Be going to

Sebelumnya kita telah membahas  mengenai simple future tense . Sekarang kita akan membahas mengenai be going to. Banyak orang yang bingung mengenai penggunaan be going to, hal ini dikarenakan be going to bisa bermakna future dan tentunya hampir mirip dengan simple future tense. Agar tidak membingungkan, perhatikan tabel di bawah ini yang berisikan tentang perbedaan mengenai be going to dan simple future tense

Simple Future Tense	be going to
Peristiwa yang akan kita kerjakan  tanpa perencanaan sebelumnya dengan kata lain secara spontan Untuk memprediksikan sesuatu akan tetapi tanpa obserfasi terlebih dahulu atau tanpa ada hal-hal atau bukti yang mendukung prediksi kita itu benar-benar akan terjadi	Perisitwa yang akan dikerjakan telah direncanakan sebelumnya . Untuk memprediksikan sesuatu dengan adanya obserfasi atau hal-hal yang mendukung bahwa prediksi kita itu akan benar-benar terjadi.

 Perhatikan gambar di bawah ini;

She is going to have a baby.

Pada gambar di atas, kita ketahui bahwa wanita itu sedang hamil. Oleh karena itu bila kita ingin mengatakan bahwa "wanita itu akan mepunyai seorang bayi." kalimatnya harus menggunakan "be going to" tidak boleh memakai "will", "she is going to have a baby". 

   Contoh Kalimat

Positif I am going to come to your house. You are going to come to my house. They are going to come to my house. We are going to come to your house. She is going to come to my house. He is going to come to my house. It is going to come to my house. Pertanyaan Are you going to come to my house? Are they going to come to my house? Is she going to come to my house? Are we going to come to his house? Is he going to come to my house? Is it going to come to my house?

Negatif I am not going to come to your house. You are not going to come to my house. They are not going to come to my house. We are not going to come to your house. She is not going to come to my house. He is not going to come to my house. It is not going to come to my house. Answer Yes, I am/No, I am not Yes, they are/ No, they are not Yes, she is/No, she is not Yes, we are/ No, we are not Yes, he is/ No, he is not Yes, it is/ No, it is not

+: Subjek + is/am/are + going to + V1

-: Subjek + is/am/are + not + going to + V1

?: is/am/are + Subjek + going to + V1 

Contoh lain:

What are you going to do? I’m going to eat.

Where  is she going to go? She’s going to the hospital.

What time are they going to have lunch? They’re going to have lunch at 12.