Different Futures
Future Forms Compared
The main difference between the future with 'will', and the future with 'going to' is that the future with 'will' is used for decisions made at the moment of speaking. In other words, use 'will' to express your reaction to a situation.
Don't worry. I'll order shipping boxes from Mailbox Inc.
Don't worry. I'll lock the sales register.
I'll ask the busser to help.
The future with 'going to', on the other hand, is used to make a statement about something you have decided before the moment of speaking.
Are they going to attend the conference on special services?
Tom is going to open his own full service hotel in Nebraska next year.
Sheila isn't going to get comfortable accommodations at the conference in Chicago.
Scheduled Events in the Future
Use the present continuous to express scheduled or planned events in the near future.
Example:
Harold isn't setting up the picnic tables at noon.
When are you driving to the ten quick-stop markets in your franchise?
The customers are lining up for tickets at seven.
When are you shipping the grains next week?
Positive Form:
Subject + to be + verb + -ing + (object(s))
The customers are lining up for tickets at seven.
Negative Form:
Subject + to be + not + verb+ ing + (object(s))
The food service company isn't serving at 8 o'clock.
Question Form:
(Question Word) + to be + subject + verb + ing?
When are you shipping the grains next week?