Spoken English

Use of It’s gonna be + (adjective) & It looks like + (noun); Day: 37

It’s gonna be + (adjective)

You’re informing someone what something is going to be like. This could be something you are going to do, see or feel.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ā§ˇ

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“It’s going to be delicious.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It’s gonna be easy.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻšāĻœ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

“It’s gonna be depressing.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļāĻžāĻœāĻ¨āĻ• āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It’s going to be exciting.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§‡āĻœāĻ¨āĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It’s going to be disgusting.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ˜ā§ƒāĻŖā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

You can also add ‘he or she’ or a person’s name to describe how they might react to something.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ ‘āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ’ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“He is going to be tough to deal with.”

“āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“He is going to be terrific at that.”

“āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“She is going to be relieved to hear that.”

“āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

“She is going to be scared after watching that movie.”

“āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

“Sally is going to be successful.”

“āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“Mike is going to be grumpy after I tell him.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‡āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

It looks like + (noun)

You could be describing how something is similar or appears to be by the way it looks.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻ°āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

Here are some examples:
āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“It looks like a balloon.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§‡āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It looks like a jellyfish.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻœā§‡āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĢāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹āĨ¤”

“It looks like a banana.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It looks like a fish.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ›ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹āĨ¤”

 

You can also use ‘it looks like’ to describe something that might be in the future.

āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ ‘āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡’ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“It looks like it’s going to rain.”

“āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻŦā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

“It looks like it’s going to be fun.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻŽāĻœāĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It looks like it’s going to be a long day.”

“āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

You can also use it to describe something in the present tense.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ“ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Here are some examples:
āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“It looks like they are leaving.”

“āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It looks like he is waving to us.”

“āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‹āĻ˛āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It looks like she is lost.”

“āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It looks like they are racing.”

“āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĻā§ŒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”