How to Make Future Tense Questions in English

my name is alicia and today we are going

to talk about

how to make future tense questions

in this lesson i’m going to focus on the

question

forms of simple future tense grammar

patterns

i’m going to focus on using going to

like i just did

and will we’ll also practice using the

negative forms

especially to make confirmation so

i hope this will be a good lesson uh for

uh maybe beginner or lower intermediate

level learners

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first i’m going to show you today’s

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is our flow for today okay so

first uh we’re going to talk about yes

and no

question patterns so we’re going to

focus

in each part today in these two parts on

going to and will so this part will be

yes or no questions

part two information questions so those

who what

where when why questions and last i’m

going to talk about some tips

like how to choose will or going to and

how to use

probably as well with this grammar point

so

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about making

yes or no questions uh with going to

first of all so at the end of today’s

lesson i will review

the key points but i want to start

today’s lesson

by reminding you that we use going to

for

things we’ve decided we decided this

plan

before the conversation we are 100

sure of this plan we use will

for things we decide during the

conversation

like we make our decision in that moment

also we use it for guesses and

to talk about things we’re not one

hundred percent sure

about so i will review this later too

okay

let’s look at yes and no question

patterns yes and no question patterns

with going to

here we have is or are this is the basic

pattern to use to make a yes or no

question with going to

is or are subject

going to infinitive verb so a reminder

the infinitive verb forms are just the

basic dictionary forms

two plus the verb that’s the infinitive

form

i have is or are here

we need to choose is or are depending on

our subject so let’s look at some

examples

of this first are you

going to call him are you going to call

him

and native speed this sounds like are

you going to call him are you going to

call him

so another key point or a key

pronunciation point for today

is this going to we reduce going

to to gonna gonna and you might see

native speakers use

gonna in texts as well going to though

we use going to in a sample sentence

like this

are you going to call him or is he

going to reply is he going to reply

so according to our subject we make this

decision

is or are so if my subject is

you i use r are you

going to we do the same thing for we are

we

going to are they going to so this is a

rule

that is that depends on the subject then

is we use for he she and it subjects or

if you have another

object we use the it or sorry the is

pattern is he going to reply

i also included here negative patterns

we use negative forms of these questions

same thing down here for confirmation

so confirmation means we want to check

something in the other person we think

something

is correct and we want to check we use a

confirmation pattern to do that

that means we use this negative form

what does that mean that means this part

my is or r part at the beginning becomes

negative i add not to this

so this becomes is not she going to come

to the meeting

that’s what it really means we don’t say

that though

we don’t use that we say isn’t isn’t we

don’t use

is not actually we always use this

reduced form

isn’t she going to come to the meeting

this means

i think she’s going to come to the

meeting is that right

so we use this pattern this negative

pattern when we want to confirm we want

to check

something a glow

on facebook says when can we use gonna

is it formal or

informal basically in everyday speech we

use

gonna a lot we generally usually in

everyday speech

we try to make sounds quick and

efficient and short

so if you’re talking with your friends

if you’re talking with your co-workers

usually we use gonna i probably use

gonna

in this series most of the time unless

i’m mo

unless i want to be super super clear

when you are writing something

formal like um a business

message or something like that and you

need to be polite

you should definitely use going to

actually a good rule for that

if you’re writing something and it’s not

a text message to your friend or your

family member

it’s not a post on social media use

going to

he’s going to if you’re not sure he’s

going to

but you can use gonna in everyday life

situations

okay uh good some examples are coming in

uh tony tune says are you gonna go to

japan this week good

nice one um oh con malji has used ain’t

ant is a kind of a dialect a

way of speaking yeah ain’t you can also

use ain’t

in these patterns i won’t cover that

today but good point

uh gertrude says aren’t you going to

visit your father in the hospital

perfect good good good okay um

jermaine says are you going to the

movies today good so make sure

of course you can use just going as well

are you going to the movies today is

good uh perfect

also are you going to go to the movies

today also good

okay facebook other questions xiang says

are you going to thailand with your

friend

perfect very nice uh someone has a

statement abdul says alicia is going to

explain

the lesson maybe so good good good okay

that sounds great so let’s continue to

uh the second point then

will let’s talk about will so again we

use will for decisions we make

in the conversation yeah when we’re not

