If we are not so certain about the future, we use 'will' with expressions such as 'probably', 'possibly', 'I think', 'I hope'. Use 'will' for requests. Will you help me? Will you please sit down? Will you have some cake? Use 'will' for promises. I'll do it at once. I'll phone him immediately. I'll remember this. "Going to" is future tense. 1) planned actions in the future We are going to sing at the party. They are going to fly to South Africa. 2) You are certain that it's going to happen in the future. Look at that car! It is going to crash into the yellow one.

Honestly, I'm tempted to say you can use either. If you were to ask "will you help me take out the trash?". I would have to misunderstanding if you aksed "Are you going to help me take out the trash?" Even more simply: "will you take out hte trash?" "Are you going to take out the trash?" I don't even see a difference if you are talking about literally going somewhere: "Are you going to go to the store?" "Will you go to the store?" The only difference is if you were asking about where someone was going. "Will you be going to the party this Friday?" is better than "Are you going to be going to the party this Friday?" But then you could ask "Are you going to the party this Friday?" There may be tiny nuances, such as "will" being used more often for requests, but you will not have problems if you use the two interchangeably. Change the above examples around and they sound fine: "The traffic is terrible. We will miss our flight." "Be careful! You will spill your coffee." You have to use the word "are/is" before going and "to" after going in the future, and for will, you do not use "are". "We ARE going TO miss our flight." "We WILL miss our flight." 'It IS going TO rain." "It WILL rain." They both mean the same thing.

Cuando queremos hablar de hechos futuros o las cosas que creemos que es cierto sobre el futuro, utilizaremos 'will' -The President will serve for four years. -The boss won't be very happy. Si no estamos tan seguros sobre el futuro, utilizaremos la «voluntad» con expresiones tales como "probably", "possibly ", "I think", "I hope". -I'll possibly come but I may not get back in time. -I think we'll get on well. Si esta haciendo una prediccion del futuro basada en la evidencia en la situacion actual, utilice 'going to'. -The traffic is terrible. We're going to miss our flight. -Be careful! You're going to spill your coffee. En el momento de tomando una decision, utilice 'will'. Vez que haya tomado la decision, hable de ello usando "going to". Disculpame, mi espanol no es muy bien! XD hope that helped!

"Will (verb)" means an imagined but fairly definite future. It's a prediction without evidence, but you're sure anyway, in your own mind. "Be going to (verb)" is a future predicted from observing the present. A prediction with evidence. Remember how present continuous (be going) indicates now... the destination is an event in the future.

"Going to" means surely when you are actively predicting something: (it is going to rain..." That is something that "is going" to happen. If you are speaking in the future about your future plans, your evidence doesn't matter. I'm going to the store. No one is thinking, "does he have evidence that he is going to the store." No its your intention of where you are going. You're in control of its validity. Will expresses FOUR things willingness - I will be glad to do it for you. promise - I will help you tomorrow. prediction - It will rain tomorrow. insistence - He will do as he pleases. LOGICAL Probability is expressed with might/may/could/must be Might Possibility - It might be Bill. May Factual Possibility - The road may be blocked. (it is possible that the road is blocked) Could Past theoretical possibility - The road could be blocked. (It was possible to block) Must Be Logical Conclusion - With a face like that, she must be a model.