Future tense with going to
The verb go can be used in its present continuous form to express future actions. Here is an example of the grammatical contruction: Noun/pronoun + conjugated form of the verb "to be" + going to + verb + rest of sentence. EXAMPLE: I am going to go to the beach. This is often called the perifrastic future or the future using "going to".
| Subject | verb "be" | going to | simple verb form | rest of the sentence |
| I | am | going to | see | Sally tomorrow. |
| You | are | going to | meet | Allen next week. |
| He/She/It | is | going to | eat | later on. |
| We | are | going to | be | in the park tonight. |
| You (plural) | are | going to | play | football tomorrow. |
| They | are | going to | visit | Rome next year. |
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