Be going to

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2Reading: the garage saleReading comprehension
3. 3What does it mean?Grammar exercise
4. 4Find going toGrammar exercise
5. 5How be going to worksGrammar rule
6. 6Plans and reasonsGrammar exercise
7. 7Questions, answers and predictionsGrammar exercise
8. 8What's going to happen?Grammar exercise
9. 9Questions for your teacherGrammar exercise
10. 10Say it naturallySpeaking practice
11. 11Guess my plansSpeaking practice
12. 12About youGrammar exercise
13. 13Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: Grandpa's new phoneGrammar exercise
2. 2Homework: find the mistakeGrammar exercise
3. 3Homework: a big dayDiscussion

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

A few questions about you before we start.

1. What is something in your home that you never use?
2. Do you like to make plans early, or at the last minute?
3. What is one thing you want to do before the end of this month?

Grammar rule

How be going to works

Form: am / is / are + going to + verb

	Example
Positive	I'm going to learn the guitar. He's going to fix his bike. They're going to get a cat.
Negative	I'm not going to drive. She isn't going to stay long. We aren't going to eat out.
Question	Are you going to watch the game? — Yes, I am. / No, I'm not.
Wh- question	What are you going to do? When is she going to leave?

Two uses

• Plans that we made before we speak: I'm going to see the dentist on Monday.

• Predictions from what we can see now: Your bag is too full. It's going to break! Watch out! That dog is going to jump on you!

Time words: tonight, tomorrow, this weekend, next week, next month, next year, in two weeks, soon.

Use the base form after going to: not She is going to visits. Don't forget am / is / are: not I going to visit.

Listen for "gonna": in fast speech, going to + a verb often sounds like that. It's fine to say it, but in writing, always use going to.