The future with " Be going to"

​Expressing the future with: BE GOING TO

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​En inglés podemos usar “be going to” para transmitir una idea de futuro. Aunque hay muchas formas de expresar ideas en futuro en inglés.

Esta estructura tiene dos funciones principalmente.

• Planes futuros que ya hemos decidido. Refleja las intenciones del hablante para el futuro, aunque no necesariamente significa que ya hayamos empezado los preparativos, o que esas cosas vayan a suceder de verdad:

  • When I'm older, I'm going to be an astronaut! 

  • In two years' time, I'm going to move to Madrid

  • Next weekend I'm going to sleep until really late! 

• Predicciones en base a lo que vemos en el presente:

  • If she's not careful she's going to knock that glass over 

  • It's very cold outside - I think it's going to snow 

  • Clare's birthday party is going to be great - she was showing me the restaurant online

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​​Rules with this structure

​Affirmative: Subject+be+going to+Verb+Complements​

Negative: ​Subject+be+NOT+ going to+Verb+Complements​

Interrogative: Be+subject+going to +Verb+Complements​

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​Affirmative	​Negative	​Interrogative
​I am going to go to the beach this weekend She is going to have pasta for dinner Is going to rain tomorrow	​I am not going to go the beach this weekend She isn't going to have pasta for dinner tomorrow it is not going to rain	​am I going to go to the beach this weekend? Is she going to have pasta for dinner? Is it going to rain tomorrow?

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The future with "going to" is used to express events you have already planned in the future and your intentions for the future. We sometimes also use the present continuous for planned events in the near future.

Examples:

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• She's going to attend university and study to become a doctor.

• We're going to make the presentation next week.

​let`s see how well you express the future!

Multiple Choice

Are you ____ move to another apartment?

• going to

• be going to

• go to

Multiple Choice

- What are you ____ do on vacations?

- I ____ going to visit my grandma.

• going / am

• going to / am

• going to / are

Multiple Choice

My family and I ____ to travel next summer, we are going to stay home.

• are going

• am not going

• are not going

Multiple Choice

We use going to to talk about...

• plans and intentions

• decisions in the moment

• routines and habits

​...and now let's predict what it is about to happen!

Multiple Choice

- Look, the sky is very cloudy.

- Yes, I think ____ to rain.

• are going

• is going

• it's going

Multiple Choice

You _____________ fail the exam. You aren't studying at all!

• are

• be going

• are going to

• go to