The use of „going to“Dagmar Wiesnerová

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How to use „going to“

Certain to

happen

Plannedactions

In the near future Predictions Intentions

Form: to be (I am, you are...) + going to + infinitive

Example sentencesAre you going to see a movie tonight?

No, we are going to study.

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Source: TeacherDianeESL(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTiT63K0KMo)

Staying home from school

First, listen to the conversation. After listening, try to retell the story in your own words, using as many phrases with „going to“ as possible.

Here are some tricky phrases:- play hooky

- give sb a hard time

- get caught

- cut class

- keep sb's eyes and ears open

- pick things up

- get out of it

- out of the goodness of sb's heart

- owe sb one

- You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.

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Homework

Write at least 10 thingsthat you are going to do

at the weekeng