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 apply that management technique?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:
The lobbyist isn't going to visit the White House without a campaign contribution check in hand. Look at those development activities. They're going to devastate their oceans and rivers. Sheila isn't going to attend the conference on ecology and eco-technology in developing countries.2. Use to predict an action that you see is about to happen:
Example:
Consider that woman. Despite her long range planning she's going to be unprepared for the coming collapse.
Look at the President. He's going to turn to diplomacy.
3. Use to express intentions for the future. This form is similar to future plans. However, future intentions are more general in nature.
Example:
I'm going to develop a mailing list by the end of the summer.
Where are you going to apply that management technique?
She isn't going to volunteer for the managed project.