FUTURE SIMPLE 'GOING TO'

FUTURE SIMPLE (GOING TO)(Near / Intention Future)



SUBJECT + AM / ARE / IS + GOING TO + Infinitive + (Complements)

STATEMENT
I am going to watch TV tonight
She is going to read some books now
They are going to listen to the radio

NEGATIONI am not going to watch TV tonight
She is not going to read some books now
They are not going to listen to the radio

INTERROGATION
Am I going to watch TV tonight?
Is she going to read some books now?
Are they going to listen to the radio?

TIME EXPRESSIONS:
• AT (Hours) / ON (Days of the Week) / IN (Months, Years and Centuries)
• SOON / LATER
• TONIGHT / TOMORROW / NEXT (hour, day, month, …)

USES:
• To express proximity in the future: They are going to watch a film
• To express intention in the future: I am going to marry her
• To express probability in the future: It is going to rain tomorrow morni