sure about something as well when we

want to make a guess

when we want to think about the far far

away future

we use will in these cases these

examples really

are about like uh decisions we make in

the moment

so the pattern here is will plus

subject plus infinitive verb

will subject verb so it’s a very basic

pattern

but we use this again

for decisions we need to make now so

this point right here because this

pattern is very easy to remember

many learners tend to use this one

a lot they use it too much they should

use

going to but they use will because this

pattern is easier i think

for example many of my students in the

past they often said

what will you do this weekend which is

not natural there’s no

communication problem but it’s not

natural

i’ll talk about those questions later

please make sure

to use this pattern for questions or for

yeah for questions you want to ask about

like some detail in the moment for

example

will you help me now will you help me

right now or will she be angry

will she be angry so we use these

this one this first one is like will you

help me

in this moment so please make a decision

now

about helping me that’s this question

not

are you going to help me are you going

to help me

sounds like you decided that before the

conversation

which is maybe not possible if just now

i decide i need help so

will she be angry is a little bit

different

will she be angry is making a guess to

imagine something in the near future and

we’re making a guess about this you

sound a little

less sure about that okay

um good ahmed says will you please focus

yeah good nice

example sentence um jack says will you

dance with me

good okay uh salma says will you come to

her house

good good good okay sounds great will

they help me

uh madrista okay he took away his

message okay

uh tyrion says will you share this food

good good good or will you share that

food as well

good good good okay that sounds great ah

rhuban says what is the difference

between will

and shall great question i made a video

about this

somewhere i think it’s in an ask alicia

episode but i can’t remember which one

so

i’ll explain quickly here will

see this this is a request right will

you help me i need something from you

or will she be angry i’m making a guess

about the future

shall is used to offer something shall i

help you like do you need something or

shall we go

no you’re making a suggestion we don’t

use these

in those ways will you is a request for

something

will she be angry that’s a that’s a

guess about the future

shall is used uh to make an offer for

something so we cannot use them

interchangeably okay great question

thanks for that

um glow again says is the same grammar

in british and american english for this

point

to the best of my knowledge yes yes the

grammar the grammar here remains the

same

okay let’s go to the negative form again

we use the negative

to make confirmation questions to check

something

so just as we practiced with going to we

use the negative form

to check our understanding for example

won’t it rain tomorrow won’t it rain

tomorrow

so we use this to check our

understanding of the weather

in this case so we cannot use uh

will it rain tomorrow if we already

think

it’s going to rain so what does that

mean this question

using the negative here uh

an example situation i’m making a plan

with my friend

my friend says let’s have a picnic and i

think

i saw the weather report i think it’s

going to rain

but i used this one won’t it rain

tomorrow

won’t it rain tomorrow to to give the

feeling that i’m

a little unsure yeah so i could say

isn’t it going to rain tomorrow i could

use this that makes the certainty level

higher that’s the difference between

those two questions so both of them are

correct

won’t it rain tomorrow and isn’t it

going to rain tomorrow

totally correct both of them won’t it

rain tomorrow sounds less sure

sean says can we use wood instead of

will in these patterns

no you can use it in uh

this one it’ll change the meaning

would you help me you can use for

requests yes

would she be angry is talking about an

un

an unreal situation in the future

it’ll change the nuance slightly

uh okay continuing to the last point

another

negative example won’t we need to go

shopping before we cook dinner

won’t we need to go shopping before we

cook dinner so

again this is like a situation you’re

making something

with someone else you’re making dinner

maybe and you think wait i think we need

to go shopping

and you confirm that wait won’t we need

to go

shopping before we cook dinner again

using the negative form

makes your question softer you could say

well we need to go shopping before

dinner

to mean like i’m not sure but this

negative pattern has that feeling of i’m

i want to check with you

so you can use the negative patterns uh

to

create um questions that are a little

more

fluent questions that are a little bit

more natural

so there’s a little more nuance to these

negative questions

fuzzile says won’t we holiday tomorrow

like won’t we have a holiday tomorrow

ah so maybe won’t we have the day off

tomorrow you could use that yeah if you

want to confirm

the next day is a holiday okay

um jesus

santini says on facebook says won’t they

come tomorrow perfect good good good you

expect someone so there’s expectation

with these confirmation questions okay

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tense questions practicing making

future tense questions today uh so

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get ready here’s what we’re talking

