Unit 20 - The 'going to' future

Question 1

What does « I’m going to do sth » means?

Answer 1

• I have already decided to do it
• I intend to do it
• but perhaps net arranged to do it
  Example:
  Are you going to eat anything? No, I’m not hungry

Question 2

I am doing and I am going to do

* when do we use I am doing (present continuous) ?

Answer 2

• We use I am doing (present continuous) when we say what we have arranged to do
  example:
  What time are you meeting Ann this evening?

Question 3

What do we use «is going to happen » ?

Answer 3

When we say that « sth is going to happen » the situation now makes this clear. The man is walking towards the wall now, so we can see that he is going to walk into it.

example:
* Look at those black clouds! It’s going to rain.

Question 4

What does « I was going to do sth » means?

Answer 4

I intended to do it, but didn’t do it

example:
* We were going to travel by train, but then we decided to go by car instead