FUTURE WITH BE GOING TO

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Futuro con "going to"

Formación

Cuando empleamos "going to"  en una oración para referirnos al futuro, la construcción se compone de tres elementos:
el verbo "to be" conjugado conforme al sujeto + "going" + el infinitivo del verbo principal

Sujeto	+ to be (conjugado)	+ going	+ infinitivo
She	is	going	to leave.
I	am	going	to stay.

Afirmativa
He	is	going	to jog.
Negativa
He	is not	going	to jog.
Interrogativa
Is	he	going	to jog?
Interrogativa negativa
Isn't	he	going	to jog?

Función

El uso de "going to" para referirse a eventos futuros sugiere un vínculo muy sólido con el presente. El momento preciso no es relevante, es posterior al ahora, pero la actitud implica que dicho evento depende de algo que sabemos sobre la situación actual. "Going to" se emplea sobre todo para hablar de nuestros planes e intenciones, o para realizar predicciones basadas en evidencias actuales. En el discurso cotidiano, "going to" suele acortarse como "gonna", especialmente en inglés americano, aunque nunca se escribe así.

Uso de "going to" para referirse a planes e intenciones

Ejemplos

• Is Freddy going to buy a new car soon?
• Are John and Pam going to visit Milan when they are in Italy?
• I think Nigel and Mary are going to have a party next week.
• We are going to have dinner together tomorrow.
• Aren't you going to stay at the library until your report is finished?

Uso de "going to" para formular predicciones

Ejemplos

• He's going to be a brilliant politician.
• I'm going to have a hard time falling asleep.
• You're going to be sorry you said that.
• Is it going to rain this afternoon?
• Aren't they going to come to the party?

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Put the verbs into the correct form (future I). Use going to.

1. It (rain) .
2. They (eat) stew.
3. I (wear) blue shoes tonight.
4. We (not / help) you.
5. Jack (not / walk) home.
6. (cook / you) dinner?
7. Sue (share / not) her biscuits.
8. (leave / they) the house?
9. (take part / she) in the contest?
10. I (not / spend) my holiday abroad this year.

Write positive sentences in going to future.

1. I / work -
2. you / dance -
3. it / rain -
4. they / ask -
5. he / stays -
6. we / speak -
7. I / give -
8. she / try -
9. they / help -
10. he / push -

The following people do not intend to do the following actions.

Write negative sentences in going to future.

1. (I / sell / my car)
2. (he / help / us)
3. (they / study / harder)
4. (we / cook / dinner tonight)
5. (I / celebrate / my birthday this year)
6. (she / clean / her room)
7. (they / move / house)
8. (she / stay / with Amy)
9. (they / change / their clothes)
10. (we / get up early / next Sunday)

Write questions in going to future.

1. (he / cook dinner / tonight)
2. (you / run / in the race)
3. (they / climb / that mountain)
4. (she / exercise / at the gym / in the afternoon)
5. (you / carry / that heavy box)
6. (computer / crash)
7. (we / eat / fish / tonight)
8. (he / play football / tomorrow)
9. (Lucy / call / a taxi)
10. (you / sing / a song / for us)

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