BE + not going to INFINITIVE

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 26 in the category of FUTURE is defined:

the negative form of ‘be going to’ to talk about plans and intentions

EXPERT EXAMPLES:

The words mean the same thing,

so we‘re not going to waste any more time differentiating between them.

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*This is hard to find automatically because this structure is difficult to differentiate from predictions with present evidence.  For example:

I‘m not going to spill it.

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If you go to the party tonightyou are not going to pass your exam.

PELIC STUDENT: Korean, Female, Level 4 grammar class


An iWeb search for:

_XX _VVGK _T _VVI

1 GET 20965 2 HAPPEN 14351 3 GO 10194 4 MAKE 9409


5 NOT GOING TO LIE 6469

Now, I‘m not going to lie to you.


6 NOT GOING TO CHANGE 6114
7 NOT GOING TO GIVE 5799
8 NOT GOING TO LET 5467
9 NOT GOING TO SAY 5080
10 N’T GOING TO GET 5017
11 NOT GOING TO TAKE 4558
12 NOT GOING TO HELP 4222
13 NOT GOING TO STOP 4160
14 NOT GOING TO TELL 3994
15 N’T GOING TO MAKE 3737
16 N’T GOING TO HAPPEN 3725
17 NOT GOING TO USE 3718
18 NOT GOING TO SEE 3477
19 NOT GON NA LIE 3099
20 NOT GOING TO FIND 2903
21 NOT GOING TO WANT 2601
22 NOT GOING TO PUT 2399
23 NOT GOING TO WIN 2373
24 NOT GON NA HAPPEN 2350
25 N’T GOING TO HELP 2321
26 NOT GOING TO COME 2307
27 NOT GOING TO TRY 2299
28 N’T GOING TO LET 2174
29 N’T GOING TO CHANGE 2053
30 N’T GOING TO GO 2025
31 NOT GOING TO WORK 1932
32 NOT GOING TO PAY 1880
33 NOT GOING TO TALK 1797
34 NOT GOING TO SIT 1702
35 NOT GOING TO LIKE 1622
36 NOT GOING TO BUY 1612
37 NOT GOING TO PLAY 1584
38 NOT GOING TO SPEND 1582
39 NOT GOING TO CUT 1549
40 NOT GOING TO LOOK 1507
41 N’T GOING TO CUT 1497
42 NOT GOING TO HURT 1414
43 NOT GON NA GET 1411
44 N’T GOING TO GIVE 1408
45 NOT GOING TO ALLOW 1362

This is Ares, and he‘s not going to allow a negotiation or a surrender!

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46 NOT GOING TO LAST 1356
47 NOT GOING TO BOTHER 1336
48 N’T GOING TO TAKE 1274
49 NOT GOING TO WASTE 1269
50 NOT GOING TO LEAVE 1248
51 NOT GOING TO END 1239
52 NOT GOING TO ARGUE 1203

Were not going to argue about this.

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53 NOT GOING TO RUN 1196
54 NOT GOING TO PRETEND 1190
55 NOT GOING TO START 1171
56 N’T GOING TO STOP 1160
57 NOT GOING TO LOSE 1153
58 NOT GOING TO KEEP 1141
59 NOT GOING TO TURN 1091
60 NOT GOING TO BELIEVE 1048
61 NOT GOING TO SOLVE 1016
62 NOT GOING TO DIE 1006
63 NOT GOING TO KILL 1002
64 N’T GON NA HAPPEN 995
65 NOT GOING TO SHOW 974
66 NOT GOING TO KNOW 972
67 N’T GOING TO WIN 965
68 NOT GOING TO WORRY 927
69 NOT GOING TO HOLD 926
70 NOT GOING TO ASK 914
71 NOT GOING TO STAND 913
72 NOT GOING TO FEEL 884
73 NOT GOING TO BREAK 859
74 N’T GOING TO COME 832
75 NOT GOING TO SELL 826
76 NOT GOING TO WRITE 824
77 NOT GOING TO BRING 811
78 NOT GOING TO COMMENT 784
79 NOT GOING TO CALL 762
80 NOT GOING TO COVER 739
81 NOT GOING TO MOVE 739
82 N’T GOING TO USE 730
83 NOT GOING TO STAY 724
84 NOT GOING TO MISS 721
85 NOT GON NA GO 701
86 NOT GOING TO BECOME 692
87 NOT GOING TO NEED 691
88 NOT GOING TO EAT 684
89 N’T GOING TO LAST 683
90 NOT GOING TO DISCUSS 669
91 NOT GOING TO BEAT 664
92 NOT GOING TO FIX 660
93 NOT GOING TO READ 648
94 NOT GOING TO WAIT 645
95 NOT GON NA MAKE 642
96 NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN 640
97 N’T GOING TO SEE 629
98 NOT GOING TO LIVE 628
99 NOT GOING TO FALL 617
100 NOT GOING TO SAVE 603


A2:
become, believe, bother, break, bring, call, cover, cut, discuss, fall, going to,

happen, hold, hurt, keep, kill, let, lie, lose, move, save, sell, spend, stand, try, turn, win
B1:
allow, argue, beat, comment, complain, fix, solve, waste

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