ITII_CN_Future (going to)

Future (going to)

The idiomatic future (going to) is used to describe future events that have already been planned according to a certain context: personal, school, your community or world.

Going to is used to talk about plans for the future

Going to

The structure of the sentence is as follows:

Affirmative

Affirmative

Going to It is used to talk about concrete plans, when you are sure that something will happen (previous plan)

For example: Next month I am going to apply for my scholarship We are going to go the congress next Friday The manager is going to take stock of the company next month.

Note that the decision has been made before the moment of speaking

Affirmative

It is used when there are definite signs that something is going to happen (evidence)

For example: The alarm is ringing, I think it's going to shake. It's so cold! I think it is going to snow. My teacher is connecting, I think the class is going to start

Note that that people express that something is likely to happen based on the evidence or experience you have

Affirmative

It is used when something is about to happen

For example: Run ! the rain is intense, the river is going to overflow The fire spreads, the forest is going to burn There are bubbles, the water is going to boil

Negative

It is used to talk about the intention not to do something (negation)

Structure

For example: I am not going to share private information on the Internet I'm not going to mess up the lab materials I'm not going to go to the awards ceremony

Interrogative

It is used to ask about plans for the future. Questions are formed by changing the order of the subject and the verb to be, according to the following structure

Structure

For example: Are you going to make a painting for the art exhibition? Are you going to visit the museum on Sunday? Are you going to consult on the newspaper?

Affirmative

Subject

be

going to

Verb

Complement

Negative

to be

Subject

going to

Verb

not

Complement

Negative

Interrogative

to be

To be

Subject

going to

Verb

not

going to

Verb

subject

Complement

Complement