What are you going to do?
What are you going to do?
To start, read the following text and identify the meaning of going to.
(Para comenzar, lee el siguiente texto e identifica el significado de going to.)
I am going to participate in an exchange program in Brazil, so I need to learn Portuguese.
I am going to take Portuguese lessons on weekends in a language school near home.
What does 'going to' mean?
¿Qué significa going to?
Affirmative sentences
In Marisa's story, we can see that "going to" is used to talk about the future when there is certainty that it will happen, we already have a plan or we know the reason for it.
(En la historia de Marisa podemos ver que "going to" se utiliza para hablar sobre el futuro cuando hay certeza de que sucederá, ya se cuenta con un plan o conocemos la razón de ello.)
Example:
I am going to be a vet. | Se usa la expresión porque es una decisión tomada y ya está estudiando la carrera de veterinaria. |
This future is formed by the structure
(Este futuro se forma con la estructura)
I am going to participate in an exchange program in Brazil. |
Negative sentences
To express the negation of the future with going to, we add not after the verb to be
(Para expresar la negación del futuro con going to, agregamos not después del verbo to be: )
Marisa is not going to learn French. She’s going to learn Portuguese. |
Questions
To ask questions about the future with going to, we place to be before the subject:
(Para realizar preguntas sobre el futuro con going to, colocamos to be antes del sujeto: )
Short answer |
Yes, subject + to be. |
No, subject + to be. |
—Is Marisa going to be a vet? | —¿Marisa va a ser veterinaria? |
—Is Marisa going to take her Portuguese lessons in Brazil? | —¿Marisa va a tomar sus lecciones de portugués en Brazil? |

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