Small goals, big results

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Ben's planListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9Plans for the futureGrammar exercise
10. 10Find going toGrammar exercise
11. 11be going toGrammar rule
12. 12Plans for the weekendGrammar exercise
13. 13Say it right: going toSpeaking practice
14. 14My English goal for next monthSpeaking practice
15. 15Let's discussDiscussion
16. 16Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: find the mistakeGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: my goalsDiscussion

Words

• goal/ɡoʊl/

  something you want to do in the future, and work to make happen

• reach/riːtʃ/

  to get to a place, or to get the result you wanted (reach a goal)

• deadline/ˈdedlaɪn/

  the day or time when something must be finished

• clear/klɪr/

  easy to understand

• step/step/

  one of many small actions that you do to get something done (step by step)

• write down/ˌraɪt ˈdaʊn/

  to write something on paper so you remember it

• save/seɪv/

  to keep money and not spend it, so you can use it later

• race/reɪs/

  a competition to see who is the fastest

• tutor/ˈtuːtər/

  a teacher who teaches one student or a small group

• improve/ɪmˈpruːv/

  to get better, or to make something better

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about plans.

1. Why are you learning English?
2. Do you make plans for the new year?
3. What is something you want to learn one day?

Grammar rule

be going to

Plans: be going to + verb

We use be going to for plans: things we decided to do before we speak.

	Example
Positive	I'm going to run a race. She's going to learn to swim.
Negative	I'm not going to buy coffee. They aren't going to come.
Question	Are you going to take the test? Yes, I am. / No, I'm not.
Wh- question	When is she going to start?

Use am, is or are, and the base form of the verb: not I going to run, not She is going to runs.

In fast speech, going to often sounds like "gonna". You can say it, but don't write it.