In English, the future tense can be formed with "going to" + infinitive, though "going to" is often shortened to "gonna" in conversation. In this video, meet some people and find out about their plans.

Here you can hear lots of examples featuring the "going to" future, with sentences starting with "I'm going to" or "I'm gonna." We meet Lance, who has no plans to wash his clothes any time soon, and a businessman who runs us rapidly through his hectic schedule.

Two partygoers discover that by amazing coincidence they have almost exactly the same plans for the year ahead. Surely it must be fate, that they have met on this special night...

Can you tell the time in English, and say whether it will be foggy or drizzling later? In part two of this video for beginners, you will learn how to tell the time, follow TV weather reports, and say what you want to do in the future.

In part 2 of this lesson, learn how to tell people what time it is, ask when things begin and end, and find out when certain events will occur.

Learn how to say what you did, how you feel, and describe some minor ailments, or “aches and pains,” that you might be suffering from.

Learn how to ask and say what you did this morning, yesterday, or on the weekend. With their humorous take on everyday life, the Side by Side team shows you how!

In this video, you'll hear people talk about the past and the present. A man recites his poem, and then we go to a commercial break, where the fictional company Presto seems to have cornered almost every market with its wonder products!

Tommy is worried that nobody came to his baseball game, but it turns out that someone in his family did go. Find out who it was, and learn how to talk about past activities in the past tense!

Elderly couple Harold and Gertrude reminisce about their first date together. Although their memories are a little hazy, they can agree that it was a very special day!

At this most special time of the year, singers Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello open their hearts and their home to wish us all a Merry Christmas with their own version of a Christmas song made famous by the great Nat King Cole. The couple vowed to donate proceeds to charity, and joked that the video had been directed by their dog, Tarzan.

Canadian country pop star Shania Twain dedicates a love song to someone special who brings the very best out of her, like no one has been able to do before.

Colombian pop singer Shakira had her first success in the US market with hits like "Whenever, Wherever" and "Underneath your Clothes." For this recent song, she teamed up with Barbadian singer Rihanna.

This heartfelt ballad from Selena Gomez is about finding oneself in the destruction of an unhealthy relationship. Within just a few weeks of its release, the song had peaked on charts around the world.

Two Scottish police officers are bamboozled by the disappearance of a crook they pursue down a blind alley, but maybe he’s closer than they think!