will future – going to future – contrast

going-to future - formation and practical application

The going-to future is used in English when an action can be predicted according to external circumstances:

for example: Look at the clouds, it is going to rain.

You can tell because of the clouds that it "is going to rain".

The "going-to-future" is also used for plans in the future. As a memory-hook you might say that whenever you can add "I plan to..." to the beginning of the sentence, you are in going-to-future land.

for example: We are going to go on holiday next week.

We plan to go on holiday next week.

formation:

The going-to-future is formed by the help of the auxiliary be plus going to plus infinitive:

affirmative sentence:

I	I am	going to	play.
he/she/it	is	going to	play.
we/you/they	are	going to	play.

negation:

When negating the going-to-future simply add "not" to the auxiliary "be"
The short form is accordingly: 'm not/isn’t/aren’t going to.

I	'm not I am	going to	play.
he/she/it	is not isn't	going to	play.
we/you/they	are not aren't	going to	play.

question:

The question shifts the auxiliary to the front of the sentence: (inversion)

Am	I	going to	play?
Is	he/she/it	going to	play?
Are	we/you/they	going to	play?

exercises going-to-future

exercises going-to-future affirmative

exercises going-to-future question

exercises going-to-future negation

exercises going-to-future mixed