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GRAMMAR SUMMARY Unit 12
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12a be going to 12b Present continuous for the
future
Use
Use be going to + verb for plans for the future. tomorrow.
I’m going to make pizza on Saturday. (= This is I’m meeting my friends on Sunday morning.
my plan.) this/next weekend.
on June 8th.
Form Use the present continuous + future time
expressions to talk about the future. We are

subject am/is/ going to verb normally 100% sure.
are
I’m meeting Li at eight o’clock. (= I am 100% sure.)
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Affirmative
I ’m
You/We/They ’re going to buy a new phone.
He/She/It ’s
Negative
I ’m not
We’re flying to Rome on June 15th. (= We have
You/We/They aren’t going to buy a new phone. REMEMBER!
the plane tickets.)
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isn’t
He/She/It
We normally use a time phrase, e.g., tomorrow, with
Questions
I’m traveling to Istanbul.
Are
I’m traveling to Istanbul this summer.
phone?
Is
he/she/it
For more practice, see Exercises 3 and 4.
Short answers
am.
Yes,
No,
Yes,
are.
Present simple
aren’t.
No, I you/we/they ’m not. 12c Tense review
• routines
Yes, is.
he/she/it I get up at six o’clock.
No, isn’t.
• true things
Question words She lives in Bogotá.
What am I going to do? Present continuous
Where are we/you/they going to go? • activities in progress
When is he/she/it www.english0905.com
going to leave?
They’re reading a book.
• future (with a time phrase)
My new phone is arriving tomorrow.
be going to
• future plans
We’re going to watch a movie later.
She’s going to buy a new phone.
She isn’t going to buy a new camera. Past simple
Is she going to buy a new phone? Yes, she is. • past actions
Is she going to buy a new camera? No, she isn’t. We went for a meal in the new restaurant
What is she going to buy? A new phone. yesterday.

For more practice, see Exercises 1 and 2. For more practice, see Exercises 5 and 6.
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