QUIZ, GOING TO

Test

Write sentences in going to future.

1. he / get up / early
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2. they / do / their best
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3. you / learn / Irish
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4. she / buy / a computer
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5. we / take / the bus
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6. she / watch / the match
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7. they / wait / in the park
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8. He / buy / bread / this afternoon
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GOING TO, EXERCISES

Exercise on Future I Simple (going to)

Put the verbs into the correct form (future I). Use going to.

1. It (rain) .
2. They (eat)  stew.
3. I (wear)  blue shoes tonight.
4. We (not / help)  you.
5. Jack (not / walk)  home.
6. (cook / you)  dinner?
7. Sue (share / not)  her biscuits.
8. (leave / they)  the house?
9. (take part / she)  in the contest?
10. I (not / spend)  my holiday abroad this year.

GOING TO, EXERCISES

Exercise on Future I Simple (going to)

Write positive sentences in going to future.

1. I / work - 
2. you / dance - 
3. it / rain - 
4. they / ask - 
5. he / stays - 
6. we / speak - 
7. I / give - 
8. she / try - 
9. they / help - 
10. he / push - 

FUTURE BE GOING TO, FOR PLANNED ACTIONS

Going to future expresses a conclusion regarding the immediate future or an action in the near future that has already been planned or prepared.

Form of going to Future

	positive	negative	question
I	I am going to speak.	I am not going to speak.	Am I going to speak?
you / we / they	You are going to speak.	You are not going to speak.	Are you going to speak?
he / she / it	He is going to speak.	He is not going to speak.	Is he going to speak?

Use of going to Future

• an action in the near future that has already been planned or prepared
  example: I am going to study harder next year.
• a conclusion regarding the immediate future
  example: The sky is absolutely dark. It is going to rain.

Signal Words

• in one year, next week, tomorrow