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In this conjugation, the expressions I will work, and we will work, have the meaning Iam determined to work, and we are determined to work. In contrast, the expressionsyou shall work, and they shall work, for instance, have the meaning you will becompelled to work, and they will be compelled to work.See Exercise 4.The rule for expressing determination and compulsion which applies to the Simpleconjugation, also applies to the Continuous, Perfect, and Perfect Continuousconj ugations.However, particularly in American English, the use of the conjugations expressingdetermination and compulsion is beginning to be considered old· fashioned.3. The present continuous of To Go followed by an infinitiveThe Present Continuous tense of to go, followed by an infinitive, is often used to referto an event which is about to happen, or to refer to an action which someone intends tocarry out in the future.The Present Continuous tense of the verb to go is conjugated as follows:I am goingyou are goi nghe is goingshe is goingit is goi ngwe are goingthey are goingThe examples below illustrate the use of the Present Continuous tense of to go,followed by an infinitive, to refer to a future event. In each of these examples, thePresent Continuous of to go is printed in bold type, and the infinitive which follows it isunderlined.e.g. It is going to rain.I am going to write a letter tonight.They are going to study in France next year.In the first example, the use of the Present Continuous of to go followed by theinfinitive to rain indicates that it is about to rain. In the second and third examples, theuse of the Present Continuous of to go followed by the infinitives to write and to studyindicates that the actions of writing and studying are intended to be carried out in thefuture.See Exercise 5.