Expressing the future with “be going to + in | Forming Statements going to not going to 1am going to prepare dinner in 20 minutes. Youare not going to graduate if you continue to get poor grades. We're going to sleep for an hour before we go to the concert tonight. My husbane’s going to retire at the end of the year. They're not going to eat steak—they're vegetarians. He is not going to study tonight. He's going to join us at the elub in a couple of hours. Whenis she going to write her second novel? Where are they going to travel for their honeymoon? How am | going {o manage this Zoom meeting without my assistant? that cat going to oat the mous Why is your mother going to drive to New York tomorrow? She should take the train. Who isn't going to got the flu shot today? Everyone should get it.[ Forming Questions going to not going to | Use: Future Planned Action To describe an action that we have already decided or planned in the near future. + Mom, what are we going to have for dinner? + 'mgoing to see my best friend tomorrow. |haven't seen him in 20 years! + We're going torive to the beach this afternoon. Would you like to join us? ‘+ When I'm in New York, 'm going to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art + My dog isn't going to be happy. He's going to see the vet this afternoon. [use: Making Predictions Use to guess or make a prediction about what may happen in the future based on what is happening rightnow. Look at those storm clouds. It looks like it’s going to rain any minute now. I think my son is going to propose marriage to his girlfriend this evening. Whois going to be promoted to the new project manager position? Ithink it's really going to happen. tbelieve my parents are going to buy meacar! The traffic is horrible. We're not going to arrive at the airport in time for our flight.