1. FUTURE with Going to
� We use going to to express future actions, plans, predictions and
intentions. When we are saying what someone else has decided to do, we also
use going to.
� It is used with the following time expressions:
soon
shortly
in a few hours
tonight
tomorrow
in a few days
next weekend
next month
next year
� It is formed with the Simple Present of the verb TO BE + going to + bare infinitive of the
main verb.
☻ Build up sentences or questions from sentences:
1) I / fly / to Paris / next summer holidays
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2) Kate / meet / her friends / tonight
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3) Mr. Harris / not watch / a film / this evening
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4) Your parents / walk / in the park / in a few moments / ?
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5) We / not dance / at the disco / next Friday
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6) Lucy / bake a cake / this afternoon
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7) John and Mike / play basketball / tomorrow
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8) You / ride a bike / this weekend / ?
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9) father / work / Saturday / on / your / ?
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10) pet / Gloria’s / play/ park / the / in / ?
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2. Make these sentences negative and question:
1. Lucy and Patrick are going to meet me again.
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2. Peter is going to learn Chinese.
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3. Will Jacky marry me?
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4. Those books are going to fall!
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5. It will take long to get to the station with this traffic.
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6. Are John and Mike going to stop that noise?
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7. Are you and your parents going to fly to Scotland tomorrow?
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8. Is Margaret going to have a baby again this year?
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9. Are you going to pass today’s math test?
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10. Am I going to study another degree this year?
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