English Grammar Course Unit 5: Going to (I am going to do)

Incorrect. When you use ‘Not yet’, it means that you have still not done it and intend to do it. Therefore, it would be wrong to say ‘ I called him for lunch’.

Incorrect. When you use ‘Not yet’, it means that you have still not done it and intend to do it. Therefore it would be incorrect to say ‘I had my dinner in a little while’, since ‘I had..’ is in past tense.

Incorrect. When you use ‘Not yet’, it means that you have still not done it and intend to do it.  It is therefore incorrect to say ‘I have painted it…’ since it is the present perfect tense.

Incorrect. When you use ‘Not yet’, it means that you have still not done it and intend to do it.  It is therefore incorrect to say ‘I will not fix it…’ since ‘not yet’ is used only to express the intention of doing something. If the intention is to not do something, ‘not yet’ cannot be used.

Incorrect. ‘What did you wear?’ is in the past tense whereas the event is in the future tense.

Incorrect. Though ‘going to’ is used to talk about a future event, the use of ‘was’ makes it a past continuous tense or in other words, refers to an event from the past. But here, we are talking about the future tense.

Incorrect. Though ‘going to’ is used to talk about a future event, using  ‘were’ makes it a past continuous tense. This example will explain more. ‘You seem confused about the list of invitees. Let me help you with it. Who were you going to invite in the first place?’

Incorrect. Was going to is used to say what someone intended to do in the past (but didn’t do). Therefore this answer is incorrect since it uses I will.

Incorrect. ‘Going to’ is used to talk about a future event. So while it is correct to say ‘ She is going to get married’, it is incorrect to use it along with the next sentence which is in the past tense. This example will explain more. ‘ She is going to  get married, but she might change her mind anytime.’

Correct. Even though ‘going to’ is used to talk about a future event, in this situation it talks about a past event, in which the intention was to do something in the future.

Incorrect. ‘Going to’ is used to talk about a future event, but it should not be followed by a sentence that talks about the past. Therefore it is incorrect to say that ‘ They are going to go to Japan, but changed  their mind’.

Incorrect. ‘Going to’ is used to talk about a future event. It is also used to in the past tense with reference to an intention to do something in the future. This however, should not be followed by a sentence in the present tense. Therefore it is incorrect to say ‘ No, I was going to play tennis. But I am going to change my mind.’

Incorrect. ‘Going to’ is used to talk about a future event. But it should not be followed by a sentence that talks about the past. It is therefore incorrect to say ‘ I am going to invite her to the party. But I changed my mind’. This example will explain more: ‘ I am going to invite her to the party and I am not going to change my mind.’

Incorrect. ‘Going to’ is used to talk about a future event or when there is something about the present that indicates a future happening. In this case, Terry hasn’t prepared well and so a friend/the other person, think he might fail. The following sentence should therefore be in the future tense and not in the past tense.

Incorrect. ‘Going to’ is used to talk about a future event or when there is something about the present that indicates a future happening. This should not be followed by a sentence that is in the past tense. It is therefore incorrect to say ‘ It is 8:30. Tom is leaving his house. He has to be at work at 8:45, but the trip takes 30 minutes. He was going to be late’. It should be ‘He  is going to be late.’

Incorrect. ‘Going to’ is used to talk about future events. It is also used when something in the present indicates a future event. It is therefore incorrect to say that an event should happen. Based on the present situation, you can only think or feel that something might happen. Therefore the correct sentence would be, ‘….… It is going to sink.’

Incorrect. ‘Going to’ is used to talk about future events. It is also used when something about the present indicates a future happening. It is therefore wrong to say ‘Lisa is driving. There is very little gas left in the tank. The nearest gas station is a long way from here. The car ran out of gas.’ It should be ‘ The car is going to run  out of gas.’