Futuro inmediato: Going To

Estructura:

Subject + to be + going to + infinitive

USE:

We use the future with “GOING TO” to talk about plans

POSITIVE FORM

Subject Verb To be Going to Infinitive

I Am Going to dance

He / She / It Is Goiing To Study

We / You / They Are Going To Go shopping


Examples:
- Maria’s going to travel this holiday.
- They’re going to go to a very expensive restaurant.
- I’m going to come home late.

NEGATIVE FORM
Subject Verb To be + not Going to Infinitive

I Am not Going to Clean

He / She / It Is not (isn’t) Going To Cook

We / You / They Are not (aren’t) Going To travel


- I’m not going to go to the party.
- Juan isn’t going to work today.
- They aren’t going to stay at that hotel.

QUESTION FORM
Question Word Verb To Be Subject Going to Infinitive

What Am not I Going to Do?

Where Is not (isn’t) He / She / It Going To Go?

Are not (aren’t) We / You / They Going To travel?


Ejemplos:
- What are you going to do later?
- What is she going to cook?
- Are they going to attend the meeting?
- Where is Maria going to study?

Short answers are with the to be verb

- Yes, I am – Yes, you are – No, he isn’t – No, they aren’t ETC

Too and enough

 
Too
An Adverb of excess; with to + infinitive and/or for + (pro)noun

This soup is very hot, I can’t drink it.
This soup is too hot (for me) to drink.
That’s a lot of money; a book like that shouldn’t cost so much.
That’s too much money for a book like that.

Enough
Whereas too has a negative sense, enough, also with infinitive, has positive sense.
Compare:
He is too ill to need a doctor.
= He is so ill that it’s useless to send for a doctor.
He is ill enough to need a doctor.
= He is so ill that we must send for a doctor at once.

Enough comes in front of a noun and after an adjective or adverb.

Remarke these sentences, using ‘too’.
It’s very cold, we can’t go out.
This book is very difficult; I can’t read it.
She came very late; the lesson was over.
This hat is very big; he’s only a little boy.
It’s very far; we can’t walk.

Reword the following, using enough to:
You are quite clever, you understand perfectly.
You are quite old now, you ought to know better.
I am very tired, I can sleep all night.
Are you very tall? Can you reach that picture?
The fruit is ripe, we can pick it.

Possessives

 

Explain: my – mine, your – yours, etc, if necessary

All books shut.
Is this my, your, her, our, etc – paper, book, girl, etc?
Is this book, paper, hat, parcel, girl, coat, etc – mine, yours, his, theirs, etc?
Whose is this?
Mix the three above types.

Add the missing possessives:

- This doesn’t look like ….... book; it must be ……..
- Tell him not to forget ….... ticket; she mustn’t forget ..….. , either.
- ‘Tell me, isn’t that …..… old car over there?’
- ‘Oh no. it was ….... last week, but I sold it to ….... friend Maisie.’
- It was very good chocolate, but I’ve eaten all …....; can you give me a little piece of ..….. ?
- They have two of ….. houses in this street andte house on the corner is also …..
- I see that he has lost ….. pencil; perhaps you can lend him …..