Expressing a prior plan

3. The day will be lovely tomorrow. - Predicting a future action

4. There is no cloud in the sky.

   It’s going to be a lovely day. - Predicting with evidence

5. Don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone. - Promising

6. I'll take you to the movies if you like. - Offering

7. I’ll tell your parents what you did. - Threatening

C. Choose the correct answer.

a.

A: Are you busy this evening?

B: Yes, I………………the movies. (will go/am going to)

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Answer:
I am going to the movies.

b.

A: Where are you going for holiday this summer?

B: Not sure yet. Maybe I………to Ilam. (will go/am going to)

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Answer:
Maybe I will go to Ilam.

c. I think you……like this movie. (will /are going to)

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Answer:
I think you will like this movie.

d. I can’t join you at the party, I………be away for two weeks. (will /am going to)

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Answer:
I am going to be away for two weeks.

e. This exercise looks really hard. I……………help you. (will/am going to)

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Answer:
I will help you.

f.

A: Hello. Can I speak to Sima, please?

B: Just a minute. I………get her. (will/am going to)

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Answer:
I will get her.

g. Perhaps she………pass the exam. (will/is going to)

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Answer:
Perhaps she will pass the exam.

h. ‘I haven’t got my phone.’ ‘That’s OK. I………lend you mine.’ (will/am going to)

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Answer:
I will lend you mine.

D. Complete the sentences using will or be going to with the verbs.

a.

Hari: Did you call Bina?

Prem: Oh, I forgot. I…………her now. (call)

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Answer:
I will call her now.

b.

Sunita: Have you got a ticket for the play?

Hema: Yes, I…………it on Saturday. (watch)

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Answer:
I am going to watch it on Saturday.

c. ‘The alarm is ringing. It’s making an awful noise.’ ‘OK, I……it off.’ (switch)

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Answer:
I will switch it off.

d. Do you think they………the presents we got for them? (like)

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Answer:
Do you think they will like the presents we got for them?

e. ‘Lok is starting university tomorrow.’ ‘What………study?’ (he/study)

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Answer:
What is he going to study?

f. If I meet him, I………him the news. (tell)

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Answer:
I will tell him the news.

g. The phone is ringing. I………it. (answer)

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Answer:
I will answer it.

h. If you don’t stop bullying her, I……… the teacher. (tell)

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Answer:
I will tell the teacher.