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what's the weather going to be like

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tomorrow

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are you going to do anything fun

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welcome back to lingonie english

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in this video

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we're going to talk about

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be going to

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to talk about future plans

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let's take a look

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tonight i'm going to make a cake

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here

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tonight is the future

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because

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right now is daytime

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so

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going to

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shows the future

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tonight

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i'm going to make a cake

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joey and i

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are going to walk

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to the store

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soon

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maybe in 5 or 10 minutes

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joey

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and i

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are going to

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walk to the store

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soon

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michelle

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is going to buy

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a train ticket

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michelle has the plan

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in the future she will

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buy a train ticket

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michelle is going to buy a train ticket

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so

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how do you make or form

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the

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be going to

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structure

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first you take the subject

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and you conjugate the verb be

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to go with it

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so

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i am

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you are

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she is

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he is

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and it is

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we are

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and

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they

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are

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then you just add

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going to

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plus the main verb

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i am going to eat

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you are going to sleep

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she is going to call

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he is going to drive

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it is going to snow

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we are going to cook

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and they are going to work

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note that it is very common to say

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gonna

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instead of

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going to

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but this is something that i text to my

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friends

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or i say when i'm talking

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sometimes i will say gonna

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at

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work but ghana is informal

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when i'm writing emails for work

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i do not write

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gonna

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we also contract the subject

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with the verb be

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so

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i am

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often becomes

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i'm

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let's listen to

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what these sentences sound like with

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contractions

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i'm gonna eat

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i'm gonna eat

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you're gonna sleep

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you're gonna sleep

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she's gonna call

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she's gonna call

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he's gonna drive

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he's gonna drive

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it's gonna snow

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it's gonna snow

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we are gonna cook

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we are gonna cook

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they're gonna work

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they're gonna work

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let's do a little practice

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i will give you a subject

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and a verb

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and you can make a sentence with

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be going to

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if you need to you can pause or stop the

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video

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for some time to

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think

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let's go

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he

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and

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sit

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he is going to sit

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or

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he's going to sit

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you can also mix these so

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he's going to sit

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or he is gonna sit

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next

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u

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and c

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you're going to see

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you are going to see

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you're gonna see

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imagine that you're making plans with a

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friend

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you might ask them

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is it going to rain tomorrow

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or is it going to be sunny

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is it going to rain tomorrow

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or is it going to be sunny

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notice that in the question form

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you say be

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plus the subject

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then

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going to and the main verb

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so is it

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going to rain tomorrow

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is it going to rain tomorrow

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that's a question

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but in the statement

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it's the other way around

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yes it is going to rain tomorrow

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let's look at some more questions

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this will

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help

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are we going to need money

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are we going to need money

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are you going to take a shower

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are you going to take a shower

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is she going to go with you

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is she going to go with you

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are you going to have time

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are you going to have time

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all right now it's your turn

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make a question with he

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and start

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using going to

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is he going to start

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or

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is he going to start

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next

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it

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and happen

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is it going to happen

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is it gonna happen

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all right let's go back to the situation

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where you're making plans with a friend

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you've asked them

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is it going to rain tomorrow

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and the answer is

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no

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no

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it's not going to rain tomorrow

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it's not going to rain tomorrow

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that's the negative form

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of be going to

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let's look at some more sentences

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james is not going to write that email

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james is not going to write that email

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we are not going to talk about it

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we are not going to talk about it

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they are not going to play today

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they are not going to play today

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so how do you make a sentence negative

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they are not going to play today

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you place not

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in between be

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and going to

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they are

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not

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going to

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play today

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they are not going to play today

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so we already know some ways to contract

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sentences

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for example

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we are going to talk

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can become

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we're

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going to talk so

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the subject plus b

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can be contracted we are

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we're

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but if you want to say

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we are not going to talk

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there are two ways you can contract this

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we already know

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we're

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not going to talk

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we've already seen we are so subject

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plus b

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but you can also

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contract

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b

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plus

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not

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so

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we

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aren't

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going to talk about it

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we aren't going to talk about it

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be careful you can only contract

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is and are

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plus not

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when you have the i form

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you cannot contract

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i'm not

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differently you can't say

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i

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or something like that there's only one

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way to contract i am not

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and it's

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i'm not

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let's look at the others

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so we'll look at the two versions in the

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u form

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so

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you aren't going to play

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and you're not going to play

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we'll just look at the contraction of b

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and not in the rest of the forms

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so

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she isn't going to play

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he isn't going to play

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and it

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isn't going to play

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we aren't going to play

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and they aren't going to play

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all right let's do one last practice

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where i give you a subject and a verb

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and you make a negative sentence with

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going to

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here we go

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we

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lose

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we are not going to lose

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or

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we're not gonna lose

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or

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we aren't gonna lose

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next we have they and fall

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they are not going to fall

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or

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they're not going to fall

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or they aren't gonna fall

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i

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go

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i am not going to go

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or

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i'm not gonna go

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remember that you cannot contract am and

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not

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so you either say

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i'm not going to go or i am not going to

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go

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now there you have it how you use be

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going to

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to express future plans in english

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to see the difference between will and

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be going to you can check out my video

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right up here

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now

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what are you going to do this weekend

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what are you not going to do this

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weekend

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