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FCE - Grammar Practice
be going to
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Grammar
Present Continuous or be going to?
- We often use the Present Continuous to talk about the near future rather than the distant future:
I'm taking the kids to the cinema this evening. I'm getting up at 6.30 tomorrow.
- We can use be going to or the Present Continuous for more distant events:
We're going to sail / 're sailing round the world next year.
- To talk about plans, we can use the Present Continuous or be going to in the same future situations, sometimes with a slight change of emphasis (To ask about plans or arrangements we use the Future Continuous.):
I'm going to see my psychiatrist tomorrow.
(= I intend to see my psychiatrist tomorrow) I'm seeing my psychiatrist tomorrow. (= I have already arranged to see my psychiatrist tomorrow)
- If there is no plan or arrangement, we can only use be going to. This use is prediction, especially when there is evidence. The Present Continuous is not possible:
Those dark clouds mean we are going to have a storm.
You're getting a headache if you don't turn the volume down.
You're going to get a headache if you don't turn the volume down.
Present Continuous or Present
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