To be Going to / Present Continuous (15 April 1KGT, 17 April 1BK)

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• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Present continuous (future)

Wanneer een plan ook daadwerkelijk is afgesproken gebruiken we de present continuous.

He is having a haircut tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Wanneer je iets van plan bent maar het nog niet echt is afgesproken gebruiken we be going to + hele ww.

I am going to do my homework later.

What is the difference between:
to be going to & present continuous ?

Use the present continuous
He ...... (visit) his grandmother tonight at 8 p.m.

Use the present continuous
Sam ... (join) the tennis club, his mom already paid for it.

To be going to

I am going to + hele ww

you are going to + hele ww

he/ she/ it is going to + hele ww

they are going to + hele ww

we are going to + hele ww

Use to be going to
The weather ...(be) nice this weekend.

Use to be going to
She ... (buy) new clothes soon.

Use the present continuous
They _____ (drive) to New York to pick up their children who attended summer camp.

Use to be going to
Peter _____ (ride) his new bike in the park next year.

Use to be going to
Take your umbrella because it ____ (rain)

Use present continuous
She ______ (have) with her parents, she even cooked the meal.

Use to be going to
Mum ____ (bake) a cake tomorrow.