Simple Future with Be Going To – Grammar & Verb Tenses — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:02esl library
3. 0:07simple future with be going to
4. 0:11what are verb tenses verb tenses
5. 0:14show the time that an action takes place
6. 0:19the simple future is a verb tense
7. 0:23we use the simple future tense for
8. 0:25actions that will happen at a future
9. 0:28time
10. 0:30there are three ways to express the
11. 0:31simple future tense in english
12. 0:34we use a will and a base verb to decide
13. 0:37on a future action at that moment
14. 0:39for example i will do my homework
15. 0:42tomorrow
16. 0:45we use be going to and base verb to talk
17. 0:48about existing future plans
18. 0:50for example i'm going to clean my house
19. 0:53next weekend
20. 0:57we also use b and an ing verb to talk
21. 1:00about existing future plans
22. 1:03for example i am taking my dog for a
23. 1:05walk after class
24. 1:13the simple future with be going 2 is
25. 1:15very common
26. 1:16especially in spoken english it is
27. 1:18followed by a base verb
28. 1:22the b verb changes forms depending on
29. 1:25the subject
30. 1:38i am going to buy a new car next year
31. 1:43she is going to take her dog to the vet
32. 1:45in three days
33. 1:50the students are going to graduate two
34. 1:51weeks from now
35. 1:54[Applause]
36. 1:59a contraction is a shorter form of a
37. 2:01word
38. 2:02when we use be going to we can contract
39. 2:05the be
40. 2:06verb
41. 2:09the contraction for am is um the
42. 2:12contraction for r
43. 2:14is er the contraction for is
44. 2:17is
45. 2:21we can contract the be verb with subject
46. 2:23pronouns
47. 2:25we sometimes contract the be verb with
48. 2:27singular subject nouns
49. 2:30but not with plural nouns
50. 2:43he's going to take piano lessons next
51. 2:45month
52. 2:49we are going to order pizza for dinner
53. 2:54the students going to watch tv tonight
54. 3:02look at the picture and say or write a
55. 3:05simple future sentence with
56. 3:07be going to use the contracted form
57. 3:11for example
58. 3:14[Music]
59. 3:15[Applause]
60. 3:17you're going to graduate in three days
61. 3:21now you try
62. 3:33[Music]
63. 3:48[Music]
64. 4:03[Music]
65. 4:13[Music]
66. 4:33[Music]
67. 4:39thanks for watching
68. 4:54you