Please double-click on the English subtitles below to play the video.
00:09
Hello and welcome to the Grammar Gameshow!
0
9570
2670
00:12
I’m your host, Will!
1
12240
1860
00:14
– and where there’s a will, there’s a way!
2
14100
3080
00:17
And of course let’s not forget Leslie,
3
17180
2300
00:19
our all-knowing voice in the sky.
4
19480
2830
00:22
Hello everyone!
5
22310
2670
00:24
Tonight we’re going to ask you three questions about…
6
24980
2810
00:27
Be going to!
7
27980
1940
00:29
Those three little words that are
8
29920
2380
00:32
followed by a bare infinitive
9
32300
2100
00:34
and let us talk about the future.
10
34400
3620
00:38
OK! Now, let’s meet our contestants!
11
38400
3200
00:42
Hello, everyone. I’m Mya!
12
42380
1900
00:45
Contestant number two?
13
45120
1760
00:47
Hello, everyone. I’m Tom!
14
47160
1540
00:49
Welcome back Mya!
15
49420
1500
00:50
This is a hat-trick for you, isn’t it?
16
50920
2400
00:53
Yes. I’ve won three in a row!
17
53320
2100
00:56
And, do you like hats?
18
56400
1800
00:58
I hate them.
19
58200
1060
00:59
Good! I wonder what our prize could be.
20
59260
3760
01:03
Ok. Let’s get going and don’t forget
21
63020
2860
01:05
you can play along at home too.
22
65880
2700
01:08
Our first round is a video round.
23
68580
2820
01:11
Watch the video and try to predict what happens next.
24
71400
4340
01:19
Well, Mya, what do you think?
25
79380
2580
01:21
I think he’s going to sneeze.
26
81960
1880
01:23
And what about you, Tom?
27
83840
1840
01:25
I think he’s going to yawn.
28
85820
1740
01:27
Let’s see who was right…
29
87980
2260
01:35
Oh dear. You were both wrong.
30
95960
2640
01:38
But if you can tell me
31
98600
1720
01:40
why we should use ‘be going to’ here,
32
100320
2660
01:42
I’ll give you a point. Fastest finger first!
33
102980
3140
01:48
It’s a prediction based on something
34
108560
1780
01:50
you can see at the time.
35
110340
1480
01:52
Leslie?
36
112280
1000
01:53
Well done, Mya.
37
113520
1860
01:55
‘Be going to’ is used to make predictions about the future
38
115380
4700
02:00
based on present evidence.
39
120080
3200
02:03
Well done, Mya.
40
123280
1320
02:04
But that’s not fair…
41
124860
1100
02:05
where was the evidence that he was going to sing?
42
125960
2320
02:08
It was right there!
43
128500
1440
02:09
Let’s have a look again.
44
129940
1720
02:21
See!
45
141960
980
02:22
One point for you Mya.
46
142940
2080
02:29
On to our second question.
47
149560
1860
02:31
In what other way can ‘be going to’
48
151720
2320
02:34
be used to talk about the future?
49
154040
2720
02:39
Future plans!
50
159420
1100
02:40
‘Be going to’ can be used to talk about future plans.
51
160520
3240
02:43
For example:
52
163760
1080
02:44
I’m going to take a holiday next week.
53
164840
2560
02:47
Leslie?
54
167900
1080
02:50
Yes.
55
170000
1180
02:51
‘Be going to’ can be used to talk about future plans.
56
171180
4360
02:55
Those are things that the speaker has decided
57
175540
2900
02:58
before they talk about them.
58
178440
2520
03:00
An example would be,
59
180960
1860
03:02
‘One day, I’m going to escape from my box in the sky,
60
182820
3960
03:06
and see my family again.’
61
186780
2580
03:11
Not if I can help it, Leslie.
62
191520
2420
03:13
Well done Tom. Three points to you.
63
193940
2960
03:17
Where are you going on holiday by the way?
64
197220
2180
03:20
I’m not going on holiday. It was an example
65
200520
2740
03:23
Oh dear!
66
203360
1000
03:24
Oh no, no, no, no.
67
204700
1360
03:26
Minus three points for lying.
68
206440
2560
03:29
Everything to play for now guys.
69
209360
2560
03:32
On to our final question.
70
212060
2040
03:34
In what way can ‘be going to’ be pronounced
71
214100
2900
03:37
in connected or fluent speech?
72
217000
2760
03:44
Gonna!
73
224240
500
03:47
Oh! Gonna!
74
227020
1120
03:48
People say gonna!
75
228820
1340
03:50
For example,
76
230340
1060
03:51
I’m gonna win this game!
77
231400
1660
03:53
Oi!
78
233820
660
03:54
Calm down, Tom.
79
234740
1540
03:56
It’s not your fault she’s faster than you.
80
236280
2800
03:59
Here's a bonus question.
81
239520
1660
04:01
People say ‘gonna’, but what should they never do
82
241420
3140
04:04
except in informal circumstances?
83
244560
3500
04:11
Write it down.
84
251460
1100
04:13
Well done Mya! Two right answers!
85
253200
2680
04:15
Tell them Leslie!
86
255880
1280
04:17
Yes.
87
257520
1280
04:18
People often say ‘I’m gonna’,
88
258800
2420
04:21
‘you’re gonna’, ‘he’s gonna’
89
261220
2220
04:23
in a very informal style,
90
263440
2200
04:25
but we don’t recommend that you write it down.
91
265780
3280
04:29
Fifty-twelve points to Mya.
92
269280
3140
04:32
Well, that brings us to the end of today’s
93
272420
2220
04:34
Grammar Gameshow.
94
274640
1060
04:35
Let’s count out the points.
95
275900
1700
04:37
And the winner is…
96
277600
1640
04:39
Mya with six.
97
279240
2260
04:41
Well done! Here’s what you’ve won!
98
281500
3320
04:45
It’s a hat!
99
285540
3640
04:49
To go with your hat trick!
100
289720
1800
04:53
And you said you love hats!
101
293320
2300
04:55
No I didn’t
102
295920
1620
04:57
Tom!
103
297760
760
04:58
Bad luck, old friend.
104
298740
2040
05:01
Did you have fun?
105
301420
920
05:02
You cheated! I want to complain…
106
302640
2120
05:07
Here come the chickens!
107
307600
2260
05:09
It looks like we’ll need another contestant.
108
309860
2940
05:12
Thanks for joining us.
109
312960
1380
05:14
Say goodbye Leslie
110
314340
1300
05:16
Goodbye, Leslie
111
316240
1460
05:19
See you next time.
112
319260
1320
New videos
About this website
This site will introduce you to YouTube videos that are useful for learning English. You will see English lessons taught by top-notch teachers from around the world. Double-click on the English subtitles displayed on each video page to play the video from there. The subtitles scroll in sync with the video playback. If you have any comments or requests, please contact us using this contact form.