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Program 5: Intentions & Evidence: Future Tense with "Going To"

Confidently express your pre-planned decisions and make predictions based on what you see.

Instructor: Dave
4.8 (2,145 reviews)
Beginner to Pre-Intermediate (CEFR A1-A2)

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About this course

Build on your knowledge of the future tense by mastering the "be + going to" structure. This program clarifies the crucial grammatical difference between spontaneous decisions ("will") and pre-existing plans ("going to"). You will learn how to articulate your intentions, share upcoming plans, and make precise predictions based on present evidence (e.g., "Look at those dark clouds, it's going to rain"). To enrich your conversations, you will build a diverse vocabulary of action verbs, adverbs of degree, and everyday nouns, while practicing the distinction between noun phrases and prepositional phrases. Finally, you will take a massive step toward native-like fluency by mastering four key American pronunciation rules: the informal "gonna" reduction, H-reduction, D/T flapping, and Consonant+Vowel overlapping.

What you'll learn

Students will learn the affirmative, negative, and interrogative structures of "be + going to" for future plans and evidence-based predictions. They will learn to distinguish this tense from "will," expand their vocabulary with relevant phrases, and apply advanced American connected speech techniques to sound more natural in casual conversations.

Skills you'll gain

Future Tense ("Going to") Expressing Intentions & Plans Evidence-Based Predictions "Will" vs. "Going to" Noun vs. Prepositional Phrases Connected Speech ("Gonna" H-Reduction D/T Flapping C+V Overlapping)

Syllabus

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Module 1 8 hours

The Future with "Going to"

• Discuss pre-arranged plans and intentions with certainty (e.g., "We're going to buy a new house").
• Make logical predictions about the immediate future based on visible, present evidence.
• Understand when to use "going to" (planned) instead of "will" (spontaneous).
• Formulate correct Yes/No and Information (Wh-) questions to ask others about their plans.
• Accurately use noun phrases (e.g., "the airport") and prepositional phrases (e.g., "at the airport") to establish context.
• Speak fluidly using natural American reductions and linkages, such as changing "going to" into "gonna," dropping the "H" in object pronouns, and overlapping consonant-to-vowel sounds (e.g., "have a").

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  • Beginner to Pre-Intermediate (CEFR A1-A2) Level

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  • 4 weeks to complete

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