2. FORM
Be + going + to + infinitive
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
I am going + to + infinitive
you, we, they are going + to + infinitive
he/she/it is going + to + infinitive
e. g. I am going to buy a new car
3. NEGATIVES
e. g. I am not going to go home
after class today.
e. g. I am not going to buy a new
car
4. QUESTIONS
e. g. Are you going to take this
class?
e. g. Is she going to buy the car?
5. USE
It is used to make predictions
about the future (when there is
evidence).
e. g. Be careful! You’re going
to fall.
6. It is used to express plans made
before the moment of speaking
e. g. I am going to stay home and
work.
7. Complete the sentences with the
right form of “going to”
1.Why does he have an eraser in his
hands?
is going to erase
He (erase) ________________ the board.
2. Do you want to go shopping with me?
I (go) am going to go to the shopping mall
_____________
downtown.
Sure. What time do you want to leave?
8. 3. We are going to go sightseeing
__________________________
(go sightseeing) around the city this
afternoon.
4. What ______ you _____________
are going to do
(do) when you finish classes today?
5. Jane _______________________
is not going to come
(not come) with us to the cinema this
afternoon, she has to study for an
exam.
6. Look! It’s very cloudy it
is going to start raining
_______________________ (start
raining) soon.
