GOING TO--

FUTURE
 GOING TO--
FUTURE

Going to is not a tense.

It is a special expression
to talk about the future.
• It is used with expressions
such as:
• - tomorrow
• - tonight
• - next week/month/year
• - in a few hours/days
• - by next week, etc.
•Structure of Going to

•The structure is:

subject + be (am-is-are) +
going to + verb (infinitive)
EXAMPLES
• I am going to sing at the party.

• She is going to sing at the party.

• He is going to sing at the party. Singular
• It is going to rain.

• You are going to sing at the party.

• We are going to sing at the party. Plural
• They are going to sing at the party.
Negative sentences structure of
Going to
• THE STRUCTURE IS:

subject + be (am-is-are) + not + going

to + verb (infinitive)
• EXAMPLES:

• I am not going to sing at the party.

• She is not going to sing at the party.

• You are not going to sing at the party.

• Exercise I / (going to)
• Write positive sentences in going to future.
• I / work/at the office—I am going to work at the office.
• you / dance/salsa_You are going to dance salsa.
• it / rain / today _It is going to rain today.
• they / ask / a question_ They are going to ask a question.
• NOW YOU….
• he / stay /at the hotel ___________________
• we / speak / French ____________________
• I / give /some candies ___________________
• she / try /the software _________________
• they / help /at home ____________________
• he / push /the door)____________________
• (he / cook dinner / tonight)
• (you / run / in the race)
• (they / climb / that mountain)
• (she / exercise / at the gym)
• (you / carry / that heavy box)
• (computer / crash)
• (we / eat / fish / tonight)
• (he / play football / tomorrow)
• (Lucy / call / a taxi)
• (you / sing / a song / for us)
• Exercise 2. Write negative sentences in
going to future.
• (I / sell / my car) __I am not going to sell my car.
• (he / help / us) _ He is not going to help us.
• (they / study / harder) __ They are not going to
study harder
• (we / cook / dinner tonight) ______________
• (I / celebrate / my birthday this year) _______
• (she / cleaning / her room) _______________
• (they / move / house) _______________
• (she / stay / with Amy) _______________
• (they / change / their clothes) ____________
• (we / get up early / next Sunday) ___________
TRIP TO MACHU PICHU
• August 18th
• Leave Toronto
• Fly to Lima
• August 19th
• Arrive to Lima in the morning
• Fly to Cusco in the afternoon ( stay at the
hotel Monasterio)
• Visit Palacio del Almirante, Santo Domingo
Church (Cusco 3 days)
• August 23rd
• Take train to Machu Pichu
• Visit the ruins
• Return to Cusco in the evening
• August 24th
• Fly to Lima, stay at the hotel Rio
Miraflor
• Visit the Gold museum. (2 days in
Lima)
• August 26th
• Leave Lima
• Arrive in Toronto
Questions
1. When are they going to arrive in
Lima?
2. Where are they going to stay in Lima?
3. What are they going to visit in Lima?
4. How long are they going to stay?
5. When are they going to return?
6. What are they going to visit in August
24th?
7. What are they going to visit in August
23rd?