Remember this? The summary of all sentence structures we learned?
Review the present progressive sentence structure. Make sure you remember it.
Now, it will be so much easier to understand how future sentences are built. Look:
For example:
We are going to study hard next week. אנחנו הולכים ללמוד היטב ("קשה") בשבוע הבא
They are not going to the beach next week. הם לא הולכים לשפת הים בשבוע הבא
Are the students going to work together in class? האם התלמידים הולכים לעבוד ביחד בכיתה
Where are you going to meet after school? איפה אתם הולכים להיפגש אחרי בית הספר
Who is going to help other students tomorrow? מי הולך לעזור לתלמידים האחרים מחר
There is another way to talk about the future in English.
Replace the "be+going to" with "will".
Here is what it looks like:
The main difference in sentence structure is in question sentences.
ההבדל העיקרי בין שתי צורות העתיד הוא במבנה משפטי שאלה
Here are some examples:
She will sing louder on stage. היא תשיר חזק יותר על במה
He will not disturb his friends next time. הוא לא יפריע לחבריו בפעם הבאה
Will they come over after the movie? האם הם יבואו אחרי הסרט
Where will they go after the movie? לאן הם ילכו אחרי הסרט
Who will walk me home after the movie? מי ילווה אותי הביתה אחרי הסרט
How do we know if we should use "will" or "going to"?
They are very similar (דומים). It is easy to get confused (להתבלבל). But here are some basic tips:
Before the comparison sentence let's review visually when to use the future simple:
Here is a comparison table טבלת השוואה:
We use "going to" to talk about a planned activity for future(פעילות מתוכננת לעתיד). We use it when we talk about things that we are sure are going to happen and to predict (לנבא, לצפות) things, based on knowledge. For example - if we bought flight tickets to Paris for August we may say: "We are going to travel to Paris in August".
We use "will" when we decide to do something at the time of speaking, or close to the time of speaking, and plans were not made before. We also use if for prediction (צפי, ניבוי) based on opinion or general guess (ניחוש) or history, and also for promises(הבטחות), requests(בקשות), offers(הצעות) and refusals(סירובים).
For example, if we plan to travel to Paris, but haven't yet made any arrangements we may say: "We will travel to Paris this summer".
Here is a video clip to help you better understand:
Listen for the future tense in these songs:
And here too:
EXERCISES: לתרגול אינטראטיבי
List of possible exercises on Future - http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/zeitformen.htm#will_future
More explanations and examples (in English) here: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/going_to.htm