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 be going to

There are 10 questions in this quiz. Read the grammar explanation below.
1. Which word goes in the space?
Simon and Emma ____ going to get married.

isn’t
aren’t
don’t

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be going to
Use:
Use be going to to talk about your personal plans for the future.

I’m going to see my sister at the weekend.

Are you going to marry Paul?

Form:
1) The form of the positive and negative sentences and questions is shown below.

Positive

am / ‘m
I
going to verb (infinitive form)
you are / ‘re

he / she / it is / ‘s

we are / ‘re

they are / ‘re

Negative

‘m not
I
going to verb (infinitive form)
you aren’t OR ‘re not

he / she / it isn’t OR ‘s not

we aren’t OR ‘re not

they aren’t OR ‘re not

Questions
 I
Am
going to verb (infinitive form) ?
Are you

Is he / she / it

Are we

Are they

2) The short reply to a ‘be going to’ question is ‘Yes, I am’, ‘Yes, she is’ etc. You cannot contract these short
sentences.
Yes, he’s. => Yes, he is.

The short negative replies are:

No, I’m not.
No, you’re not / No, you aren’t.
No, he’s not / No he isn’t. No, she’s not / No she isn’t. No, it’s not / no it isn’t.
No, we’re not / No, we aren’t.
No, they’re not / No, they aren’t.

Common mistakes:

1) Some students forget to add the verb ’be’ before ‘going to’.

I going to see my friends tonight. => I’m going to see my friends tonight.

2) Some students forget to invert the subject and be in questions.

What time you are going to leave? => What time are you going to leave?

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