Making Going to
Here are the forms (positive, question, and negative) of making the verb going to:
Positive form of Going to | Question form of Going to | Negative form of Going to | ||||||
I | am
‘m |
going to work.
|
Am | I |
going to work? |
I | am not
‘m not |
going to work. |
He
She it |
is
‘s |
Is | he
she it |
He
She it |
is not
isn’t ‘s not |
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We
You They |
are
‘re |
Are | we
you they |
We
You They |
are not
aren’t ‘re not |
How do we use ‘Going to’?
There are three main ways to use Going to:
- When you are talking about a planned future action:
- I’m going to see a football match on Thursday.
- We aren’t going to the work party this weekend.
- When you want to talk about how something happening right now will affect the future:
- Susan is going to fail her exam as she doesn’t study hard.
- Look at the sky. It’s going to rain.
- That car is going to have an accident.
- To make neutral statements about the future:
- We are going to finish the project next week.
- My father is going to retire next year.
- I am going to work for a new company.