WILL, Used in order to express a decision taken at the moment of speaking., Used in order to talk about facts or things that can happen or not., Used in order to predict a future event with or without certainty., Used in order to make promises, requests, refusals and offers or expressing willingness., Used in order to give orders., Used in order to make invitations or polite requests., Used in order to predict a future possibility, given a certain condition., SHALL, In the past, it used to be the only form to express future both in the first person singular and first person plural. But, in modern English, ‘will’ is used for all persons., It is used to form questions with “I” - especially in British English - and “we” - both in American and British English - in order to make an offer/ a suggestion or ask for advice/ instructions., GOING TO, Used in order to express future intentions or plans already made., Used in order to make a prediction that tends to express certainty, usually based on collected evidence., Used in order to give commands or state that something is compulsory., FUTURE CONTINUOUS, It is used to show an ongoing action at a particular point or moment in the future., It has two different forms and both forms are usually used interchangeably., Used in order to describe multiple future actions happening at the same time., Used in order to describe a future action in progress to be interrupted by another., Used in order to make a prediction for an action in progress at some point in the future., The Future Simple will be used in the place of it with such verbs as “want”, “need”, “love”, “hate” and etc., also known as Stative Verbs: "Marion’s husband will need some help to pay off her debts.".

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