Going to

FORMACIÓN

Cuando empleamos "going to"  en una oración para referirnos al futuro, la construcción se compone de tres elementos:
el verbo "to be" conjugado conforme al sujeto + "going" + el infinitivo del verbo principal
Sujeto+ to be (conjugado)+ going+ infinitivo
Sheisgoingto leave.
Iamgoingto stay.
Afirmativa
Heisgoingto jog.
Negativa
Heis notgoingto jog.
Interrogativa
Ishegoingto jog?
Interrogativa negativa
Isn'thegoingto jog?

FUNCIÓN

El uso de "going to" para referirse a eventos futuros sugiere un vínculo muy sólido con el presente. El momento preciso no es relevante, es posterior al ahora, pero la actitud implica que dicho evento depende de algo que sabemos sobre la situación actual. "Going to" se emplea sobre todo para hablar de nuestros planes e intenciones, o para realizar predicciones basadas en evidencias actuales. En el discurso cotidiano, "going to" suele acortarse como "gonna", especialmente en inglés americano, aunque nunca se escribe así.
Escribe los verbos siguientes en future simple (going to).
  1. Mr Potts (sell)  his house.
  2. Our neighbours (spend)  their next holidays in the Caribbean.
  3. I (move)  to another town.
  4. My husband (build)  a tree house for the kids.
  5. His friends (learn)  English.
Escribe los verbos en future simple (going to).
  1. I (tell/not)  you the secret.
  2. She (ring/not)  me.
  3. We (invite/not)  him to our party.
  4. Greg (work/not)  abroad.
  5. Her parents (lend/not)  her any more money.

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