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be going to

Use:

Use be going to to talk about your personal plans for the future.

I’m going to see my sister at the weekend.

Are you going to marry Paul?

Form:

1) The form of the positive and negative sentences and questions is shown below

Positive

going to verb (infinitive form) you are / ‘re

he / she / it is / ‘s

they are / ‘re

Negative

going to verb (infinitive form) you aren’t OR ‘re not

he / she / it isn’t OR ‘s not

we aren’t OR ‘re not

they aren’t OR ‘re not

Questions

going to verb (infinitive form) ?

Is he / she / it

Are they

2) The short reply to a ‘be going to’ question is ‘Yes, I am’, ‘Yes, she is’ etc You cannot contract these short sentences

Yes, he’s => Yes, he is

The short negative replies are:

No, I’m not

No, you’re not / No, you aren’t

No, he’s not / No he isn’t No, she’s not / No she isn’t No, it’s not / no it isn’t

No, we’re not / No, we aren’t

No, they’re not / No, they aren’t

Common mistakes:

1) Some students forget to add the verb ’be’ before ‘going to’

I going to see my friends tonight => I’m going to see my friends tonight.

2) Some students forget to invert the subject and be in questions.

What time you are going to leave? => What time are you going to leave?