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Future: going to — English tenses
Something already decided, or clearly about to happen.
The shape
am / is / are going to + plain verb
Talk about plans you have already made.
In Hindi
जो पहले से तय है, या साफ़ दिख रहा है कि होने वाला है।
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The mistake to fix first
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
I am going to shopping. | I am going shopping. "Going shopping" needs no second "to". |
Future: going to examples
Easiest first. Every sentence is authored, with the Hindi it comes from.
I am going to Delhi tomorrow.
मैं कल दिल्ली जा {रहा|रही} हूँ।
I am going to the market today.
आज मैं बाजार जा {रहा|रही} हूँ।
We are going to meet in the afternoon.
हम दोपहर में मिलने वाले हैं।
We are probably going to watch a film.
हम शायद फिल्म देखेंगे।
I am going to clean my room today.
मैं आज अपना कमरा साफ कर {रहा|रही} हूँ।
I am going to meet my friend in the evening.
मैं शाम को अपने दोस्त से मिलने वाला हूँ।
Easy to confuse with
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
- Future: willA2Promise, offer and decide on the spot
- Present Continuous for plansA2Talk about a fixed appointment the natural way
- be about to / be due toB1Say something is going to happen in the next moment
Questions people ask
- What is the future: going to used for?
- Something already decided, or clearly about to happen. In practice: talk about plans you have already made.
- How do you form the future: going to?
- am / is / are going to + plain verb.
- What is the most common mistake with the future: going to?
- Saying “I am going to shopping.” instead of “I am going shopping.”. "Going shopping" needs no second "to".
Where future: going to fits
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Future: going to is a CEFR A2 structure — the everyday band — and it belongs to tenses. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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