{"id":6186,"date":"2015-07-19T12:19:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T11:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/?page_id=6186"},"modified":"2015-07-22T06:20:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T05:20:59","slug":"going-to-future","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/going-to-future\/","title":{"rendered":"going-to-future - explanations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/unterschiede-will-future-going-to-future-ing-form-simple-present\/\"><button>will future \u2013 going to future \u2013 contrast <\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>going-to future - formation and practical application<\/h1>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">The <em>going-to future <\/em>is used in English when an action can be predicted according to external circumstances:<\/p>\n<p><em>for example<\/em>: Look at the clouds, it <em>is going to rain<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>You can tell because of the clouds that it \"is going to rain\".<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6212\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/going-to-future.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6212\" class=\"wp-image-6212 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/going-to-future.png\" alt=\"going-to-future\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/going-to-future.png 234w, https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/going-to-future-16x20.png 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look at the clouds. &#8211; It is going to rain.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">The \"going-to-future\" is also used for plans in the future. As a memory-hook you might say that whenever you can add<em> \"I plan to...\" <\/em>to the beginning of the sentence, you are in going-to-future land.<\/p>\n<p><em>for example<\/em>: We are <em>going to go<\/em> on holiday next week.<\/p>\n<p>We plan to go on holiday next week.<\/p>\n<h2>formation:<\/h2>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">The going-to-future is formed by the help of the auxiliary<em> be<\/em> plus <em>going to <\/em>plus <em> infinitive<\/em>:<\/p>\n<h2>affirmative sentence:<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-30\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-30\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">I<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">I am<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">going to<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">play.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">he\/she\/it<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">is<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">going to<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">play.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">we\/you\/they<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">are<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">going to<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">play.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-30 from cache -->\n<h2>negation:<\/h2>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">When negating the going-to-future simply add <em>\"not\"<\/em> to the auxiliary <em>\"be\"<\/em><br> The short form is accordingly:<em> 'm not<\/em>\/<em>isn\u2019t\/aren\u2019t going to<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-31\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-31\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">I<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">'m not<br \/>\nI am<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">going to<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">play.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">he\/she\/it<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">is not<br \/>\nisn't<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">going to<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">play.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">we\/you\/they<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">are not<br \/>\naren't<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">going to<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">play.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-31 from cache -->\n<h2>question:<\/h2>\n<p>The question shifts the auxiliary to the front of the sentence: <em>(inversion)<\/em><\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-32\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-32\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Am<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">I<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">going to<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">play?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Is<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">he\/she\/it<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">going to<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">play?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Are<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">we\/you\/they<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">going to<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">play?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-32 from cache -->\n<h2>exercises going-to-future<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/going-to-future-aussagesatz-2\/\"><button>exercises going-to-future affirmative<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/going-to-future-frage-2\/\"><button>exercises going-to-future question<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/going-to-future-verneinung-2\/\"><button> exercises going-to-future negation<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/going-to-future-gemischte-ubungen\/\"><button>exercises going-to-future mixed<\/button><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>will future &#8211; going to future &#8211; Gegen\u00fcberstellung going to future &#8211; Bildung und praktische Anwendung Das going-to-future wird im Englischen benutzt, wenn eine Handlung in der Zukunft aufgrund von \u00e4u\u00dferen Umst\u00e4nden vorausgesagt werden kann: zum Beispiel: Look at the clouds, it is going to rain. 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