Going To and the present continuous for future Future Tense Going To and the present continuous for future

Future Tense Going To Present Continuous Form: the verb to be conjugated to match the subject + going + the infinitive of the main verb. Going is mainly used to refer to our plans and intentions or to make predictions based on present evidence. In everyday speech, going to is often shortened to gonna, especially in American English, but it is never written that way. The present continuous is used to talk about arrangements for events at a time later than now. There is a suggestion that more than one person is aware of the event, and that some preparation has already happened.

Future Tense Going To Present Continuous We are going to sing at the party. Look at that car! It is going to crash into the yellow one. You're not going to play handball. Are you going to read that book? I'm meeting Jim at the airport. We're having a staff meeting next Monday. Is she seeing him tomorrow? They aren't leaving until the end of next year.

Future Tense They (eat) _________ stew. I (wear) ____________blue shoes tonight. We (not / help) ____________ you. Jack (not / walk) _____________ home. (cook / you) ___________dinner? Sue (share / not) ___________her biscuits. He (have) ____________ an operation next week. Mr Pitt has just phoned to say that he (not come) __________ back till Wednesday night.

Future Tense Mike: "Hey Nick, what (you / to do / ?) after school today?" Nick: "Well, first, I (to meet) Karen at the train station at 4:30 p.m.. After that, we (to eat) with her parents at 7 p.m.." Mike: "Wow, it sounds like you have a busy evening ahead of you!" Nick: "How about you?" Mike: "Oh, after school, I (to walk) home and then I (to do) my homework. I haven't made any arrangements so I'll see what I feel like doing." Nick: "Well, I'm really excited, because I (to tell) Karen that we (to fly) to Jamaica in December! I bought the tickets yesterday! Everything is arranged. We (to land) in Kingston, and we (to stay) at a hotel right on the beach. It (to be) amazing!