- •The Noun
- •Foreword предисловие
- •Авторы the article Usage of Articles
- •Bay of Bengal
- •Madagascar
- •The noun
- •Plural and singular Usage of Nouns
- •Countable and Uncountable Nouns
- •The adjective and the pronoun
- •Some, Any, No
- •Not versus No
- •Much, Many, Few, Little
- •Other, The Other, Another
- •Different Meanings and Usage of: All, Each, Either, Neither, Every, Both
- •The adjective and the adverb
- •Degrees of Comparison
- •The verb
- •The Indicative Mood
- •I. The Present Simple Tense
- •Present Simple
- •II. The Past Simple Tense
- •III The Future Simple Tense
- •The Present Progressive Tense
- •The "Going To" Form
- •II. The Past Progressive Tense
- •III. The Future Progressive Tense
- •I. The Present Perfect Tense
- •II. The Past Perfect Tense
- •III. The Future Perfect Tense
- •I. The Ptesent Perfect Progressive Tense
- •II. The Past Perfect Progressive Tense
- •III. The Future Perfect Progressive Tense
- •I. The Past Simple Passive
- •II Present Simple Passive
- •III. The Future Simple Passive
- •IV. The Present Progressive Passive
- •V. The Past Progressive Passive
- •VI. The Present Perfect Passive
- •VII. The Past Perfect Passive
- •VIII. The Future Perfect Passive
- •The Imperative Mood
- •Modal Verbs can, could
- •May, might
- •Exercise 5
- •Must, to be to, to have to
- •Should, ought to
- •Recapitulation of the modal verbs
- •Conditional Sentences
- •II type
- •III type
- •If it were not for ...
- •If it hadn’t been for ...
- •The modal verbs "could" and "might" in conditional sentences
- •Recapitulation of conditional sentences
- •The Complex Object
- •Indirect Speech
- •Modal verbs in indirect speech
- •Passive voice in indirect speech
- •Conditional sentences in indirect speech
- •Recapitulation of indirect speech
- •Troublesome Verbs
- •The Participle
- •Appendix 1 tense forms (the active voice)
- •Appendix 1 tense forms (the active voice)
- •Appendix 3 conditional sentences
The "Going To" Form
Exercise 1
Translate into Russian.
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Are you going to watch this film?
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I'm just going to make tea.
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She is going to travel round the world.
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Look at the clouds. It's going to rain!
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We are going to have a party tonight.
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Alan is driving too fast. He is going to have an accident.
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Don't think you'll get away with it. This time it's not going to be so easy!
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Well now, who's going to tell him about it?
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Pat is going to play Juliet next season.
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They say this summer is going to be very hot.
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No one's going to be the first.
12. Someone's going to get into trouble.
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Exercise 2
Are you going to do these things tomorrow?
> Pattern: get up at 6.30
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I'm not going to get up at 6.30
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I'm going to get up at 6.30
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buy a new bag;
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watch TV in the evening;
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study French;
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go for a walk in the morning;
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visit your friends;
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walk your dog;
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hoover your carpet;
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go to bed early;
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visit your relatives;
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fix something;
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change your lifestyle.
Exercise 3
Make up questions using the words given below.
> Pattern: What time/you/get up/tomorrow?
What time are you going to get up tomorrow?
1. What/you/wear/at your friend's wedding?
2. What time/he/phone you tonight?
3. Where/you/buy a new coat?
4. How long/they stay in Moscow?
5. What time/you/go to bed tomorrow?
6. Why/you/invite him?
7. Why/he/divorce his wife
8. How/you/hush it up?
9. When/he help us?
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When/you/watch this film?
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What/she/give him as a present?
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Why/they/leave?
13. Who/come to the party?
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What kind of party/it/be?
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What/you/do/to escape punishment?
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Where/he/hide?
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When/she/perform?
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Where/you/spend your summer?
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Why/you/cut him out of your will?
Exercise 4
Work in pairs. Ask your partner if he/she has done something. Your partner is to explain that he has not, but he is going to.
> Pattern: — Have you had breakfast?
— Not yet. I’m going to have it.
Exercise 5
Imagine that you have won a lot of money. Tell your groupmates what you are going to do with it. Let them ask you additional questions.
Exercise 6
Imagine that you are going to have a party. Let your groupmates ask you questions about the number of the guests, their names, the meal etc.
> Pattern: Whom are you going to invite?
Exercise 7
Ask all types of questions to the affirmative sentences in Exercise 1.
Exercise 8
Translate into English.
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В будущем году я собираюсь учить французский язык.
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Он собирается летом поехать на юг?
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Боюсь, что она расстроится. (to be upset)
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Кто собирается принять участие в конкурсе?
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Что ты собираешься надеть на вечер?
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Он собирается пригласить в гости своего двоюродного брата.
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— На ком он собирается жениться?
— Вы не знаете её.
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8. На каком семинаре вы собираетесь читать доклад?
— На семинаре по лингвистике.
9. О чем будет Ваш доклад?
10. — Что Вы собираетесь делать во время перерыва?
— Я пойду в столовую.
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У Вас ещё будет лекция?
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Что Вы собираетесь делать после занятий?
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Неужели он собирается замять это дело?
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Но вы ведь собираетесь положить этому конец, верно?
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Ты расскажешь мне хоть что-нибудь о своих приключениях?
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Но ведь мы же не собираемся начинать всё снова... Это ужасно.
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Это что, новый допрос (inquest)?