2. We are going to buy tickets for the Sudoeste Festival
Future with the 'be going to' form
This form is composed of three elements: the appropriate form of the verb 'to be' + 'going to' + the infinitive of the main verb:
Subject |
Verb to Be |
Going to |
bare infinitive | complements |
We | are | going to | buy | tickets for the Sudoeste festival |
Paco | isn't | going to | travel | to Cambodia |
Are |
you |
going to | visit | Vietnam? |
In topic 2 we will study the different uses of this tense.
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In the initial story there are three sentences using the 'be going to'
future either in the affirmative or interrogative, can you write them
in the other two forms?
- He is going to travel to Saigon.
2- We are going to buy tickets for the Sudoeste festival in Portugal.
3- Are you going to visit Vietnam?
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Watch and listen to this video about these people's plans. Pay attention to the intonation.
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You can also use the present continuous to express future as you will see in next section....