GOING TO FUTURE

grammar presentation

POSITIVE FORMS

AM

IS + GOING TO + INFINITIVEARE

Ex: My cousins are going to travel to New York in September.

NEGATIVE FORMS

AM NOTISN’T + GOING TO + INFINITIVEAREN’T

Ex. Gina isn’t going to buy a new T-shirt at the weekend.

QUESTION FORM

AM

IS + SUBJ.+ GOING TO + INFINITIVE

ARE

Ex. Are you going to sleep at Valery’s tonight?

We use GOING TO future to:

• Talk about plans for the future .Use time expressions:next summer, in September…

• To talk about evidence: something that is clearly going to happen.

Present continuous with future meaning

AM

IS + VERB + ING

ARE

Ex: Sorry, I can’t go to the cinema on Friday. I am flying to London.

We use the present continuous to:

• Talk about planned actions happening in the near future.

Ex: I’m meeting Taylor Lautner tomorrow.

• We use future time expressions: tomorrow, at the weekend, next Monday…