1. Which word goes in the space?
Jessica and Jason ____ going to get married.
a. isn’t
b. aren’t
c. don’t
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be going to
Use:
Use be going to to talk about your personal plans for the future.
I’m going to see my sister at the weekend.
Are you going to marry Paul?
Form:
1) The form of the positive and negative sentences and questions is shown below.
2) The short reply to a ‘be going to’ question is ‘Yes, I am’, ‘Yes, she is’ etc. You cannot contract these short sentences.
Yes, he’s. => Yes, he is.
The short negative replies are:
No, I’m not.
No, you’re not / No, you aren’t.
No, he’s not / No he isn’t. No, she’s not / No she isn’t. No, it’s not / no it isn’t.
No, we’re not / No, we aren’t.
No, they’re not / No, they aren’t.
Common mistakes:
1) Some students forget to add the verb ’be’ before ‘going to’.
I going to see my friends tonight. => I’m going to see my friends tonight.
2) Some students forget to invert the subject and be in questions.
What time you are going to leave? => What time are you going to leave?