Life

Elementary Unit 9a
going to

Hi K,
Im doing my final exams this week. Im 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
isnt

You
We
They

re
arent

Are

you

going to

travel around the USA?

Short answers
going to

travel around the USA.

Yes, I am.

No, Im 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.

Im going to travel
around the USA.

Im going to
learn to drive.

Im going to work
in a laboratory.

Mike

Were going to have

a holiday in Spain.

Julia

1 Whats Mike going to do?

George and Morry

Nicola

Hes going to travel around the USA.

2 Whats Julia going to do?

3 What are George and Morry going to do?
4 Whats Nicola going to do?
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Exercises

2 Answer the questions.

Yes, he is.

1 Is Mike going to travel around the USA?

2 Are George and Morry going to have a holiday?

3 Is Mike going to learn to drive?

4 Is Julia going to work in a laboratory?

5 Are George and Morry going to travel around the USA?

3 Complete the conversation with going to and the verbs in brackets.

Richard: 1
(we book) a taxi tonight?
2
Sally:
No. Its OK. Michelle
(drive) us there.
3
Richard: But she
(not know) anyone at the party.
4
Sally: I know. She isnt coming to the party. She
town so she 5
(take) us.
Richard: Oh, I see.

(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: I 6

in the summer, Teresa?

English in Africa.
there?
in a primary school in Sudan.
, Jeff?
around Europe.

5 Put the words in order.

1 are do going in the summer to what you ?

What are you going to do in the summer?

2 a Im going have holiday not to

3 a in going Im laboratory to work
4 are going study to what you ?
5 Physics going Im study to
6 are study what to after you going university ?

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 Were going leave at three oclock.

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 Theyre going to home after school.

8 Are Jemima and Hugo to work in an office?

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