To be going to

To be going to is a grammatical construction used in English to indicate different types of future events. It is usually used to express an intention to do something in the near future or to express a planned action. To be going to – used in the present and past tenses.

To be going to
Signal words	Use	Form
	when you have already decided to do sth. in the future what you think what will happen the planned action did not take place	be (am/are/is) + going to + infinitive

The general scheme of using To be going to in the Present Continuous (the construction consists of two parts: to be + going to)

Positive	Negative	Question
I am going to work	I am not going to work	Am I going to work?
He/She/It is going to work	He/She/It is not going to work	Is He/She/It going to work?
We/You/They are going to work	We/You/They are not going to work	Are We/You/They going to work?

The general scheme of using To be going to in the past tense (the construction consists of two parts: Past simple (to be) + going to)

Positive	Negative	Question
I/He/She/It was going to work	I/He/She/It was not going to work	Was I/He/She/It going to work?
We/You/They were going to work	We/You/They were not going to work	Were We/You/They going to work?

Often used colloquially:

to be going to – to be gonna

When the Future Simple is used to describe assumptions about future actions, it is often used with verbs and expressions in the Present Simple: believe, think, expect, be afraid, be sure , as well as adverbs: probably, perhaps, certainly.

Example:

I’m going to Kyiv. 

She was going to be here.

Dan is going to buy a new laptop.