FUTURE SIMPLE (GOING TO)
(Near / Intention Future)
SUBJECT + AM / ARE / IS + GOING TO + Infinitive + (Complements)
STATEMENT
I am going to watch TV tonight
She is going to read some books now
They are going to listen to the radio
NEGATION
I am not going to watch TV tonight
She is not going to read some books now
They are not going to listen to the radio
INTERROGATION
Am I going to watch TV tonight?
Is she going to read some books now?
Are they going to listen to the radio?
TIME EXPRESSIONS:
• AT (Hours) / ON (Days of the Week) / IN (Months, Years and Centuries)
• SOON / LATER
• TONIGHT / TOMORROW / NEXT (hour, day, month, …)
USES:
• To express proximity in the future: They are going to watch a film
• To express intention in the future: I am going to marry her
• To express probability in the future: It is going to rain tomorrow morni