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now we’re going to talk about part two

information questions

so that means who what where when why

questions let’s

go okay all right let’s go

so future tense questions information

questions when we need to get some

information

more than just yes or no or confirmation

how do we do that let us practice

so let’s talk about going to first again

so let’s look at the pattern the pattern

we use for going to

is here you might see this pattern

is or our subject going to verb this is

the same

as the yes or no pattern we practiced

yeah oh so that’s pretty easy right

so to make an information question

we add a wh question at

the beginning so wh question means who

what when where why how as well how

doesn’t start with wh

but we use it in the same position so

we put this question here and we get an

information

question where are you going to go

where are you going to go or what is he

going to do

or when is the package going to arrive

at native speed these questions sound

like

where are you going to go what’s he

going to do

when’s the package going to arrive so to

return to

our point earlier about going to we make

this

gonna in everyday speech and these

where are and what is and when is

these sounds also reduce so where

r becomes wearer at least

in my american english accent it becomes

wearer where are you going to go

where are you going to go this what is

so questions with this is afterwards

these become reduced so not what is he

going to do

but what’s he gonna do what’s he gonna

do

what’s he gonna do same here when

is we make this shorter too when is

becomes

when’s when’s the package going to

arrive when’s the package going to

arrive

so we use these reductions in speech

we do not write this we don’t write

what’s

apostrophe s in formal letters in like

business emails for example alvin says

can we use does it rain tomorrow no that

is incorrect

you can use will it rain tomorrow or is

it going to rain tomorrow

depending on the situation okay

onward okay let’s compare this

to will to will so again

to make our information question with

will we use will

we have this pattern will subject verb

same as the yes or no pattern we

practiced in the beginning

yeah this part wh question

comes at the front of the question

so let’s read these examples and then

i’ll share

some tips about using will because

questions with will

as i said are tricky learners tend to

use will

too much you should use going to so

for example what will you do if the

weather is bad tomorrow

what will you do if the weather is bad

tomorrow and

where will you put this artwork if you

buy it

where will you put this artwork if you

buy it so you’ll notice

these two questions i included an if

an if part here if you buy it or if the

weather is bad tomorrow

we use will in these questions

again when we watch the other person or

we expect

the other person to make a decision in

that moment so what will you do if the

weather is bad tomorrow

means i don’t expect you to already know

we’re just imagining so please decide

now

that’s the idea same thing here i’m

shopping

i find some cool art and i think i want

to buy it

someone says where will you put this

artwork if you buy it

so meaning decide now or explain

now going to

is for things we expect were decided

before the conversation they’re

already very sure things yeah

so some people were saying like like for

example

um uh the question sean mehandi on

youtube just wrote what will you do

tomorrow

what will you do tomorrow so that

question

is typically what are you going to do

tomorrow

when you talk to your co-worker so this

is a point i hope everybody

takes from today’s lesson when you talk

to your co-worker you talk to your

friend whatever

about your weekend don’t say what will

you do this weekend

like to ask about their plans when you

want to ask about someone’s

plans they decided before the

conversation

use what are you going to do this

weekend what are you going to do

tomorrow

you’re asking about something that was

decided before the conversation

if you use will it sounds unnatural

so please that’s one huge point i always

hope

everybody takes from going to and will

lessen that is a

very common uh expression i hear that is

very

unnatural okay um

yeah some examples are coming in what

are you going to do good where are you

going to

go shopping today tedros on facebook

where are you going to go

shopping today um

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says what shall we do tomorrow if the

