Going to

"Going to" for future plans and intentions

EMPEZAR

When we can use it?

• Expressing Future Plans.
• "Going to" is often used for more immediate and certain future actions.
• "Going to" is used to express intentions or things you have decided to do.
• "Going to" can also be used to make predictions about the future based on current evidence or situations.

How to form it?

• Form:

Subject + am/is/are + going to + base form of the verb.Examples:

• I am going to travel.
• She is going to study.
• They are going to watch a movie.

Expressing Future Plans

Expressing Intentions

Making Predictions

• Look at those dark clouds. It's going to rain soon.
• She's been studying all night. She's going to ace the exam.

• He is going to start a new diet.
• We are going to exercise more regularly.

• I am going to visit my grandmother tomorrow.
• She is going to have a party next Saturday.

How to form questions?

Form: Am/Is/Are + subject + "going to" + base form of the verb + ?Examples:

• Am I going to travel?
• Is she going to attend the conference?
• Are they going to buy a new car?
• Is he going to finish his project?
• What is your friend going to study in college?
• Where are you going to travel for your next vacation?

You can add question words like: who, why, what, where, when, etc. before am/is/are.

Differences

Will

Going to

Is often used for planned and certain events. When there is evidence or a plan in place for a future event. It implies a higher level of certainty that the action will occur.

Is used for spontaneous decisions and predictions.It implies a lower level of certainty compared to "going to."