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Monday, June 23, 2014

be going to

Use: 
Use be going to to talk about your personal plans for the future.
I’m going to see my sister at the weekend.
Are you going to marry Paul?
Form:
1)  The form of the positive and negative sentences and questions is shown below.
Positive

I
am / ‘m

going to

verb (infinitive form)
you
are / ‘re
he / she / it
is / ‘s
we
are / ‘re
they
are / ‘re
Negative

I
‘m not

going  to

verb (infinitive form)
you
aren’t    OR   ‘re not
he / she / it
isn’t OR     ‘s not
we
aren’t    OR   ‘re not
they
aren’t    OR   ‘re not
Questions

Am
I

going  to

verb (infinitive form) ?
Are
you
Is
he / she / it
Are
we
Are
they
2)  The short reply to a ‘be going to’ question is ‘Yes, I am’, ‘Yes, she is’ etc. You cannot contract these short sentences.
Yes, he’s. =>  Yes, he is.
The short negative replies are:
No, I’m not.
No, you’re not / No, you aren’t.      
No, he’s not / No he isn’t. No, she’s not / No she isn’t. No, it’s not / no it isn’t.
No, we’re not / No, we aren’t.
No, they’re not / No, they aren’t.

Common mistakes:
1)  Some students forget to add the verb ’be’ before ‘going to’.
I going to see my friends tonight.   =>  I’m going to see my friends tonight.
2) Some students forget to invert the subject and be in questions.

What time you are going to leave? =>  What time are you going to leave?

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