GOING TO FUTURE 1. FORM present to be (am / is /are) + going to + base verb. Affirmative I I am going to eat. you / we / you / they You are going to eat. he / she / it She is going to eat.
Negative Question I’m not going to eat. Am I going to eat? You aren’t going to eat. Are you going to eat? She isn’t going to eat. Is she going to eat?
2. EXCEPTIONS IN SPELLING Exceptions in spelling when adding ing final e is dropped (but: ee is not changed) after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled (in British English) final ie becomes y
Example come – coming (but: agree – agreeing) sit – sitting travel – travelling lie – lying
3. USE A. Plans for a near future. Example: He is going to spend his holiday in Hawaii. B. A “prediction” based on evidence. You are certain that something is going to happen. Examples: Look at that car! It’s going to crash into the wall. 4. CONTRAST GOING TO - PRESENT CONTINUOUS WITH FUTURE MEANING. Going To Intentions: plans are not confirmed. We are going to travel abroad next summer.
Present Continuous Arrangements: the plan is confirmed. We are flying to Paris tomorrow, we’ve got the tickets.
5. TIME EXPRESSION. We use expressions indicating near future: soon, next Tuesday/week, this afternoon / weekend, in two hours… They naturally take the final position in the sentence, but they can be placed outside the sentence. That is, at the verb by beginning and separated from the sentences by a comma. Examples: They are going to play football this evening.