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GRAMMAR UNIT 8

MRR

GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS

▪ ▪ USE:

(BE) GOING TO is used to express FUTURE PLANS and INTENTIONS

GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS

▪ FORM▪ AFFIRMATVE SENTENCES (+)

I ‘M GOING TO VISIT ITALY

YOU ‘RE GOING TO VISIT ITALY

HE

SHE

IT‘S GOING TO VISIT ITALY

WE

YOU

THEY‘RE GOING TO VISIT ITALY

GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS

- I’M GOING TO STUDY TONIGHT

- SHE’S GOING TO HAVE A PARTY

- THEY’RE GOING TO WATCH TV AFTER SCHOOL

GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS

▪ FORM▪ NEGATIVE SENTENCES

I ‘M

NOT

GOING TO VISIT ITALY

YOU ‘RE GOING TO VISIT ITALY

HE

SHE

IT‘S GOING TO VISIT ITALY

WE

YOU

THEY

‘RE

GOING TO VISIT ITALY

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▪ The contracted forms are also possible. Moreover, they are used in spoken English and informal registers

I ‘M NOT GOING TO VISIT ITALY

YOU AREN’T GOING TO VISIT ITALY

HE

SHE

ITISN’T GOING TO VISIT ITALY

WE

YOU

THEY

AREN’T GOING TO VISIT ITALY

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▪ QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS

AM I

GOING TO VISIT ITALY?

ARE YOU GOING TO VISIT ITALY?

IS HE

SHE

IT GOING TO VISIT ITALY?

ARE WE

YOU

THEY GOING TO VISIT ITALY?

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▪ SHORT ANSWERS:NEVER USE THE CONTRACTED FORMS IN POSITIVE ANSWERS BUT USE THEM IN NEGATIVE ANSWERS

xYES, I AM NO, I’M NOTYES, YOU ARE NO, YOU AREN’TYES, HE / SHE / IT IS NO, HE / SHE / IT ISN’TYES, WE ARE NO, WE AREN’TYES, THEY ARE NO, THEY AREN’T

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▪ TIME EXPRESSIONS: WE USE THEM TO DESCRIBE FUTURE PLANS AND INTENTIONS

TOMORROW MORNING

TOMORROW AFTERNOON

NEXT WEEK

NEXT MONTH

NEXT YEAR

ON + DAY OF THE WEEK

(on Sunday, on Friday …)

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EXAMPLES:

▪ Peter is going to paint his house next Saturday

▪ Jack isn’t going to travel by plane tomorrow morning

▪ Is Frank going to visit the museum on Sunday?

Yes, he is / No, he isn’t

GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS

▪ Put the words into the correct order to make sentences:

• are / play football / we / after school / going to

• We are going to play football after school

• going to / Eduard / open / is / the window

• Eduard is going to open the window

• visit / isn’t / Scotland / Raquel / next summer/ going to

• Raquel isn’t going to visit Scotland next summer

GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS

▪ Put the words into the correct order to make sentences:

• Anna / a new T-shirt / going to / is / buy / ?

• Is Anna going to buy a new T-shirt?

• going to / Laura and Pau / music / are / listen to

• Laura and Pau are going to listen to music

• play / going to / Andrea and Africa / are / tomorrow / computer games / ?

• Are Andrea and Africa going to play computer games tomorrow?

GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS

Look at Susan’s diary for next week. Say the sentences.

MONDAY clean the bathroom

TUESDAY have lunch with John

WEDNESDAY study for the History exam

THURSDAY have dinner at a Mexican restaurant

FRIDAY meet Harry

SATURDAY play football

SUNDAY visit the Art Museum

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Example: 1. He’s going to do an incredible magic trick.

1. He / do / an incredible magic trick

2. She / jump

3. They / fly to Spain

4. I / play tennis

5. They / watch TV

6. They / visit / the Alhambra

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Imagine you are going on a school trip to London next summer. What are you going to do? Choose three things from the list, then ask and answer with a partner.

GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS

Remember:

We use (be) going to talk about plans and intentions

We can use time expressions: tomorrow, next week

We write am / is / are + going to + verb (…)

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