The Future with Be Going To
We are going to talk about how to use the future tense for the first part of this unit. One way of talking about things in the future is using "be going to." To form the future tense using "be going to," you need a form of "be" + going to, followed by a verb.
Affirmative sentences
subject - be - going to
| I | am | going to | walk to school. |
| You | are | ||
| He, She, It | is | ||
| We, You, They | are |
Contractions
I'm going to walk.
You're going to walk.
He's going to walk.
She's going to walk.
It's going to walk.
We're going to walk.
You're going to walk.
They're going to walk.
Add "not" before "going to" if you want to make it negative.
Negative sentences
subject - be - not - going to
| I | am | not | going to | walk to school. |
| You | are | |||
| He, She, It | is | |||
| We, You, They | are |
Contractions
I'm not going to walk.
You're not going to walk.
You aren't going to walk.
He's / She's / It's not going to walk.
He / She / It isn't going to walk.
We're not going to walk.
We aren't going to walk.
They're not going to walk.
They aren't going to walk.
Questions using Be Going To
To form yes/no questions using "be going to," just reverse the "subject" + be.
| Sentence | Yes/No questions |
| I am going to walk. | Am I going to walk? |
| You are going to walk. | Are you going to walk? |
| He is going to walk. | Is he going to walk? |
| We are going to walk. | Are we going to walk? |
| You are going to walk. | Are you going to walk? |
| They are going to walk. | Are they going to walk? |
| Short "yes" answers | Short "no" answers |
| Yes, you are. | No, you aren't. No, you're not. |
| Yes, I am. | No, I'm not. |
| Yes, he is. | No, he isn't. No, he's not. |
| Yes, you are. | No, you aren't. No, you're not. |
| Yes, we are. | No, we aren't. No, we're not. |
| Yes, they are. | No, they aren't. No, they're not. |
To make information questions, you need a wh-word in front of the question.
Information Questions
How am I going to walk to school?
What are you going to cook?
When is John going to come over?
Where are we going to put the T.V.?
Who are you going to call?
Answers
No, I'm going to drive you there.
I'm cooking ribs for lunch.
Tonight at 7:00 P.M.
Upstairs in my bedroom.
Mary.
Exercise
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