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Learn how to use the "going to" expression for talking about the future and practice with positive and negative sentences. Structure examples provided. Enhance your English language skills!
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GOING TO-- FUTURE Going tois not a tense. It is a special expression to talk about the future.
It is used with expressions such as: • - tomorrow • - tonight • - next week/month/year • - in a few hours/days • - bynextweek, etc.
Structure of Going to • The structure is: subject + be (am-is-are) + going to + verb(infinitive)
EXAMPLES • I am going to sing at theparty. • Sheisgoing to sing at theparty. • He isgoing to sing at theparty. Singular • Itisgoing to rain. • You are going to sing at theparty. • We are going to sing at theparty. Plural • They are going to sing at theparty.
Negativesentencesstructure of Going to • The structure is: subject + be (am-is-are) + not + going to + verb(infinitive) • EXAMPLES: • I am notgoing to sing at theparty. • Sheisnotgoing to sing at theparty. • You are notgoing to sing at theparty.
Exercise I / (going to) • Write positive sentences in going to future. • I / work/at the office____________________ • you / dance/salsa____________________ • it / rain / today ____________________ • they / ask / a question___________________ • he / stay /at the hotel ___________________ • we / speak / French ____________________ • I / give /some candies ___________________ • she / try /the software _________________ • they / help /at home ____________________ • he / push /the door)____________________
(he / cook dinner / tonight) • (you / run / in the race) • (they / climb / that mountain) • (she / exercise / at the gym) • (you / carry / that heavy box) • (computer / crash) • (we / eat / fish / tonight) • (he / play football / tomorrow) • (Lucy / call / a taxi) • (you / sing / a song / for us)
Exercise 2. Write negative sentences in going to future. • (I / sell / my car) _______________ • (he / help / us) _______________ • (they / study / harder) _______________ • (we / cook / dinner tonight) ______________ • (I / celebrate / my birthday this year) _______ • (she / cleaning / her room) _______________ • (they / move / house) _______________ • (she / stay / with Amy) _______________ • (they / change / their clothes) ____________ • (we / get up early / next Sunday) ___________
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