Examples of using ‘Going to’

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
We You They	are ‘re		Are	we you they		We You They	are not aren’t ‘re not

TEST YOUR ENGLISH

How do we use ‘Going to’?

There are three main ways to use Going to:

1. 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.

 

2. 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.

 

3. 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.