Basics: Going To - Plans and Predictions
This challenge contains 12 questions at easy difficulty covering Basics: Going To: Plans and Predictions. Test your knowledge with a mix of question formats!
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Complete the frantic student's observations by dragging the correct forms of "going to" into the text.
Look at those massive black clouds! It is going to pour rain any second now. Oh no, the bus doors are already closing... we are going to miss our ride and get completely soaked!
Look at those massive black clouds! It is going to pour rain any second now.
When we make a prediction based on clear present evidence (like seeing dark clouds), we use "is going to" for singular subjects like "it".
Oh no, the bus doors are already closing... we are going to miss our ride and get completely soaked!
Again, the evidence is right in front of us (the doors closing). Since the subject is "we", we use "are going to" for the prediction.
Complete the exhausted college student's weekend declaration.
"After surviving finals week, I _____ sleep for 48 hours straight!"
The correct answer is am going to.
We use "be going to" + base verb to talk about future plans and intentions. For the subject "I", the correct form of the "be" verb is "am".
Help the nervous diner complete their observation about the clumsy waiter.
"Look at how much that waiter is wobbling! He _____ drop all those pizzas."
The correct answer is is going to.
We use "be going to" to make a prediction when there is clear evidence in the present (like the waiter wobbling right now!). Because "he" is singular, we use "is going to".
Choose the correct phrase to complete the roommate's brave kitchen strategy.
"That leftovers container is a science experiment now. I _____ open it without wearing protective gloves."
The correct answer is am not going to.
To make a negative plan with "going to", we add "not" right after the "be" verb (am/is/are + not + going to + verb).
Fill in the hungry student's diary entry by dragging the right phrases to complete his plans.
I bought a gym membership today because I am going to get in the best shape of my life! However, looking at the size of that delicious triple-cheese pizza my roommate just ordered, I am not going to eat my vegetables tonight.
I bought a gym membership today because I am going to get in the best shape of my life!
"Am going to" shows a strong personal intention or plan for the future.
However, looking at the size of that delicious triple-cheese pizza my roommate just ordered, I am not going to eat my vegetables tonight.
To make a negative plan with "I", we simply add "not" after "am" to form "am not going to".
The correct answers are Watch out, that tower is going to fall! and Oh no, those pancakes are going to slide right off the plate!
We use "going to" to make predictions when there is clear physical evidence right now (like a wobbly stack of pancakes!).
"The top pancake" is singular, so it needs "is", not "are". "He is going to dropping" is incorrect because "going to" must be followed by the base form of the verb ("drop").
It is going to rain very soon. We are going to get completely soaked.
We use "going to" to make predictions when there is clear physical evidence in the present moment (like dark clouds showing that rain is about to happen).
Wait, are you going to cut your own bangs again? Please tell me you aren't going to use those blunt kitchen scissors!
To form a question with going to, invert the subject and the "to be" verb (Are you going to...?). To make it negative, add not after the "to be" verb (aren't going to...).
Tomorrow morning, I am going to clean this entire dorm room. But first, my roommate and I are going to order a giant pizza.
We use "am/is/are + going to + base verb" to talk about future plans and intentions that we have already decided on. Remember to match the "to be" verb to the subject ("I am", "my roommate and I are").
The correct answers are I am going to sleep until noon every single day. and We are going to travel to Spain in July!
When we talk about future plans or intentions, we use the structure: subject + be (am/is/are) + going to + base verb.
"I going to" is missing the "am", and "going to working" incorrectly uses an "-ing" verb instead of the base verb "work".
Help the messy roommate explain their weekend plans by dragging the correct verbs into the blanks.
I bought all these expensive cleaning supplies because I am going to scrub the entire apartment from top to bottom! But first, my friends and I are going to watch a quick five-hour movie marathon to build up our energy.
I bought all these expensive cleaning supplies because I am going to scrub the entire apartment from top to bottom!
We use "am going to" for the pronoun "I" to talk about a future plan or intention that was decided before the moment of speaking.
But first, my friends and I are going to watch a quick five-hour movie marathon to build up our energy.
"My friends and I" is a plural subject (we), so we use "are going to" to express this (very procrastinatory) plan!
The correct answers are Are we going to hide behind the sofa? and He isn't going to suspect a thing!
To form a question, put the "be" verb before the subject (Are we...). To make it negative, add "not" after the "be" verb (He isn't...).
"Is he going to arriving" is incorrect because it needs the base verb "arrive". "We not going to" is missing the "are" (We are not going to).
Future tense
English doesn't have a single dedicated future tense — it has multiple ways to talk about future time. The most common are will + bare infinitive (I'll call you), be going to + infinitive (I'm going to study), the present continuous for arrangements (I'm meeting Sam at six), and the present simple for fixed schedules (The train leaves at 8).
The choice between them isn't free — each carries a different shade of meaning. Will often signals spontaneous decisions or pure prediction; going to signals intentions formed earlier or evidence-based predictions. Picking the right form is one of the trickiest distinctions for B1+ learners.
Verb
A verb is a word that expresses an action, a state, or an occurrence — the engine of every English sentence. Most verbs have five forms: base (go), -s form (goes), past tense (went), past participle (gone), and -ing form (going). The verb be is the major exception with eight forms; modal verbs like can and must have fewer.
Verbs carry tense (when), aspect (how it unfolds), mood (the speaker's attitude), and voice (active vs passive). Mastering them is foundational — virtually every other grammar topic depends on getting verbs right.
Questions
Questions in English are typically formed by inverting the subject and an auxiliary verb: She can dance → Can she dance?. When there's no auxiliary present, English adds do-support: The milk goes in the fridge → Does the milk go in the fridge?. The same pattern handles wh-questions (Where do you live?) and negative questions (Doesn't he know?).
The trickiest variant is indirect questions — I wonder where he is, not where is he. The inversion drops because the question is embedded inside another clause. Getting this right is one of the bigger jumps from A2 to B1 fluency.
Negation
Negation in English usually places not after the auxiliary or modal verb: I am not going, She does not know, You must not go. When there's no auxiliary, you add do-support: I go → I do not go. Most combinations contract: don't, can't, won't, isn't.
The trickiest rule for many learners: double negatives are not standard English. I didn't see nothing is non-standard; the standard forms are I saw nothing or I didn't see anything. Negative words like never, nobody, nothing already carry the negation — adding not on top doubles up.
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