"Year One" movie clip - "to be going to"
Read the sentences that were taken from or made about the segment from the movie Year One. Decide the reason the structure to be going to is used and write it in the parentheses. Answer keys follow.
A. To refer to our plans and intentions: We're going to move to London next year. (= the plan is in our minds now.)
B. To make predictions based on present evidence: Look at those clouds - it's going to pour with rain! (= It's clear from what I can see now.)
1. I'm going to change my head. ( )
2. I'm going to eat the forbidden fruit. ( )
3. Eating a fruit is not going to change your entire life. ( )
4. He's going to ask some questions to test if his friend got more intelligent. ( )
5. The snake is going to constrict him. ( )
6. The snake is going to eat him. ( )
7. I'm going to eat more fruit. ( )Answer keys:
1.A 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.B 7.A