Be going to is used to talk about future personal plans.
Examples:
I’m going to see his band play next week.
Are you going to reply to that email?
The table below shows the form of the positive and negative sentences and questions with “be going to”.
Positive Sentence
| I | am ‘m | going to | infinitive verb |
| you | are ‘re | ||
| he / she / it | is ‘s | ||
| we | are ‘re | ||
| they | are ‘re |
Negative Sentence
| I | ‘m not | going to | infinitive verb |
| you | aren’t ‘re not | ||
| he / she / it | isn’t ‘s not | ||
| we | aren’t OR ‘re not | ||
| they | aren’t OR ‘re not |
Questions
| Am | I | going to | infinitive verb ? |
| Are | you | ||
| Is | he / she / it | ||
| Are | we | ||
| Are | they |
To reply to a ‘be going to’ question, the response should be, ‘Yes, I am’, ‘Yes, she is’ etc. These short sentences cannot be contracted.
Yes, he’s. => Yes, he is.
Yes, I’m. => Yes, I am.
Short negative replies should be as follow:
No, I’m not.
No, you’re not / No, you aren’t.
No, he’s not / No he isn’t. No, she’s not / No she isn’t. No, it’s not / no it isn’t.
No, we’re not / No, we aren’t.
No, they’re not / No, they aren’t.
Note:
1. Remember to add the be-verb before “going to”.
Incorrect sentence: We going to have dinner at the new restaurant tonight.
Correct sentence: We’re going to have dinner at the new restaurant tonight.
2. Do not forget to invert the subject and be-verb in questions form.
Incorrect sentence: What book she is reading at the moment?
Correct sentence: What book is she reading at the moment?