Present Continuous и going to: случаи употребления

Present Continuous vs going to

1. Write these sentences in full, putting the verbs into the present continuous and supply the missing words where necessary.

1 I / see / them / Saturday. I'm seeing them on Saturday.

2 They / come / here / three weeks. They're coming here in three weeks.

3 I / meet / John / three o'clock.

4 What / you do / Friday night?

5 I / go / to the disco / Saturday evening.

6 We / go back / to the States / three years.

7 They / go on holiday / two days' time.

8 I / not come home / Friday.

9 You / work late / tomorrow night?

10 We / not go to school / next week.

11 He / come to see you / tomorrow.

12 Mr and Mrs Green / go away / three weeks.

13 We / have a party / Saturday.

14 I / see her again / next week.

15 You / play football / this week?

2. Write the correct form of going to and use one of these verbs to complete the sentences. Use each verb once only.

finish complain fall off be miss

die lift drive work fail

1 Look at those clouds! It_______________

2 Look at the sun! It ___________hot today.

3 Susan's not working very hard. I think she___________her exams.

4 He's very angry. He _________to the manager.

5 It's nearly four o'clock. The lesson __________soon.

6 I don't like travelling by plane. I __________there.

7 This plan is too complicated. It (not)____________

8 The President's very ill. I think he_____________

9 Watch the baby! She ________________the bed!

10 This bus is very slow. I think we__________the train.

CONTRAST

• It is often possible to use either tense:

I'm seeing them tomorrow. I'm going to see them tomorrow.

• The going to future is very common, especially in conversation.

If there is doubt about which of the two futures to use, it is better to use going to.

• With the verbs go and come, it is better to use the present continuous.

• Present continuous + time word is generally used for plans arranged for a particular time in the future.

Practice: supply the going to or present continuous future for these sentences. If two answers are possible, write them both.

1 We_______ at home tonight, (stay)

We're going to stay at home tonight./We're staying at home tonight.

2 Look at the sky. It _______ tomorrow, (rain)

Look at the sky. it's going to rain tomorrow.

3 We _______ at a restaurant tonight, (eat)

4 They _______ to Manchester tomorrow morning, (drive)

5 I _______ my teeth, have a wash, and go to bed. (brush)

6 Be careful with that plate! You_______ it! (break)

7 My parents_______ with us for the weekend, (stay)

8 Who's _______ him the news? (tell)

9 Hurry up! We _______ the train! (miss)

10 How many people _______ today? (arrive)

11 They _______ Nick at 10 o'clock tomorrow, (see)

12 I _______ to the seaside next weekend, (go)

13 Who_______ to John's party later? (come)

14 Bring your hat and gloves - it _______ cold later tonight, (get)

15 Mary _______ to Barbados next Tuesday, (fly)

16 Our friends_______ us before the concert, (meet)

17 We _______ into our new house next month, (move)