Education Scene 1 - Language Focus

Rob and Ashlie discuss how to use ‘going to’ and ‘will’ to talk about plans and make predictions.

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Hello dear team! Task 3 point 2 "I'm sure Germany are going to win" this is the correct answer according the tast but shouldn't we say "I'm sure Germany IS going to win"? in a singular way? Germnay is one country, I'm a little confused with this sentence.

Hello Joel-0505,

Nouns which describe institutions or organisations can be used as either singular or plural. For example:

The police is... [the police as an institution]

The police are... [the police as a group of police officers]

Other examples of nouns which function like this are institutions such as the army or the navy, sports teams (as in your example - Germany), music groups, governments, charities, pressure groups, trade unions and so on.

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

Thank you very much Mr Peter! I always appreciate all your help and work. Regards!

I love the British accent, it sounds like music to me.

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