Use ‘will’ or ‘going to’?

@ ‘Will’ and ‘going to” are used to mark the future; however, they express different situations or activities.

Going to

          Study this situation:                                                Read in Khmer

          Mr. Sambath and Miss Thida have married for 5 years. They work so hard to save some money. Having seen this situation, one of their friends asked, “why are you working so hard?” “We are going to buy a house.” they said

          Get started:

          Have they decided to buy a house before they tell their friend?

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          (If you aren’t sure, look at the use below)

Future simple

អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

 We use will /going to/ shall to mark the future simple. However, in this lesson, I focus primarily on ‘Will’ and ‘shall’.

Past perfect continuous tense

Study this situation:                                                       អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

Yesterday, Dave and Susan went to the park to do aerobics. They did it

for an hour and they took a rest. They both sat on a bench. Then Mr. Bob came to talk to them. Seeing a lot of sweat on their body, he asked, “had you been doing exercise?” “Yes, we had been doing aerobics for an hour before you arrived” they answered.

Past Perfect Simple

 Read this situation:                                                                     អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

            Yesterday Miss. Sophea​​ went to join a friend’s birthday. Her friend, Mr. Chandara , wanted to meet her at the birthday party in that they had not met each other for a few months. Unfortunately, when Mr. Chandara got there, Miss. Sophea had left for home already.  So they both didn’t meet.

Use Past Simple or Past Continuous Tense?

                                                                                                   អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

In this lesson, you are assumed that you have known the forms of the two tenses.Also compare this lesson to the past simple and the past continuous tense.

Read this text to get to know more about the two tenses.

Well, when I was `teaching my students around 4.30 pm, my mother called me. She told me that my ailing grandmother was getting worse and worse, which made my relatives worried. In no time, I left my class to ask permission from the school director and left for my home. While I was riding home, she called me again to tell me that my grandma passed away. I found it very shocking.

past continuous tense-English grammar lesson

Read this text:                                                         អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

            Yesterday, Vuthy taught his part –time students as usual. He started at 5 and finished at 7 pm.  Thirty minutes later, when he was explaining the lesson to the students, one of his friends, Eng Tith, called to invite him to eat something. Vuthy wanted to go, but he couldn’t because he was trying to finish his lesson. However, he promised to go after class.

            The underlined sentences are called the past continuous tense.