BE GOING TO

AFFIRMATIVE & NEGATIVE STATEMENTS

 AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS
I am going to travel by plane.
You are going to leave tomorrow.
Raul is going to work on Saturday.
Joanne and me are going to eat lunch.
 NEGATIVE STATEMENTS
I’m not going to travel by plane.
You’re not going to leave tomorrow.
Raul isn’t going to work on Saturday.
Joanne and me aren’t going to eat lunch.
 FORMULA / STRUCTURE

Person + be going to + verb base form

+ complement.
Person + be not going to + verb base form
+ complement.
 THE AUXILIARY (HELPING VERB) OF THE
SENTENCE IS THE VERB TO BE + GOING TO.

am
Be is going to
are
 LOOK AT THIS CHART

Person Be Going to Contraction

I Am Going to I’m going to
You Are Going to You’re going to
He Is Going to He’s going to
She Is Going to She’s going to
It Is Going to It’s going to
We Are Going to We’re going to
They Are Going to They’re going to
 WHEN YOU ARE MAKING NEGATIVE
STATEMENTS…
You can contract the pronoun (I, you,
she, etc.) with the verb Be, but if you
have a noun (John, Sandy, my dog, me
and Lucy, etc.) make the contraction
with the verb Be and the negative.
 FOR EXAMPLE:

We’re not going to travel.

Jane and Susan aren’t going to travel.

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO USE BE GOING TO?

Be going to is a sentence that

expresses a plane made in
advance, a preconceived plan,
for example, when we are going
to travel.
PUT THE SENTENCES IN THE CORRECT ORDER.

1. NOT/ YOU/ GOING TO/ EAT/ ARE/ BREAKFAST/

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2. I/ GOING TO/ AM/ MUSIC/ LISTEN TO.
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3. GOING TO/ MY DAD/ GO/ TO NEW YORK/ IS. ___________________________________
4. MY COUSINS/ BY PLANE/ ARE/ TRAVEL/ GOING TO.
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5. IS/ STUDY/ SHE/ GOING TO/ IN THE EVENING.
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6. ED / HIS MOTORCYCLE/ RIDE/ GOING TO/ IS.