weather is bad tomorrow okay

that works too you can use shell in that

way shall because you’re making like a

suggestion

last point here in part two is about

negatives

negative sentence patterns with these we

can make them

but they’re not so common

for example you might hear something

like this among

native speakers who are close friends

they might use a pattern like this

where aren’t you going on your trip to

hawaii

where aren’t you going on your trip to

hawaii so what does this mean

if for example if for example i make a

trip to hawaii i plan a trip to hawaii

and i’m going everywhere i’m going to

this island and that

that island and that big city i i’m

going to

every place in hawaii and my friend

hears this and they’re like

wow where aren’t you going

so in other words what places are you

not planning on visiting we can use this

negative pattern

but it’s not so common you might hear it

from time to time

okay some questions are coming in

what will you eat if you start a diet

maybe if you start a diet violetta on

facebook

what will you eat if you start a diet

sounds good

okay um tony says where will you put

this anime figure if your grandmother

comes oh that’s interesting

great great example okay chosen says

what are you going to do this weekend

yes

perfect please use going to in that

pattern to ask your friends about their

plans what are you going to do this

weekend okay

no any says what is the difference

between going to and will that’s the

focus of today’s lesson so please watch

today’s lesson i’ve talked about it i’m

going to review it in part three so

please continue watching

okay uh isha says what are you going to

do today

perfect great example great example okay

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information questions in part two lastly

we are going to talk about

tips should i use will should i use

going to and how do i use

probably probably is a great word

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probably a lot

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tips so i have i

have been talking about this all lesson

so in case you need another reminder

going to

and will going to and will how do i

choose should i use will should i use

going to

i never know here’s a good guide

going to you’re 100 sure

about the plan or it’s for a strong

decision

or you decided this before the

conversation

okay for will use will

when you are not 100 sure

when you want to make a guess about

something

or for things you decided during the

conversation

during the conversation okay so this is

the guide for going to and will

you can use this with today’s lesson

content

okay uh faru says

is it possible to put the word uh go

after

going to yes i’m going to go to a place

i’m going to go

away i’m going to go somewhere yes

absolutely

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okay um last point for today

is about probably probably

probably we use probably to

increase certainty in positive sentences

and to decrease certainty in negative

sentences

so certainty what is certainty this word

here certainty to decrease certainty or

increase certainty what does that mean

so that means like i want to express

not a 100 percent sure plan

like 80 so i’m probably going to

so let’s imagine a scale i’m going to

is 100 i’m probably going to

it’s like 80 90 it’s a good chance

i’ll probably is maybe around here

something like that so we use probably

with positives to talk about like um

like higher levels of something

especially with will

and when we use it in the negative we

can decrease

that feeling i probably won’t so it kind

of gives

gives you that feeling of like decreased

certainty this is

rare in questions though so we’re going

to practice using it in positives

okay let’s go two examples

because time is running out okay so

where

are you probably going to go at native

speed this sounds like where are you

probably going to go

where are you probably going to go or

will he

probably come to the meeting will he

probably come to the meeting

can use that or i have a couple examples

of negatives but these aren’t so common

it’s just to give you an idea of how we

sometimes use these

aren’t you probably going to need extra

time to finish work

i’ve used this negative here because

again we’re doing a confirmation we’re

making a confirmation question right

aren’t you probably going to need

extra time to finish work probably here

is like

softening like i think there’s a pretty

good chance i’m not sure

i don’t know same thing here

won’t he probably need help moving into

his new apartment

so i think he will need help but

i want to check so i use this negative

form

won’t he probably need help moving into

his new apartment

so we use these forms to to check but

generally we use probably we tend to use

probably a lot in

positive statements i’m probably going

to

so we have a high confidence level in

something

and when you when you want i feel like

this point

probably is really super useful with

will

in statements more than questions like

i’ll probably do something

so when you say i’ll do this like oh if

it rains tomorrow

i’ll go to the i’ll go to the movie

theater

uh if you want to increase that like

i’ll probably go to the

i’ll probably go to the movie theater

that increases that level of certainty

okay all right that is everything

randall says how do you pronounce

probably in native speech a good

question in my american english accent

probably in native speed at native speed

sounds like prolly

probably i’m probably gonna go so

probably or

probably probably we use both of those

probably

uh but when we use it as a one word

response

like uh probably sounds natural too

so i hope that helps you uh jermaine

yeah i probably won’t go out today

good good good good example um

oh no probably you’ll get corona oh no

says omar okay

um others uh irfandi has two good

comparative questions i’m going to meet

you this afternoon and i’ll probably

meet you this afternoon

good nice examples nice examples

um

says what’s the difference in

pronunciation between want and

won’t want so want if it helps you

uh with those vowel sounds want

you can imagine want is like a tall

sound

want want and you can imagine

uh won’t as like a as like a a round

sound yeah want versus won’t

want and won’t okay

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