Be going to

"be going to"

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We use "be going to" to talk about future plans or intentions

Keywords

tomorrow/tonight

this afternoon

in a week/month/year

on Monday

next week/month/ year

examples

Negative

Affirmative

Interrogative

We are not going to play football next week. They are not going to drive all the way to Tom's house on Monday. My family is not going to pay for those tickets!

Are they going to go to the movies with the girls on Sunday night? Is the team going to play against them in a few days? Is the puppy going to stay with us forever?

I'm going to go on a trip next week. They are going to study for the exam this afternoon She is going to sing at the conncert tomorrow night.

Remember contractions: is + not = isn't / are + not = aren't / I + am = I'm / he or she + is = he's or she's / you, they or we + are = you're, they're, we're

REMEMBER

When there are now keywords in the sentence that have "be going to", how do we know if it is future or present continuous? "be going to" + verb = future I'm going to go to school tomorrow. be going to + noun = present continuous I'm going to school tomorrow.