going to

Going to talks about the future in two ways: plans you have already made, and things you can see are about to happen. The verb after it is in its base form.

Plans

What you can see coming

When something you can see now tells you what will happen, use going to.

Negatives and questions

Not goes after am, is or are. In a question, am, is or are goes before the subject.

Going to go

With the verb go, you can say going to go or just going.

Going to or will

Going to is for a plan you made before. Will is for a decision you make while you are speaking.

Gonna

In fast speech, going to often sounds like gonna. You see it in songs and in messages to friends. Don't write it in an email to a teacher or at work.

Common mistakes

• × I going to see her. → I'm going to see her.
• × She's going to visits us. → She's going to visit us.
• × It's going to raining. → It's going to rain.