Questions with going are necessary to make questions about what you and other people are going to do in the future.
Like any other questions, you can make open and closed questions with going to
- Are you going to play with us tonight?
- What are you going to do tonight?
Now let’s check the structure to make those two types of questions in English.
Questions with Going to: Structure
Closed questions are questions which can be answered by saying “yes” or “no”. This is the structure to make those questions:
| To be | Pronoun | going to | Verb |
| Are | you | going to | play? |
| Is | she | going to | come? |
Open questions require that you provide the information which was requested. This is the structure to make this type of questions
| Wh-question | To be | Pronoun | going to | Verb |
| Where | Are | you | going to | play? |
| When | Is | she | going to | come? |
Now let’s check some of the most common questions that you can make with going to.
Questions with Going to
These are some common questions that you can make with going to and remember that we can use gonna instead of going to whenever you feel is appropriate.
- What are you going to do tonight?
- What are you going to do later?
- What are you going to do tomorrow?
- What are we gonna eat?
- When are we gonna rest?
These are some questions with going to related to entertainment
- What are you going to watch?
- What games are you gonna play?
- What movie are you going to watch
- What book are you going to read next?
- Are you going to watch a Netflix show?
- What album are you going to buy?
These are some questions related to going out and hanging out with your friends
- Are you gonna stay home this weekend?
- Are you going to hang out with us next saturday?
- Are you going to study all weekend?
- Are you going to visit your parents?
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