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2 GOING TO
Going to do something. Going to do something has the same meaning as when we just use the
present continuous with a future time adverb to relate or express something about the future.

[00:00:12] I'm playing soccer tonight is the same as I'm going to play soccer tonight, but with
going to we don't even need a time reference because it's understood immediately that we are
talking about something in the future.

[00:00:24] But time adverbs are always super helpful to answer the question when especially
when exactly. So both of these, going to and just the present continuous, are very good for
talking about things we already decided to do, are planning on doing.

[00:00:38] And again this general idea of maybe being closer to the present compared to will in
the future, the future simple. Let's look a little bit more now at going to do something.

[00:00:50] How to form it.

[00:00:52] I am going to do something. He is going to play a game. She is going to play a game. It
is going to play a game. We are going to be late. You are going to be late. They are going to be
late.

[00:01:06] So as you can see it's first the subject, the conjugated form of to be in the present,
going to that never changes, and then finally the infinitive form of our main action verb.

[00:01:21] Going to in the negative.

[00:01:23] I am not goinqg to do that. He she it is not going to work properly. Also. He's She's it's
not going to work properly, and he she it isn't going to work properly. We you they are not going
to talk about it anymore. And also we you they aren't going to talk about it anymore.

[00:01:45] So the not comes before going to and can be contracted, put together with the verb
to be.

[00:01:52] Asking questions.

[00:01:53] Am I going to miss the bus? Is he she it going to yell at me for being late. Are we you
they going to get upset?

[00:02:03] So we use inversion again to ask a question with going to. So the to be verb goes to
the front and now the subject comes second, followed by going to, and finally our main verb in
the infinitive or base form.

[00:02:20] Use of going to.

[00:02:22] Like I said before, if you are going to do something you already decided at some point
in the past that you were going to do it in the future. You have the intention or desire to do
something. So you're going to do it later, you made that decision and now it's a plan. It's an
arrangement. Here are some more examples.

[00:02:41] I've just decided to do it. I'm going to fly to Russia next week.

[00:02:45] I thought about it yesterday. And you're right. I'm going to apologize for my rude
Behavior.

[00:02:50] Don't worry. We're going to finish the project before class tomorrow.

[00:02:53] Hey, Jim. Are you going to be home tonight? No, I'm not going to be home until
tomorrow morning.

[00:02:58] Predictions.

[00:02:59] We can also use going to for predictions, things we think will happen or are with
some certainty going to happen.

[00:03:07] Look at the dark clouds. There's going to be a big storm.

[00:03:10] You haven't even started working on the project. You're not going to finish in time.

[00:03:13] She shouldn't go to work if she's feeling sick. She's going to make everyone else get
sick.