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