Life
Elementary Unit 9a
going to
Hi K,
I’m doing my final exams this week. I’m going to travel around the USA in August and September.
What about you? What are you going to do?
Luke
Presentation
Use going to for future intentions. It is similar to the present continuous.
Yes/No questions
Affirmative and negative
I
’m
’m not
He
She
’s
isn’t
You
We
They
’re
aren’t
Are
you
going to
travel around the USA?
Short answers
going to
travel around the USA.
Yes, I am.
No, I’m not.
Wh- questions
What
are you
going to
do?
Key vocabulary Education: university, primary school, college, exam
Exercises
1 What are they going to do in the summer? Answer the questions.
I’m going to travel
around the USA.
1
I’m going to
learn to drive.
I’m going to work
in a laboratory.
Mike
1
2
3
4
We’re going to have
a holiday in Spain.
Julia
What’s Mike going to do?
What’s Julia going to do?
What are George and Morry going to do?
What’s Nicola going to do?
Practical Grammar 1
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3
2
George and Morry
Nicola
He’s going to travel around the USA.
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Elementary Unit 9a
Exercises
2 Answer the questions.
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2
3
4
5
Is Mike going to travel around the USA?
Are George and Morry going to have a holiday?
Is Mike going to learn to drive?
Is Julia going to work in a laboratory?
Are George and Morry going to travel around the USA?
Yes, he is.
3 Complete the conversation with going to and the verbs in brackets.
Richard: 1
(we book) a taxi tonight?
2
Sally:
No. It’s OK. Michelle
(drive) us there.
3
Richard: But she
(not know) anyone at the party.
4
Sally: I know. She isn’t coming to the party. She
town so she 5
(take) us.
Richard: Oh, I see.
4
(meet) a friend in
Complete the conversation with going to and the verbs in the box. Then listen and check.
do
do
stay
travel
teach
work
are you going to do
Jeff:
What 1
2
Teresa: Alec and I
Jeff:
How long 3
Teresa:Six weeks. We 4
What 5
Jeff:
I6
in the summer, Teresa?
English in Africa.
there?
in a primary school in Sudan.
, Jeff?
around Europe.
5 Put the words in order.
What are you going to do in the summer?
are do going in the summer to what you ?
2 a I’m going have holiday not to
3 a in going I’m laboratory to work
4 are going study to what you ?
5 Physics going I’m study to
6 are study what to after you going university ?
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6 There is one word missing in each sentence. Write it in.
’m
1
I ^ going to buy a new jacket.
5
He going to meet us there?
2
We’re going leave at three o’clock.
6
When are you going have lunch?
3
Maggie is to get a job in the college.
7
I think it going to snow tonight.
4
They’re going to home after school.
8
Are Jemima and Hugo to work in an office?
Practical Grammar 1
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