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 insert many fnords into this YouTube mashup of Robert Downey Jr and Rick Astley.Negative Form:
Subject + to be + not + going to + verb+ (object(s))
She isn't going to read the text in the dialog box before clicking to close the window.Question Form:
(Question Word) + to be + subject + going to + verb?
When are you going to stop courting traditional media and go viral?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:
Look at that college graduate. She's going to work in desktop publishing. She isn't going to read the text in the dialog box before clicking to close the window. She isn't going to arrange a hookup in meatspace with that clever bot.2. Use to predict an action that you see is about to happen:
Example:
Look at that malware pop-up. It's going to crash your system.
Look at that fnord. It's going to act like a virus in the system.
3. Use to express intentions for the future. This form is similar to future plans. However, future intentions are more general in nature.
Example:
When are you going to write that disclaimer?
She isn't going to arrange a hookup in meatspace with that clever bot.
I'm going to get a device driver for my system by the end of the week.