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Going To Going To Is Not A Tense. It Is A Special Expression To Talk About The Future. Structure of Going To

Going to is used to talk about the future based on intention or prediction, not as a tense. The structure is subject + be verb (is, am, are) + going + infinitive. Going to expresses intention when a decision has already been made before speaking. It expresses prediction when present evidence leads to an inference about what will happen in the future.

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Going To Going To Is Not A Tense. It Is A Special Expression To Talk About The Future. Structure of Going To

Going to is used to talk about the future based on intention or prediction, not as a tense. The structure is subject + be verb (is, am, are) + going + infinitive. Going to expresses intention when a decision has already been made before speaking. It expresses prediction when present evidence leads to an inference about what will happen in the future.

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Going to

Going to is not a tense. It is a special expression to talk about the future.


Structure of Going to
The structure is:
subject + be + going + infinitive
The verb be is conjugated (past, present or future).

subject

be

am

I'm

He

is

It

Are

(not)

going

infinitive

going

to buy

a new car.

going

to go

swimming.

going

to take

the exam.

isn't

going

to rain.

you

going

to paint

not

the house?

Use of Going to
Going to - intention
We use going to when we have the intention to do something before we speak. We have
already made a decision before speaking. Look at these examples:

Jo has won the lottery. He says he's going to buy a Porsche.


We're not going to paint our bedroom tomorrow.
When are you going to go on holiday?

In these examples, we had an intention or plan before speaking. The decision was made
before speaking.
Going to - prediction
We often use going to to make a prediction about the future. Our prediction is based on
present evidence. We are saying what we think will happen. Here are some examples:

The sky is very black. It's going to snow.


It's 8.30! You're going to miss the train!
I crashed the company car. My boss isn't going to be very happy!

In these examples, the present situation (black sky, the time, damaged car) gives us a good
idea of what is going to happen.

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