English File 1
Grammar file 8
1 Present continuous 3 Future plans: (be) going to &
+ +
I m I m
You / We / They  re studying. You (etc.)  re going to buy a car.
He / She / It  s
He (etc.)  s
 
I  m not I  m not
You / We / They aren t studying.
You (etc.) aren t going to buy a car.
He / She / It isn t
He (etc.) isn t
?
?
Am I
Am I
Are you / we / they studying?
Are you (etc.) going to buy a car?
Is he / she / it
Is he (etc.)
'
'
I am. I m not.
I am. I m not.
Yes, we are. No, we aren t.
Yes, she is. No, she isn t.
she is. she isn t.
we are. we aren t.
Spelling of -ing form.
What are you going to do next weekend?

like / love / hate + (verb)-ing GRAMMAR FILE 4
I m going to (go to) Bucharest next year.
Word order in questions
Use (be) going to + infinitive for future plans.
Verb be Subject -ing form With the verb go you don t need to say go twice.
Is he cleaning the house?
4 Future time expressions
What are they doing?
today / tonight.
this morning / afternoon /
Put the verb be before the subject in questions.
evening.
We re going to get married
tomorrow (morning, etc.).
2 Simple or continuous?
next week / month /
summer / year.
Present simple Present continuous
My sister works in a bank. Today she s working at
Time expressions can go at the beginning or end of a
home.
sentence.

Past time expressions GRAMMAR FILE 7
I always have breakfast at 7.00. It s 7.00 now. I m having
breakfast.
5 it
Use the present simple for things you do every
What time is it? It s 11.30. It s late.
day / week / year, etc.
It s 12th January. It s Friday. It s my birthday.
Use the present continuous for things you are doing
It s hot today. It rained yesterday.
now.
Use it for times, dates, and weather.
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English File I
Grammar check 8
1 Present continuous What are they doing? Complete the sentences
and questions. Use the verbs.
check in fly (x 2) talk (x 3) cry (x 2) cut
1 2 3
1 4 7
He s checking in at the airport. on the phone. .
Where 2 to? Who 5 to? Why 8 ?
3 6
to Hawaii. to her bank Because 9
manager. onions.
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2 Present simple or present continuous? 4 Future time expressions Match the sentence
Choose the correct tense. halves.
1 a Do you read 1 Are you going to study at d
this exercise now?
b Are you reading
2 He s going to South America next
2 a They don t watch
3 Are we going to the cinema
TV very often.
b They aren t watching
4 She isn t going to meet us tomorrow
3 a I don t look
for a new job.
5 They aren t going to work in
b I m not looking
4 a What do you wear
a the summer.
at work?
b What are you wearing
b evening.
c month.
3 a (be) going to & Complete the sentences.
d the weekend?
e tonight?

1 I m going to run a marathon tomorrow.

2 We get a microwave.
5 it Complete with it + verb be (past or present).
3 you retire soon? ?
1 a Is it raining?
4 They come next summer.
b No, .
5 he help you? ?
2 a very hot last weekend.
6 She do her homework

tonight.
b Yes, but going to be cold next week.
3 a What s the time?
b Write the questions. Use contractions.
b a quarter to seven.
1 they going when married to are get ?
a Oh, no! very late. Let s go.
When are they going to get married?
2 is to what she the going wear wedding to ?
3 what you going give to are them ?
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4 where to they going that go are after ?
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