GOING TO VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS AS FUTURE

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

Exercises on going to Future

• form of going tofuture
• positive sentences in going to future
• negative sentences in going to future
• question in going to future
• mixed exercise in going to future

Tests

• Future I Simple going to: Level 1 • Level 2 • Level 3

Comparison of future tenses: going to, will, Simple Present, Present Progressive

→ Explanation and exercises on future I simple (going to)

→ Explanation and exercises on future I simple (will)

→ Explanation and exercises on simple present

→ Explanation and exercises on present progressive

Use

Future I going to	Future I will	Simple Present	Present Progressive
decision made for the future	action in the future that cannot be influenced	action set by a time table or schedule	action already arranged for the near future
conclusion with regard to the future	assumption with regard to the future
	spontaneous decision

Exercise on going to, will, simple present and present progressive

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 2