We are going to sentences

I am going to buy a new car.

Going to is not a tense. It is a special structure that we use to talk about the future.

The structure of going to is:

subject

+

be

+

going

+

to-infinitive

The verb be is conjugated.

Look at these examples:

How do we use going to?

going to for intention

We use going to when we have the intention to do something before we speak.

We have already made a decision before speaking.

When will it be or when it will be

Look at these examples:

• Jo has won the lottery. He says he's going to buy a Porsche.
• We're not going to paint our bedroom tomorrow.
• When are you going to go on holiday?

In these examples, we had an intention or plan before speaking.

The decision was made before speaking.

going to for prediction

We often use going to to make a prediction abo

when is it going to be halloween

when is it going to be dark