Expressing the future with

"be going to + infinitive"

Forming Statements
Subject + am / is / are + going to + infinitive

I am (I'm)

sleep
SINGULAR

You are (you're) study

prepare
He is (he's) going to happen
She is (she's) graduate
It is (it's) not going to eat
retire
join
You are (you're) buy
PLURAL

We are (we're)
They are (they're)

I am going to prepare dinner in 20 minutes.

You are not going to graduate if you continue to get poor grades.
We're going to sleep for an hour before we go to the concert tonight.
My husband's going to retire at the end of the year.
They're not going to eat steak—they're vegetarians.
He is not going to study tonight. He's going to join us at the club in a couple of hours.

Forming Questions
Question word + am / is / are + subject + going to + infinitive

am I

drive
SINGULAR

Who are you

write
What travel
going to
When he eat
Where is she get
not going to
Why it manage
How have
promote
you
PLURAL

are we
they

When is she going to write her second novel?

Where are they going to travel for their honeymoon?
How am I going to manage this Zoom meeting without my assistant?
Is that cat going to eat the mouse?
Why is your mother going to drive to New York tomorrow? She should take the train.
Who isn't going to get the flu shot today? Everyone should get it.

Use: Future Planned Action

To describe an action that we have already decided or planned in the near future.

Mom, what are we going to have for dinner?

I'm going to see my best friend tomorrow. I haven't seen him in 20 years!
We're going to drive to the beach this afternoon. Would you like to join us?
When I'm in New York, I'm going to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art
My dog isn't going to be happy. He's going to see the vet this afternoon.

Use: Making Predictions

Use to guess or make a prediction about what may happen in the future based on
what is happening right now.

Look at those storm clouds. It looks like it's going to rain any minute now.
I think my son is going to propose marriage to his girlfriend this evening.
Who is going to be promoted to the new project manager position?
I think it's really going to happen. I believe my parents are going to buy me a car!
The traffic is horrible. We're not going to arrive at the airport in time for our flight.

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