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Making plans for the future
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A prediction is when you say something that you
think will happen in the future. A promise is an action
that you make about something that you are going to
do. Usually people in Mexico make promises in
New
Year’s Eve
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Future plans - Be going to
Be going
to
and
will
are grammatical structures used to talk about future plans,
predictions or promises.
Be going to
is used to talk about plans and intentions, is
also used informally for making predictions. In Grammar Box 1 you can observe the
grammatical rules for different uses of be going to. Remember that when we use
verbs in infinitive form we do not add -ing or -ed.
Grammar Box 1
Time expressions
Future of going to is formed
Subject + am/are/is going to + verb in infinitive
Be going to
Affirmative
Subject
+
am/are/is
going to +
Verb infinitive.
Negative
Subject
+
am/are/is
not going to +
Verb
infinitive.
I
am
going
to
play
tomorrow.
You
are
going
to
play
tomorrow.
He
is
going
to
play
tomorrow.
She
is
going
to
play
tomorrow.
It
is
going
to
play
tomorrow.
We
are
going
to
play
tomorrow.
They
are
going
to
play
tomorrow.
I
am
not
going
to
play
tomorrow.
You
are
not
going
to
play
tomorrow.
He
is
not
going
to
play
tomorrow.
She
is
not
going
to
play
tomorrow.
It
is
not
going
to
play
tomorrow.
We
are
not
going
to
play
tomorrow.
They
are
not
going
to
play
tomorrow.
Interrogative: Yes/No questions
Am/Are/is
+
subject
+
going to
+
verb infinitive
?
Answers
Am
I
going to
play
tomorrow?
Are
you
going to
play
tomorrow?
Is
he
going to
play
tomorrow?
Yes,
I
am
/No,
I
am
not.
Is
she
going to
play
tomorrow?
Are
we
going to
play
tomorrow?
Are
they
going to
play
tomorrow?
New Year’s Eve:
the night
before a new year.