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The document discusses the present continuous and be going to tenses in English. It provides examples of how to use each tense, including their structures in positive, negative, and question forms. The present continuous is used to talk about future events that have already been planned, while be going to expresses future plans and intentions that have already been decided.

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Future (4to)

The document discusses the present continuous and be going to tenses in English. It provides examples of how to use each tense, including their structures in positive, negative, and question forms. The present continuous is used to talk about future events that have already been planned, while be going to expresses future plans and intentions that have already been decided.

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1.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EXAMPLES:

➢ Is she seeing him tomorrow?


➢ He isn't working next week.
➢ They aren't leaving until the end of next year.
➢ We are staying with friends when we get to Boston.

In English, we often use the present progressive (be + verb + ing) to talk about future
events which have already been planned. Time words in the sentence, such as next
week, next year, tomorrow, etc., make it clear that the action is not happening at this
moment.

2. BE GOING TO

We use “BE GOING TO” to talk about future plans and intentions. Usually, the decision about
the future plans has already been made.

EXAMPLE:

➢ I'm going to take my son to the zoo.


➢ They are going to go the party.

STRUCTURES:

Positive

SUBJECT + BE GOING TO + VERB (INFINITIVE) + COMPLEMENT

I am I'm going to swim at the beach.

You are You're going to swim at the beach.

He He's going to swim at the beach.

She is She's going to swim at the beach.


going to swim
It It's going to swim at the beach.

We We're going to swim at the beach.

You are You're going to swim at the beach.

They They're going to swim at the beach.


Negative:

SUBJECT + BE (NOT) GOING TO + VERB (INFINITIVE) + COMPLEMENT

am not
I I'm not going to swim at the beach.
‘m not

are not
You You aren’t going to swim at the beach.
aren’t

He He isn’t going to swim at the beach.


is not
She going to swim She isn’t going to swim at the beach.
isn’t
It It isn’t going to swim at the beach.

We We aren’t going to swim at the beach.


are not
You You aren’t going to swim at the beach.
aren’t
They They aren’t going to swim at the beach.

Question:

BE GOING TO + SUBJECT + VERB (INFINITIVE) + COMPLEMENT?

Am I Am I going to swim at the beach?

Are You Are you going to swim at the beach?

He Is he going to swim at the beach?

Is She Is she going to swim at the beach?


going to swim ?
It Is it going to swim at the beach?

We Are we going to swim at the beach?

Are You Are you going to swim at the beach?

They Are they going to swim at the beach?

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