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BE GOING TO

When we use going in a phrase to talk about the future, the form is composed of
three elements:

the verb to be conjugated to match the subject + going + the infinitive of the main
verb

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Function
The use of going to refer to future events suggests a very strong association
with the present. The time is not important, it is later than now, but the
attitude is that the event depends on something in the present situation that
we know about. Going is mainly used to refer to our plans and intentions or to
make predictions based on present evidence. In everyday speech, going to is
often shortened to gonna, especially in American English, but it is never written
that way.

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 1  Se usa el futuro con "be going to" para expresar acciones futuras ya planeadas
(pero que no forman parte de un programa establecido).
 
I am going to buy a new house.
Voy a comprarme una casa nueva (tengo la intención de hacerlo).
 
The movie will start at 10 o'clock.
La peli empezará a las 10 (está programado).
 
 2  Con "be going to" se indica sobre todo la intención de hacer algo en un futuro
cercano o el convencimiento de que algo va a pasar (predicción).
 
It's going to be a great day.
Va a ser un día genial (tengo la certeza).

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AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

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NEGATIVE SENTENCES

Subject + present of "to be" + not + going + to v. inf. + ...

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QUESTIONS

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