GOING TO

Form of going to Future

positivenegativequestion
II am going to speak.I am not going to speak.Am I going to speak?
you / we / theyYou are going to speak.You are not going to speak.Are you going to speak?
he / she / itHe is going to speak.He is not going to speak.Is he going to speak?

Use of going to Future

  • an action in the near future that has already been planned or prepared

    example: I am going to study harder next year.

  • a conclusion regarding the immediate future

    example: The sky is absolutely dark. It is going to rain.

GOING TO #1

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.



Exercise on Future I Simple (going to)

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)