表示将要发生的动作或存在的状态及打算、计划或准备做某事。句中一般有以下时间状语：tomorrow, next day(week, month, year…),soon, the day after tomorrow（后天）等。

　　二、基本结构：

　　①be going to + do；

　　②will+ do.

　　三、否定句：在be动词（am, is, are）l后加not或情态动词will后加not成won't。

　　例如：I'm going to have a picnic this afternoon.→ I'm not going to have a picnic this afternoon.

　　四、一般疑问句： be或will提到句首，some改为any, and改为or，第一二人称互换。

　　例如：We are going to go on an outing this weekend. → Are you going to go on an outing this weekend?

　　五、对划线部分提问。一般情况，一般将来时的对划线部分有三种情况。

　　1. 问人。Who 例如：I'm going to New York soon. →Who's going to New York soon.

　　2. 问干什么。What … do.例如： My father is going to watch a race with me this afternoon. →What is your father going to do with you this afternoon.

　　3. 问什么时候。When.例如：She's going to go to bed at nine. →When is she going to bed?

　　六、同义句：be going to = will

　　I am going to go swimming tomorrow（明天）. = I will go swimming tomorrow.