2. Paco is going to visit Dublin
Solved exercise
Let's have a look at the following examples:
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| By Lydia Elle, C. Commons |
- You are going to visit one of the most beautiful cities in Europe.
- We are going to see the most important Dublin sites from the bus.
- I am going to tell you about all of them.
- Fortunately, it's not going to rain.
1- What form of the verb comes after 'going to'?
2- What comes before 'going to'?
Self-Assessment activity
Complete the chart with the correct form of 'going to' in the affirmative, negative and interrogative:
| AFFIRMATIVE | NEGATIVE |
INTERROGATIVE |
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I going to visit You going to visit He/she/It going to visit We going to visit You going to visit They going to visit |
I'm not going to visit You aren't going to visit He/She/It We You They |
? ? he/she/it ? ? ? ? |
You can have a look at this video as well!
Important
Learn the correct pronunciation of 'going'!
The transcription of this word would be /gəʊɪŋ/, and not /gəʊɪng/ or /gəʊɪn/.
The 'g' must not sound but the 'n' is not exactly /n/. The sound /ŋ/ is found when the 'n' comes before a 'g' or a 'k', such as in: ring, anger, thanks, and sung.
Remember 'going to' is often pronounced 'gonna' in spoken informal English.
Self-Assessment activity
Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the verb 'to be' and one of these verbs (they can go in the affirmative, negative or interrogative form):
look, buy, stay, ride, come
1. We going to our bikes tomorrow.
2. your parents going to later?
3. He is unemployed, so he going to for a job.
4. My friend Laura wants to have some fun so she going to at home.
5. I haven't got many clothes. I going to some.