A. FORM
The form is be going + to-infinitive
- I'm going to watch television. (Positive)
- It is not going to rain, is it? (Negative)
- Are you going to buy a newspaper? (Question)
B. Be going to for the future
** We can use 'be going to' for something in the future.
- It is going to stay dry and sunny over the weekend.
- My father is definitely going to be in the hospital for at least two weeks.
** We can use 'be going to' to make a prediction.
- I think United are going to win.
** When we use 'be going to', there us a sense of something in the present pointing to the future.
- It is ten already. We are going to be late.
- This fence is going to fall soon.
These predictions are based on something we can see in the present. We can see from the time now that we are going to be late, and we can see from the condition of the fence that it going to be fall down. The present evidence points to the future.
C. Intention
** We can also use 'be going to' for a plan or an intention.
- I am going to start my own business.
- They are going to build some new flats here.
++ In the first example, I am going to start : means that I intend to start / I have decided to start.
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