Patina · Grammar
Is · Is Studying · Is Going to Study
present · present continuous · going to
In Class 3 you compared two of these. Here is the third. The little verb
— am, is, are — is the same in all three, and it never
changes. What comes after it is what moves the sentence in time: nothing,
a verb-ing, or going to + a verb.
★ three ways to talk about time · ★★ how to build it · ★★★ which one is it, then choose the form · ★★★ say it later, then fix it
✂ Cut here — Answer Key
Which one is it: right now → present continuous ·
tomorrow → going to · always → present ·
next week → going to · at the moment → present continuous ·
every day → present.
Choose the form: 1 is · 2 is studying · 3 are ·
4 are teaching · 5 is · 6 is eating.
Say it later: Nadège is going to study. · They are going to teach. ·
Farid is going to eat lunch.
Fix the sentence: Nadège is studying at the moment. ·
They are going to teach. · Farid is going to eat. · He is going to read.