Future simple going to

Verb tenses

1. The future simple going to

Samuel is going to play tennis this afternoon.

We are going to go bowling tonight.

2. Structure of the future simple going to

• Affirmative form
  

  In the affirmative sentences, we place the construction going to between the verb to be and the main verb in the infinitive.

  Subject	auxiliarY	Going to	verb (Infinitive)	Examples
  I	am	going to	swim	I'm going to swim at the beach.
  You	are			You're going to swim at the beach.
  He	is			He's going to swim at the beach.
  She				She's going to swim at the beach.
  It				It's going to swim at the beach.
  We	are			We're going to swim at the beach.
  You				You're going to swim at the beach.
  They				They're going to swim at the beach.

  In sentences where the main verb is go, this is usually omitted to avoid verb repetition.
  

  I am going to ( go to) school next week.
• Negative form
  

  In negative sentences, the construction going to is placed between the verb to be in negative and the main verb in the infinitive.

  Subject	auxiliarY	Going to	verb (Infinitive)	Examples
  I	am not 'm not	going to	swim	I'm not going to swim at the beach.
  You	are not aren't			You're not going to swim at the beach.
  He	is not isn't			He's not going to swim at the beach.
  She				She's not going to swim at the beach.
  It				It's not going to swim at the beach.
  We	are not aren't			We're not going to swim at the beach.
  You				You're not going to swim at the beach.
  They				They're not going to swim at the beach.

• Interrogative form
  
  In interrogative sentences, the verb to be is placed first, followed by the subject, then the structure going to, and finally the main verb in the infinitive.
  

  auxiliarY	Subject	Going to	verb (Infinitive)	Examples
  Am	I	going to	swim?	Am I going to swim at the beach?
  Are	you			Are you going to swim at the beach?
  Is	he			Is he going to swim at the beach?
  	she			Is she going to swim at the beach?
  	it			Is it going to swim at the beach?
  Are	we			Are we going to swim at the beach?
  	you			Are we going to swim at the beach?
  	they			Are they going to swim at the beach?

  Interrogative sentences in future with going to, also have their own short answers.

  Adverb	Subject	auxiliarY
  Yes,	I	am
  	you	are
  	he	is
  	she
  	it
  	we	are
  	you
  	they

  Adverb	Subject	auxiliarY
  No,	I	'm not
  	you	're not aren't
  	he	's not isn't
  	she
  	it
  	we	're not aren't
  	you
  	they

  

  Are they going to (go to) their graduation party?

  Yes, they are.

  When the verb following the expression going to is the verb go, it is usually omitted to avoid repetition.

  

  Is Conrad going to buy a new car?

  No, he isn't.

3. How do we use the going to?

• Going to is used to express a person's intention to perform a certain activity in the more or less near future. The decision to perform such an activity has been made at some point in the past.
  
  

  In Summer I'm going to travel to Hawaii.
• It is also used to express the speaker's certainty that something will happen in the future, based on evidence in the present.
  
  

  Our team is not going to win.

  

  Mike is going to pass the 1st year.

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