Present Continuous and going to future

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Present Continuous and going to future

Present Continuous and Going to

1. The scientists are releasing the ferrets next month.

2. The company is going to release a new cookie in the future.

Question: Both are about the future.

What is different?

Present Continuous (future)

• Form: am/is/are + verb + -ing

• Use: fixed plan, already decided, timetable

• Signal words: tomorrow, next week, on Monday, at 5 pm

• Examples:

  • The scientists are releasing the ferrets in October.

  • Next Monday, the team is opening a new lab.

Going to future

Form: am/is/are + going to + verb

1. Use: intention, decision, prediction

2. Signal words: in the future, soon, later, someday

3. Examples:

   • The company is going to study moa DNA.

   • I am going to help animals when I finish school.

Which is correct for a fixed plan?

A

The scientists are going to check the pandas tomorrow.

B

The scientists are checking the pandas tomorrow.

Which is correct for an intention?

A

Next year, the team is releasing a new lab.

B

Next year, the team is going to open a new lab.

Invuloefening

1. Tomorrow the biologists are checking the cheetahs.

2. Colossal are going to try to bring back the moa.

3. We are having our English test next week.

4. I am going to become a vet when I finish school.

5. They are opening a new lab next Friday.

are checking

are going to try

are having

am going to become

are opening

are going to check

are trying

are going to have

am becoming

are going to open

Which sentence is correct for a fixed plan?

A

The scientists are going to feed the pandas tomorrow.

B

The scientists are feeding the pandas tomorrow.

Which sentence shows an intention?

A

A I am going to study biology after school.

B

I am studying biology every Monday.

Which sentence is NOT correct?

A

Next week we are visiting the Smithsonian.

B

Next week we go to the Smithsonian.

Choose the best option:

At 5 o’clock the team ___ a meeting about the red pandas.

A

are having

B

are going to have

Look at those dark clouds! It ___ rain soon.

A

is raining

B

is going to

C

rains

D

Answer D

I ___ my grandparents this Saturday. We’ve already arranged it.

A

am going to visit

B

visit

C

am visiting

D

Answer D

What are you doing after school?”
“I ___ to the cinema with Sarah. We bought the tickets yesterday.”

A

am going to go

B

am going

C

go

D

Answer D