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What is the main function of the 'be going to' future tense in English?
What is the main function of the 'be going to' future tense in English?
- To express planned actions or certain events in the future (correct)
- To describe hypothetical situations in the conditional
- To talk about habitual actions in the present
- To describe completed actions in the past
What is the correct contracted form of 'you are not going to play handball'?
What is the correct contracted form of 'you are not going to play handball'?
- You're not going to play handball (correct)
- You'reng to play handball
- You'reng not going to play handball
- You aren't going to play handball (correct)
Which of the following sentences is in the correct long form of the 'be going to' future tense?
Which of the following sentences is in the correct long form of the 'be going to' future tense?
- I am going to play handball (correct)
- I'm going to play handball
- I go to play handball
- I going to play handball
What is the purpose of the sentence 'Look at that car! It is going to crash into the yellow one'?
What is the purpose of the sentence 'Look at that car! It is going to crash into the yellow one'?
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What is the correct way to form a question in the 'be going to' future tense?
What is the correct way to form a question in the 'be going to' future tense?
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Study Notes
Use of "Be Going to" - Future Tense
Planned Actions in the Future
- Use "be going to" to express planned actions in the future, e.g. "We are going to sing at the party."
Certainty about Future Events
- Use "be going to" to express certainty about something that is going to happen in the future, e.g. "Look at that car! It is going to crash into the yellow one."
Grammar Rules
- Form: to be (am, are, is) + going to + infinitive
Examples
Affirmative Sentences
- Long forms: "I am going to play handball", "You are going to play handball"
- Contracted forms: "I'm going to play handball", "You're going to play handball"
Negative Sentences
- Long forms: "I am not going to play handball", "You are not going to play handball"
- Contracted forms: "I'm not going to play handball", "You're not going to play handball", "You aren't going to play handball"
Questions
- Long forms: not possible (e.g. no long form for "Am I going to play handball?")
- Contracted forms: "Are you going to play handball?"
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