Advanced Language Practice
Advanced Language Practice
Advanced Language Practice
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<strong>Advanced</strong> <strong>Language</strong> <strong>Practice</strong><br />
3 Be going to describes intentions or plans. At the moment of speaking the plans<br />
have already been made.<br />
I’m going to wait here until Carol gets back.<br />
Going to is also used to describe an event whose cause is present or evident.<br />
Look at that tree! It's going to fall.<br />
Decisions expressed with going to refer to a more distant point in the future.<br />
Other uses of will and shall are in Units 11 and 12.<br />
4 Present continuous describes fixed arrangements, especially social and travel<br />
arrangements. A time reference is usually included.<br />
5 Contrasts between going to and will may be a matter of speaker preference.<br />
The first two examples in 1 would not seem inappropriate if going to was<br />
used, possibly because the sense of the cause is present in the speaker's mind.
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