Future with 'Going to' For beginners

In this lesson, beginners will learn about the English Future Tense using 'Going to' with simple explanations, clear examples, and practice exercises.

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Future with 'Going to' in English Grammar

What Is Future with 'Going to'?

'Be going to' is a structure that is used to talk about plans and intentions in the future.

Structure

To talk about future using this structure, 'to be' verb + 'going to' is used before the base form of the main verb. For example:

Subject	Full Form	Short Form
I	am going to run.	I'm going to run.
He/She/It	is going to run.	She's/He's/It's going to run.
We/You/They	are going to run.	We're/You're/They're going to run.

Using 'Going to' to Talk about Plans

Negation

To make a negative sentence with going to, the verb 'to be' is negated by adding 'not' after it.

Affirmative	Negative	Short Form
I am going to run.	I'm not going to run.	-
She is going to travel.	She is not going to travel.	She isn't going to travel.

Questions

To make a question using this structure, the 'to be verb' is placed at the beginning of the sentence followed by the subject and then 'going to' + the base form of verb. Here are some examples:

Statement	Question
I am going to run.	Are you going to run?
She is going to travel.	Is she going to travel?

Use

We can use 'be going to' in the future tense to talk about:

Future predictions
Future plans

Those students are going to graduate this year.

Here, it is used to talk about prediction.

He is going to go to Chicago next month.

Here, it is used to talk about future plans.

Quiz:

Which of the following sentences uses the correct structure for an affirmative statement with "going to"?

I going to eat dinner.

She is going to eat dinner.

They going eat dinner.

He going to eating dinner.

Fill in the blanks with the correct option.

play soccer this evening.

visit the museum this weekend.

She

go to school tomorrow.

They

go to the beach this afternoon.

You

finish the project on time.

is going to

are going to

am going to

Choose the correct question with "going to."

You going to visit your parents?

Are you going to visit your parents?

Are going to visit your parents?

You are going to visit your parents?

Match each sentence fragment with its correct ending:

She

Are

they going to leave this week?

am going to study tonight.

are going to graduate this year.

he going to finish the project?

is not going to come.

Complete the blanks in the table based on the correct use of "going to."

Statement	Negative
I am going to study.	I study.
He is going to cook dinner.	He dinner.
They the park.	They are not going to visit the park.
We are going to watch a movie.	We a movie

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