Futuro "going to"

Subject + to be + going to + infinitive

We use the future with “GOING TO” to talk about plans

POSITIVE FORM

Subject	Verb To be	Going to	Infinitive
I	Am	Going to	dance
He / She / It	Is		Study
We / You / They	Are		Go shopping

Examples:
- Maria’s going to travel this holiday.
- They’re going to go to a very expensive restaurant.
- I’m going to come home late.

NEGATIVE FORM

Subject	Verb To be + not	Going to	Infinitive
I	Am not	Going to	Clean
He / She / It	Is not (isn’t)		Cook
We / You / They	Are not (aren’t)		travel

- I’m not going to go to the party.
- Juan isn’t going to work today.
- They aren’t going to stay at that hotel.

QUESTION FORM

Question Word	Verb To Be	Subject	Going to	Infinitive
What	Am not	I	Going to	Do
Where	Is not (isn’t)	He / She / It		Go
—————–	Are not (aren’t)	We / You / They		travel

Ejemplos:
- What are you going to do later?
- What is she going to cook?
- Are they going to attend the meeting?
- Where is Maria going to study?

Short answers are with the to be verb

- Yes, I am – Yes, you are – No, he isn’t – No, they aren’t ETC

Errores típicos

NO USAR el do/does (para preguntas) & el don’t y doesn’t (para negativos). NO SE USAN porque usamos el verbo to be.

- INCORRECTO: I don’t going to study.
- CORRECTO: I‘m not going to study.

- INCORRECTO: Where do you going to go?
- CORRECTO: Where are you going to go?

No os olvideis de poner el verbo TO BE

- INCORRECTO: Juan going to buy beer.
- CORRECTO: Juan is going to buy beer.

Ejercicios Recomendados

- Practicar Going to en linea con respuestas

Reading Test

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world (after Oxford).

It is situated in the town of Cambridge, England. According to legend, the university was founded in 1209 by scholars escaping from Oxford after a fight with locals there.

Cambridge has produced more Nobel prize winners than any other university in the world, having 80 associated with it, about 70 of whom were students there.

It regularly heads league tables ranking British universities, and a recent league table by the Times Higher Education Supplement rated it sixth in the world overall and first for science.

The universities of Oxford and Cambridge, often referred to together as Oxbridge, compete to be seen as the strongest overall university in the UK. Historically, they have produced a significant proportion of Britain's prominent scientists, writers and politicians.

Questions about the text

1. The University of Cambridge is the oldest university in England.
True.
False.
We don't know.

2. The University of Cambridge was founded by scholars from Oxford.
True.
False.
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3. Many Nobel Prize winners were students at the University of Cambridge.
True.
False.
We don't know.

4. Many scientists, writers and politicians were students at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.
True.
False.
We don't know.