BE GOING TO

PAULA SOFIA CACAIZ BONILLA

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 STRUCTURE
AFFIRMATIVE
Subject + to be (am, is, are) + Going to + Verb + Complement.
For example:
I am going to be a doctor when i finish university.

NEGATIVE
Subject + to be (am not, isn’t, aren’t) + Going to + Verb + Complement.
For example:
Sara isn’t going to sing with her mother.

INTERROGATIVE
To be (am, is, are) + Subject + Going to + Verb + Complement.
For example:
Are you going to dance tonight?
REMEMBER
 WE USE BE GOING TO
1. For plans, intentions or ambitions for the future.
Example:

A) Alex is going to read the newspaper with his friends in the library.

2. For predictions based on what we can see or know, especially

when there is evidence.
Example:
B) It is going to be a cool day.

3. Actions we have already decided to do in near future.

Example:
C) My brother is going to visit us next week.
 THE TIME EXPRESSIONS
1. Tomorrow 4. Soon
2. The day after tomorrow 5. Next week / month / year /
summer
3. Tonight 6. In a week / month

For examples:

1. We are going to have dinner together tomorrow.

2. She’s going to start her new job next summer.

3. He is going to be a brilliant politician soon.