ENGLISH YEAR 5

The future - BE GOING TO

Good morning Year 5 pupils! Do you remember the future with WILL? Well, today we are going to learn a new future tense, a future we use for plans and intentions: BE GOING TO. 

To understand this tense properly, you need to know the verb to be (am/is/are). If you need to review, you can visit this webpage. 

Now, let´s see how to use BE GOING TO in affirmative, negative or interrogative. Copy this in you notebook:

Tuesday, 21st April, 2020

FUTURE - BE GOING TO

• Affirmative: 

SUBJECT + TO BE (am/is/are) + GOING TO + VERB IN INFINITIVE + COMPLEMENTS

For example: I am going to go to the park.

• Negative: 

SUBJECT + TO BE IN NEGATIVE (am not, isn't, aren't) + GOING TO + VERB IN INFINITIVE + COMPLEMENTS

For example: My dad isn't going to travel to New York.

• Interrogative: 

TO BE (am/is/are) + SUBJECT + GOING TO + VERB IN INFINITIVE + COMPLEMENTS + ?

For example: Are you going to eat that apple?

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Is it easy or difficult? To help you understand better, here you can watch a really explanatory video:

Now, let´s practice in snappet (exercise number 2).