To be going to…
Present tense
I am going to buy a new car.
He is not going to buy a new car.
Are you going to buy a new car? S
he is going to sell her car.
We are not going to sell our car.
Are they going to sell their car?
Usage: We use grammatical construction ‘to be going to do something’ when we have already decided to do it and have intention to do it.
Past tense
She was going to sell her car. But nobody wanted to buy it.
They told me that they were not going to sell their car.
Were you going to sell your car? Why did you fail?
Usage: We use ‘to be going to do something’ in the past form when we intended to do something, but didn’t do it. Or it can be used in reported speech.
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I am going to buy a new car.
He is not going to buy a new car.
Are you going to buy a new car? S
he is going to sell her car.
We are not going to sell our car.
Are they going to sell their car?
Usage: We use grammatical construction ‘to be going to do something’ when we have already decided to do it and have intention to do it.
Past tense
She was going to sell her car. But nobody wanted to buy it.
They told me that they were not going to sell their car.
Were you going to sell your car? Why did you fail?
Usage: We use ‘to be going to do something’ in the past form when we intended to do something, but didn’t do it. Or it can be used in reported speech.
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