We use ‘going to’ when we want to talk about the future.

We use ‘going to’ when we want to talk about our plans.

  • I’m going to play hockey after school.
  • I’m going to go on a field trip next week.
  • My family is going to fly to Mexico next month.

We also use ‘going to’ when we want to make predictions about the future.

  • Mike’s birthday party is going to be fun!
  • It’s going to rain soon.
  • I’m going to be tired tomorrow morning.

To make a sentence with ‘going to’ we need these parts:

  1. A subject:
    • We are going to have fun!
  2. The very ‘be’:
    • We are going to have fun!
  3. ‘Going to’
    • We are going to have fun!
  4. A second verb
    • We are going to have fun!

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