Se puede usar el verbo go (ir) en la forma del presente progresivo (going to) para expresar el futuro. La construcción es la siguiente: be + going to + forma simple del verbo. Esta forma se llama "going to future" o el futuro perifrastico.
| sujecto | verbo "be" | going to | forma simple | resto de la oración |
| 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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