LECCIÓN 138: BE GOING TO

AFFIRMATIVE FORM:

SUBJECT VERB TO BE VERB (base form)

I am travel

You are study

He is play
going to
She is cook

It is rain

We are run

They are work

Examples:

I am going to study Japanese next year.

He is going to travel to Europe in 2 weeks.

INTENTIONS

We use be going to to talk about future plans and intentions. Usually the decision about
the future plans has already been made:

She’s going to be a professional dancer when she grows up.

I’m going to look for a new place to live next month.

PREDICTIONS

We use be going to to predict something that we think is certain to happen or which we

have evidence for now:

It’s going to snow again soon. (The speaker can probably see dark snow clouds.)
Look out! He’s going to break that glass.

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COMMANDS

We use be going to when we give commands or state that something is obligatory:

[parent to a child]:

You’re going to pick up all of those toys right now. This room is a mess!

GONNA (informal contexts)

Spoken English:

We use gonna /gənə/ instead of going to in informal contexts, especially in speaking and
in song lyrics. We write gonna to show how to pronounce it:

Are you gonna try and get stuff sorted as soon as you can then? (Are you going to
try and get things organised as soon as you can?)
One day I’m gonna be a star.

NEGATIVE FORM:

SUBJECT VERB TO BE VERB (base form)

I am travel
You are study
He is play
not going to
She is cook
It is rain
We are run
They are work

Examples:
It is not going to rain = It’s not going to rain.
You are not going to clean the floor = You aren’t going to clean the floor.

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INTERROGATIVE FORM:
YES / NO QUESTIONS

VERB TO BE SUBJECT VERB (base form)

Am I travel?

Are you study?

Is he play?
going to
Is she cook?

Is it rain?

Are we run?

Are they work

Examples:
Are you going to do exercise?
o Yes, I am
o No, I am not

Is she going to buy a car?

o Yes, she is
o No, she isn’t

INTERROGATIVE FORM:
INFORMATION QUESTIONS

WH WORD VERB TO BE SUBJECT VERB (BASE FORM)

Where am I travel?
going to
What are you study?

When is he play?

Why is she cook?

When is it rain?

Why are we run?

How are they work

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Examples:
Why are you going to travel to New York?
I am going to travel to New York to go shopping

When is he going to finish school?

He is going to finish school in December.

EXERCISES
Use the following words to create sentences in affirmative, negative and questions.
He / buy a car.

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They / paint the house.

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We / go to bed.
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It / rain
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She / have a bath.
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You / play the piano.

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