Going to and the Present Continuous

Use the family diary to complete the sentences. You need to use going to (GT) or the Present Continuous (PC). Decide which

form to use in questions 6 and 7. Use contractions if possible.

0 On Friday, Patrick ‘s seeing a film with Jake. (PC)

1 On Tuesday, Patrick                   the car. (GT)

2 On Monday, Jane           to Helen’s house. (PC)

3 On Sunday, everyone              a DVD together. (PC)

4 On Wednesday, Dad                    the house. (GT)

5 On Thursday, Mum and Jane __              _tennis with Ann and Pat. (PC)

6 On Wednesday, Mum          yoga with Tammy.

7 On Saturday, Mum and Dad                        late.

Complete the voicemail using the best form of the verbs in brackets: going to or present continuous. Use contractions if possible.

Marika: Hi Charles, it’s Marika. I ⁰’m going to the cinema today with my cousin Katie – do you want to come with us?
Katie ¹           (come) to my house at 12.30. We ²                       (not have) lunch before we leave home because we can buy some food at the cinema.
We ³                   (take) the bus – my mum ⁴             (meet) some friends so she can’t drive us into town in our car.

We ⁵                  (see) the new Batman movie and after the film,

we ⁶                 (do) some shopping
in the shopping centre. My dad ⁷             (drive) us home at about 9 o’clock and Katy ⁸             (sleep) at my house. Text me if you want to come – I hope you can!