GOING TO

Uses:

There are three basic rules of the Future with GOING TO:

• to talk about planned actions where the decision has been made before
speaking.

• to express intentions. (We often use going to rather than will in informal
style)

A) Read the text:

The seaside

Mrs. Adams is putting some luggage in their car boot.

They are going to the seaside for their holidays.

Father: Well, Sheila, what are you going to do?

Tom: I’m going to dive everyday. I’ve got my snorkel, my waterproof camera, my
goggles and my flippers. And I’m going to do some water-skiing, too.

Father: I’m speaking to Sheila, Tom. What are going to do Sheila?

Sheila: I’m not going to dive. I’m going to build sandcastles and I’m also going to
pick up shells and pebbles. In the afternoons I’m going to paint them and sell them.
Then I will have money to buy ice-creams.

What are you going to do mum?

Mother: I’m going to sunbathe. I’m going to sit on a deckchair and read. I’m also
going to walk barefoot among seaweed covered rocks.

And I’m going to take some pictures, too. But, I think I’ve forgotten to bring rolls of
film.

Tom: I also need rolls. I want to take pictures of the crabs.

Father: Don’t worry. Sheila is going to pay for the new rolls with all the money she
is going to earn by selling shells and pebbles. Are you going to earn enough money,
Sheila?

Sheila: Of course I am.

B) Are these sentences true or false? Correct the false ones.

• They are going to the mountains for their holidays.

• Mark is going to the theatre and to the cinema.

• Sheila is going to build sun castles.

• Mother is going to sunbathe.

C) Answer the following questions:

• Where are they going for their holidays?

• _____________________________________________________________

• Are they going to the theatre?

• _____________________________________________________________

• Is Tom going to take pictures of crabs?

• _____________________________________________________________

• Is Sheila going to earn enough money to buy new rolls?

• _____________________________________________________________

D) Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in the box in the

Future with GOING TO.

play celebrate make spend start not go not take

not have
• Mark _______________ the piano at the school concert next week.

• Mary´s mum _______________ a new job next week.

• I _______________ a party for my birthday this year.

• Mum _______________ me a cake for my birthday party next week.

• Alan and John _______________ their birthday next weekend.

• Dad _______________ to work on Tuesday.

• I _______________ two weeks with my grandparents in the country.

• We _______________ the train tomorrow.

E) What are your plans for the next weekend?

Start like this: Next weekend I’m going to …

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