Day 3 - Going to ...

What are you going to do this weekend?

• I'm going to read a book.
• My friend and I are going to go to a movie.
• If the weather's nice, I'm going to go to the beach.
• If it rains, we're going to go shopping at a mall in Yokohama.

"going to" is about future plans

'be' verb + going to + verb

Future with 'going to' I'm going to ... You're going to ... He's going to ... She's going to ... It's going to ...

We’re going to ... You're going to ... They’re going to ...

Future with 'going to' (Negative) I'm not going to ... You're not going to ... He's not going to ... She's not going to ... It's not going to ...

We’re not going to ... You're not going to ... They’re not going to ...

Future in the past with 'going to' I was going to ... You were going to ... He was going to ... She was going to ... It was going to ...

We were going to ... You were going to ... They were going to ...

Future in the past with 'going to'  (Negative) I wasn’t going to ... You weren’t going to ... He wasn’t going to ... She wasn’t going to ... It wasn’t going to ...

We weren’t going to ... You weren’t going to ... They weren’t going to ...

Also, question forms: What are you going to ...? What were you going to ...? What is she going to ...? What were they going to ...? etc.

Example sentences:

• We were going to go to Osaka this summer, but because of Covid, we're going to stay in Yokohama.
• If I have time after work, I'm going to go to an izakaya. But if I have to work late, I'm not going to go out. I'm just going to go home.

Make an example conversation with a partner. How many variations of 'going to' can you use?

About vocabulary ...

• search each vocabulary word in a sentence (use Google)
• if you don't understand the sentence, use Google Translate
• make your own sentences with the word; check it using Google Translate
• to remember vocabulary, you have to practice words in context!