Блок 6.2

1 going to

1 Going to expresses a person’s plans and intentions.

She’s going to be a ballet dancer when she grows up.

We’re going to stay in a villa in France this summer.

2 Often there is no difference between going to and the Present Continuous to refer to a future intention.

I’m seeingPeter tonight.

I’m going to seePeter tonight.

3 We also use going to when we can see now that something is sure to happen in the future.

Careful! That glass is going to fall!

Positive and negative

I	am	(not) going to	have a break. stay at home.
He/She/It	is
We/You/They	are

Questions

When	am	I	going to	have a break? stay at home?
is	he/she/it
are	we/you/they

With the verbs to go and to come, we usually use the Present Continuous for future plans.

We’re going to Paris next week.

Joe and Tim are coming for lunch tomorrow .

Infinitive of purpose

The infinitive can express why a person does something.

I’m saving my money to buy a CD player.

(= I want to buy a CD player.)

We’re going to Paris to have a holiday.

(= we want to have a holiday)

NOT

I’m saving my money ~~for to buy~~ a CD player.

I’m saving my money ~~for buy~~ A CD player.

Prepositions

What did he do as a child? What’s on TV tonight?

He grew up in the city. What’s on atthe cinema?

I’m going to Florida in a year’s time.

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