Be Going To. Future. Maya and her mother are walking. They are going to the store. They are going to buy some ice cream. Let's look at the verbs. In the first sentence we have, "are walking". This is happening now. In the second sentence, "they are going", they are going to the store. This is also happening right now. In the third sentence, they are going to buy some ice cream. The verb is, "are going to buy", but you see this is a little different and this is the future. Let's take a closer look. They are going to the store. They are going to buy some ice cream. Both of these sentences have, "are going to", but let's look. In this first sentence, they are going to the store, they are going to a place. In the second sentence, they are going to buy, they aren't going to a place, "they're going to", and it's a verb. The first sentence is present progressive. This is the be verb plus the I-N-G, and this tells us this is happening right now. The second sentence is the future. We use be going to verb to form the future. Let's look closely. We form the future with be going to. They are going to buy some ice cream. "Are" is be, then we have going to, and "buy" is the verb and "buy" doesn't change, it stays in its simple form. They're going to buy some ice cream. Let's look at some more examples. Here, we have a plane. The plane is taking off. This is happening now. This is the present progressive. The plane is going to Alaska. This is also happening right now, and this is also the present progressive. The plane is going to arrive in Alaska at 4 o'clock. Now, this is different because we have "is going to" verb, look at the difference. Here, Alaska is a place, it's going to a place but here, "arrive" is a verb, so "be going to" and verb shows us the future. Here's Chloe. Chloe is crossing the street. That's happening right now. Chloe is going to the park. That is also happening right now. Chloe is going to walk her dog in the park. That is not happening right now. Chloe is going to the park right now. When she gets to the park, she will walk her dog. Chloe is going to walk her dog. Again, "park" is a place and "walk" is a verb. "Chloe is going to walk her dog" is the future. Here's one more example. Here are some bike riders. They are riding bikes right now. They are going to the top of the mountain. That's also happening right now. The top of the mountain is a place. They are going to take a rest at the top. Now, we have a verb, so this is the future. They are going to take a rest at the top. Let's practice. You see two sentences. She is going to paint her kitchen. She isn't painting her bedroom. Both are correct, but which one is future and which one is present progressive? She's going to paint her kitchen. This is happening in the future. She's going to paint her kitchen. She isn't painting her bedroom. This is happening right now. Is it future or present progressive? They are playing together. They are going to eat lunch. They are playing together is happening right now. They are going to eat lunch is going to happen in the future. She is going to do research. She is giving a lecture. She is going to do research in the future. She is giving a lecture right now. She's giving the lecture right now. Last one. Is it future or present progressive? They are going to a museum. They are going to see some famous paintings. They are going to museum is happening right now. They are walking to a place. They are going to a place. They are going to see some famous paintings, that is the future. Okay. Now, you try forming it. Mrs. Jay is making cookies. That's happening right now. Now, you have to fill in the blank. What goes in the blank to make the future? They are going to be delicious. Mr. Brown is going to the concert hall. What goes in the blank to make this the future? He is going to hear a Mozart symphony. How about this here? You know you can make a contraction with he and is, what goes there? He's. He's going to hear a Mozart symphony. John is playing a game, but he is losing. What goes in the blank? It has to be negative because he's losing and the verb is when. He is not going to win. Now, can you make a contraction here, is and not? He isn't going to win. It is cloudy right now. I think it, and now we need the future for rain. I think it is going to rain later today. I think it's going to rain later today. Did you hear that? It's going to rain. Gonna is going to, but only when we talk, we never write it like this, it's incorrect but when you hear people talk about the future, often they reduce or make going to shorter and it sounds like gonna, when we talk, it's gonna rain. In this lesson, you learned we form the future with "be going to". They are going to buy some ice cream. It is going to rain later today.
