BE GOING TO

Future plans, future intentions, predictions.

USAGE:

• Use BE GOING TO to talk about:
  
  FUTURE PLANS:
  We are going to travel to Japan next Summer.
  
  FUTURE INTENTIONS:
  She is going to wake up very early tomorrow.
  
  PREDICTIONS (with present evidence):
  Maria isn't going to come today. She's never late.

Affirmative form

• I am going to go to the movies tomorrow.

• Sue is going to visit her parents next Saturday.

• Samuel and Marie are going to drive downtown.

Negative form

• I am not going to go to the movies tomorrow.

• Sue isn't going to visit her parents next Saturday.

• Samuel and Marie aren't going to drive downtown.

Interrogative form

• Am I going to go to the movies tomorrow?

• Is Sue going to visit her parents next Saturday?

• Are Samuel and Marie going to drive downtown?

Expressions of time:

• Tomorrow

• Tonight

• Next Saturday

• The day after tomorrow

• The next day

• Later

• In two hours

Exercise 01

Turn the sentences into the required form.

Exercise 02

Answer the questions using BE GOING TO.

Exercise 03

Write predictions, intentions or plans using the clues.

Exercise 04

Create and write the sentences required.