Immediate Future - TO BE GOING TO

USE

• an action in the near future that has already been planned or prepared
  example: I am going to apply for a new job. I'm not happy where I am right now.
• a conclusion regarding the immediate future based on present evidence
  example: The sky is absolutely blue! It is going to be a lovely day.

Signal Words

• in, tomorrow, next

 GONNA instead of GOING TO

People may use to be gonna instead of to be going to, usually in an informal speech. Read the sentences below extracted from Jamie Cullum's song - Next Year Baby

example:           Gonna read more books = I am going to read more books.

                               Gonna keep up with the news = I am going to keep up with the news                               Gonna learn how to cook = I am going to learn how to cook

   Listen to the Song !  

Next yearThings are gonna changeGonna drink less beerAnd start all over again

Gonna read more booksGonna keep up with the newsGonna learn how to cookAnd spend less money on shoes

Gonna pay my bills on timeFile my mail away, everydayOnly drink the finest wineAnd call my gran every Sunday

Well resolutionsWell baby they come and goWill I do any of these things?The answer's probably no

But if there's one thing, I must doDespite my greatest fearsI'm gonna say to youHow I've felt all of these years

Next yearNext year

I'm gonna tell you how I feelI'm gonna tell you how I feel

Well, resolutionsBaby they come and goWill I do any of these things?The answer's probably no

But if there's one thing, I must doDespite my greatest fearsI'm gonna say to youHow I've felt all of these years