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Lección 138 - Be Going To - Eetv
Lección 138 - Be Going To - Eetv
AFFIRMATIVE FORM:
I am travel
He is play
going to
She is cook
It is rain
We are run
Examples:
INTENTIONS
We use be going to to talk about future plans and intentions. Usually the decision about
the future plans has already been made:
PREDICTIONS
It’s going to snow again soon. (The speaker can probably see dark snow clouds.)
Look out! He’s going to break that glass.
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COMMANDS
[parent to a child]:
You’re going to pick up all of those toys right now. This room is a mess!
Spoken English:
We use gonna /gənə/ instead of going to in informal contexts, especially in speaking and
in song lyrics. We write gonna to show how to pronounce it:
Are you gonna try and get stuff sorted as soon as you can then? (Are you going to
try and get things organised as soon as you can?)
One day I’m gonna be a star.
NEGATIVE FORM:
Examples:
It is not going to rain = It’s not going to rain.
You are not going to clean the floor = You aren’t going to clean the floor.
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INTERROGATIVE FORM:
YES / NO QUESTIONS
Am I travel?
Is he play?
going to
Is she cook?
Is it rain?
Are we run?
Examples:
Are you going to do exercise?
o Yes, I am
o No, I am not
INTERROGATIVE FORM:
INFORMATION QUESTIONS
Where am I travel?
going to
What are you study?
When is he play?
When is it rain?
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Examples:
Why are you going to travel to New York?
I am going to travel to New York to go shopping
EXERCISES
Use the following words to create sentences in affirmative, negative and questions.
He / buy a car.
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We / go to bed.
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It / rain
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She / have a bath.
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