Grammar Past with 'Going to'   Past with 'Going to' is used to express something that was planned or intended but didn´t happen   Affirmative     Verb Example 1 To Be I was going to be ready at 7.00 o´clock but I couldn´t find my suit anywhere 2 To Begin You were going to begin your course last week but you had to travel 3 To Catch He was going to catch the rat when the rat escaped 4 To Do She was going to do her tasks but her friends called her 5 To Draw We were going to draw you when we ran out of ink   Interrogative:     Verb Example 1 To Eat Were you going to eat when your bread fell off your hand? 2 To Get Were they going to get to the airport when they missed the taxicab? 3 To Give Was she going to give a lecture when the place ran out of power? 4 To Have Were you going to have breakfast when you realized you had no bread? 5 To Hit Was he going to hit the ball when he fell over?   Negative:     Verb Example 1 To Make Lady Anne wasn´t going to make a strawberry pie. Actually, she was going to make a strawberry cake 2 To Pay I and Mike weren´t going to pay the bills. As a matter of fact, we were going to buy cool and new stuffs 3 To Rise The supermarkets were not going to rise the prices. In fact, they were going to reduce them 4 To Say The lecturers weren´t going to say anything. In reality,  they were expecting the audience to ask them questions 5 To Sell George was not going to sell his car. Actually, he was going to donate it to charity since he´s a benevolent man     Practice:     Affirmative     Verb   1 To Meet ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 To Sing ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 To Sleep ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 To Speak ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 To Swim ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________         Interrogative   1 To Come ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 To Find ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 To Run ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 To See ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 To Send ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________         Negative   1 To Sit ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 To Spend ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 To Teach ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 To Throw ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 To Wear ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________     Globalized English School English in English   2009 - 2010 Globalized English School  - All rights reserved