PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Sog+am/is /are+verb+ing
• planned or pre-arranged actions
Arrangement=accordo

Ex: I’m meeting my English friends tonight at

8:00 ( ho preso accordi, un appuntamento con
i miei amici)
I’m spending a month in England
 (ho acquistato il biglietto aereo)
To be going to
• Future intentions (things we have decided to do but we
haven’t arranged yet)
Ex: I’m going to spend a week-end in the mountains (non ho
organizzato la gita)

• Predictions
Ex: Look at those clouds. It’s going to rain (previsione
basata su segni concreti)
•
• Emphatic intentions
• Ex:I AM going to tell him the truth
• I’m going to do it

• •You’re going to do it
t

• •He’s going to do it
• Going to do it
 • /aɪm gənə
duːwɪt/ /
• /jɔː gənə duːwɪt/
• /hɪːz gənə
duːwɪt