grammar · neutral
be going to + base verb
Be going to + verb: used for plans or intentions decided before speaking, and predictions based on present evidence.
Examples
“We're going to move to Da Nang next year.”
“Look at those clouds — it's going to rain.”
“She is going to study medicine after she graduates.”
Band 8 sentence
“Having secured the funding, the team is going to launch a pilot project next quarter.”
Collocations
- be going to + V (plan)
- be going to + V (prediction based on evidence)
Common mistakes
I will go to the concert (when plan already decided).→I am going to go to the concert.
She going to study tomorrow.→She is going to study tomorrow.
Say it for a higher band
5will + base verb→6be + V-ing (present continuous for future)→7+be going to + base verb
Synonyms
will + V (unplanned decisions / predictions)
Easily confused
will + base verb
“I will help you with that.”
Related words
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In Tenses
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