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Future with Going to for Future Intent

Structure and Usage

Future with Going to for Future Intent
The future with 'going to' is used for future intent. Remember that you can express a future intent without expressing the exact future time that something will occur. This use of the future with 'going to' can be used to discuss future study plans, career plans, and more.

This tense is often used with the following time expressions:

... next week / month
... tomorrow
... on Monday, Tuesday, etc.

Basic Construction

Positive

Subject + be + going to + verb + object(s) + time Expression

Anna is going to study medicine at university.

Negative

Subject + be not (isn't, aren't) + going to + verb + object(s) + time Expression

They aren't going to develop any new projects for the next few years.

Question

(Question Word) + be + subject + going to + verb + object(s) + time Expression

Why are you going to change your job?

Take this future forms quiz to check your understanding.

If you are a teacher, use this guide on how to teach future forms for more help.

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