This presentation gives a brief explanation about the use of GOING TO to describe plans and predictions: Future Tense

1. FUTURE PLANS
BE GOING TO

2. FUTURE PLANS
• I am going to study
education in a university.
• I am going to be a teacher.

3. FUTURE PLANS
• Tom and Liz are going to
get married next November.
• The ceremony is going to be
at the cathedral.

4. FUTURE PLANS
• Mark is going to visit
his parents tomorrow.

5. PREDICTIONS
• Mrs. Lopez is going to
have a baby.

6. PREDICTIONS
• The sky is cloudy.
It is going to rain.

7. FUTURE TENSE
“be going to”
Form
I am going to study education.
Verb TO BE going to a verb
Tom and Liz are going to get married.
Mark is going to visit his parents tomorrow.

8. FUTURE TENSE
“be going to”
Form
Positive form
Mark is going to visit his parents tomorrow.
Negative form
Mark isn’t going to visit his parents tomorrow.
Interrogative form
Is Mark going to visit his parents tomorrow?
Short answers
Yes, he is. No, he isn’t.

9. FUTURE TENSE
“be going to”
USE
FUTURE PLANS
Tom and Liz are going to get married
next November.
PREDICTIONS (with clear evidence)
The sky is cloudy. It is going to rain.
Gloria is pregnant. She is going to
have a baby.

10. FUTURE TENSE
“be going to”
What are your plans for this evening?
What are you going to do this evening?

11. FUTURE TENSE
“be going to”
THANK YOU!
Presented by
Roger Aguirre López
Peru