The document provides examples and explanations of English grammar structures including: 1) The present continuous tense using affirmative, negative and interrogative forms. 2) When to use the simple present or present continuous tenses. 3) Expressing future plans using "be going to". 4) Using future time expressions like "tomorrow", "next week". 5) The pronoun "it" used with the verb "be" to talk about times, dates and weather.

1. Grammar file 8 English File 1
1 Present continuous 3 Future plans: (be) going to …
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I ’m I ’m
You / We / They ’re studying. You (etc.) ’re going to buy a car.
He / She / It ’s He (etc.) ’s
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I ’m not I ’m not
You / We / They aren’t studying. You (etc.) aren’t going to buy a car.
He / She / It isn’t He (etc.) isn’t
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Am I Am I
Are you / we / they studying? Are you (etc.) going to buy a car?
Is he / she / it Is he (etc.)
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I am. I’m not. I am. I’m not.
Yes, we are. No, we aren’t. Yes, she is. No, she isn’t.
she is. she isn’t. we are. we aren’t.
s Spelling of -ing form.
What are you going to do next weekend?
like / love / hate + (verb)-ing GRAMMAR FILE 4
I’m going to (go to) Bucharest next year.
Word order in questions
s Use (be) going to + infinitive for future plans.
Verb be Subject -ing form s With the verb go you don’t need to say go twice.
Is he q cleaning the house?
4 Future time expressions
What are they q doing?
today / tonight.
s Put the verb be before the subject in questions. this morning / afternoon /
evening.
We’re going to get married
2 Simple or continuous? tomorrow (morning, etc.).
next week / month /
Present simple Present continuous summer / year.
My sister works in a bank. Today she’s working at s Time expressions can go at the beginning or end of a
home. sentence .
I always have breakfast at 7.00. It’s 7.00 now. I’m having Past time expressions GRAMMAR FILE 7
breakfast.
5 it
s Use the present simple for things you do every
day / week / year, etc. What time is it? It’s 11.30. It’s late.
It’s 12th January. It’s Friday. It’s my birthday.
s Use the present continuous for things you are doing It’s hot today. It rained yesterday.
now.
s Use it for times, dates, and weather.
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2. Grammar check 8 English File I
1 Present continuous What are they doing? Complete the sentences
and questions. Use the verbs.
check in fly (x 2) talk (x 3) cry (x 2) cut
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He’s checking in at the airport. on the phone. .
Where 2 to? Who 5 to? Why 8 ?
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to Hawaii. to her bank Because
manager. onions.
2 Present simple or present continuous? 4 Future time expressions Match the sentence
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Choose the correct tense. halves.
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1 a Do you read 1 Are you going to study at d
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this exercise now?
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b Are you reading
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2 He’s going to South America next
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2 a They don’t watch
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TV very often. 3 Are we going to the cinema
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b They aren’t watching
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4 She isn’t going to meet us tomorrow
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3 a I don’t look
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for a new job. 5 They aren’t going to work in
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b I’m not looking
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4 a What do you wear a the summer.
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at work?
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b evening.
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c month.
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3 a (be) going to … Complete the sentences. d the weekend?
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1 I’m going to run a marathon tomorrow. e e tonight?
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2 We get a microwave.
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5 it Complete with it + verb be (past or present).
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3 you retire soon? ?
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4 They come next summer. 1  Is it raining?
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5 he help you? ?  No, .
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2  very hot last weekend.
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6 She do her homework
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tonight. e  Yes, but
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going to be cold next week.
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3  What’s the time?
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b Write the questions. Use contractions.
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 a quarter to seven.
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1 they going when married to are get ?
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When are they going to get married?  Oh, no! very late. Let’s go.
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2 is to what she the going wear wedding to ?
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3 what you going give to are them ?
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4 where to they going that go are after ?
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