Future Plans
Use the future with 'going to' to express future intentions or plans. Remember that these plans have been made before the present moment of speaking. In other words, use the future with 'going to' with events that have been planned, not with decisions you make at the moment of speaking.
Positive Form:
Subject + to be + going to + verb + (object(s))
I'm going to develop a mailing list by the end of the summer.Negative Form:
Subject + to be + not + going to + verb+ (object(s))
This politician isn't going to help the disadvantaged.Question Form:
(Question Word) + to be + subject + going to + verb?
Where are you going to protest for UFO disclosure?Examples of Future Plans and Intentions
Usage
1. Use for future plans. Future plans are decisions that have been made before the moment of speaking.
Example:
I'm going to mail you a disability check next week. Look at that writer. He's going to autograph his novel. Where are you going to protest for UFO disclosure?2. Use to predict an action that you see is about to happen:
Example:
Look at the President. He's going to turn to diplomacy.
Look at those development activities. They're going to devastate their oceans and rivers.
3. Use to express intentions for the future. This form is similar to future plans. However, future intentions are more general in nature.
Example:
She isn't going to volunteer for the managed project.
I'm going to mail you a disability check next week.
I'm going to develop a mailing list by the end of the summer.