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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Structure of "going to + verb "

i have been asked to come up with an idea to teach the stucture "going to + verb".

I decided to use the olympics as my context, so used the sentence "he will be going to swim in the olympic pool" and "he will be going to run on the olmpic track".

This hasn't been accepted as the right structure. Do i change it to "he is going to be swimming in the olmpic pool", or do i change the concept entirely?
  

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No, that is indeed not the right structure; you seem to be confused yourself. There are several future forms in English, and two of them are 'will' and 'be going to'; hence, you cannot use both together. You can use these: He's going to swim/run -- A statement of future intention or plan He will swim/run -- A statement of future fact He will be swimming/running -- A statement of future fact with added interest on the part of the speaker He's going to be swimming/running -- A statement of future intention or plan with added interest on the part of the speaker

— Mister Micawber

  • No, that is indeed not the right structure; you seem to be confused yourself.
  • There are several future forms in English, and two of them are 'will' and 'be going to'; hence, you cannot use both together.
  • You can use these: He's going to swim/run -- A statement of future intention or plan He will swim/run -- A statement of future fact He will be swimming/running -- A statement of future fact with added interest on the part of the speaker He's going to be swimming/running -- A statement of future intention or plan with added interest on the part of the speaker
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No, that is indeed not the right structure; you seem to be confused yourself. There are several future forms in English, and two of them are 'will' and 'be going to'; hence, you cannot use both together.

You can use these:

He's going to swim/run-- A statement of future intention or plan

He will swim/run-- A statement of future fact

He will be
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Thank you, seems really simple now you've pointed it out! Much appreciated!
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Mr. M, I would have had no idea how to explain the difference between "He's going to swim" and "He's going to be swimming" -- thanks for the lesson! Your explanation of all four forms is great.
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