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World
Title trip: going to
by
Jill Hadfield
Author

Target age: Secondary / Adult

Time needed: 30 minutes
Grammar objective: to practise using going to
Materials: one copy of the worksheet and map per
pair of students
Summary: a pairwork and mingling game to
practise using going to

a note on the worksheet of who they might meet in

which countries.
6. When they have finished, group pairs with another
pair, to make groups of four, and get them to tell each
other their plans for meeting up with the people in
their class.
7. Ask for feedback from the whole class who is
meeting up where and what are they going to do?

Before the lesson

Depending on your teaching context, you may need
to ensure students know something about different
countries around the world so that they are ready to
discuss what they are going to visit, eat and do there
on their imaginary world tour.

Procedure
1. Put the students in pairs and give out one
worksheet and map per pair. Tell the class that they
are going to plan a trip around the world.
2. Go through the instructions on the worksheet with
the class. Answer any questions about the language.
If you think your students need it, write up the
following language on the board to help them in
their discussions:

Shall we go to / visit / see ?

travel by plane / car / boat

stay in hostels / luxury hotels

fly, ride, climb, walk

3. Students are going to be using going to to discuss

their trips. Elicit that we use going to for future plans.
Drill the pronunciation: it is pronounced / t/
when followed by a vowel sound (for example,
going to eat) and it is pronounced / t/ before
a consonant sound (for example, going to visit).
However, students should know, for the sake of their
comprehension if nothing else, that gonna /n/ is
very commonly used instead of going to.
4. Students work in pairs and plan their world trip.

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5. When they have finished, pairs should go round

the class together and share plans. They should keep

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CA

Hawaii
(USA)

MEXICO

BAHAMAS

ECUADOR

CUBA

HAITI

CHILE

PERU

ARGENTINA

URUGUAY

PARAGUAY

BOLIVIA

B R A Z I L

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ST KITTS AND NEVIS
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
DOMINICA
ST LUCIA
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
GUATEMALA BELIZE
HONDURAS JAMAICA
BARBADOS
EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA
GRENADA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
COSTA RICA
VENEZUELA
SURINAME
PANAMA
GUYANA
French Guiana
COLOMBIA
(France)

UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA

C A N A D A

Arctic Circle

MALTA

L I B YA

TUNISIA

EGYPT

27
24

SAUDI
ARABIA

26 28 SYRIA
IRAQ
ISRAEL
JORDAN
29
30

31 Burundi
32 Ivory Coast
33 Guinea-Bissau
34 Rwanda
MALAWI

SOUTH LESOTHO
AFRICA

COMOROS

MADAGASCAR

SWAZILAND

ZIMBABWE

ZAMBIA
NAMIBIA BOTSWANA

ANGOLA

S TA

MAURITIUS

NEPAL

SRI LANKA

TAIWAN

SINGAPORE
D

BRUNEI
M A L AY S I A
O

A U S T R A L I A

EAST TIMOR

PAPUA
NEW
GUINEA

MICRONESIA

JAPAN

PALAU

NORTH
KOREA
SOUTH
KOREA

LAOS
THAILAND VIETNAM
PHILIPPINES
CAMBODIA

(MYANMAR)

CHINA

MONGOLIA

F E D E R AT I O N

BHUTAN
25
BURMA

22 Armenia
23 Azerbaijan
24 Bahrain
25 Bangladesh
26 Cyprus
27 Kuwait
28 Lebanon
29 Qatar
30 United Arab Emirates

ASIA

MALDIVES

PAKISTAN
INDIA

TAJIKISTAN

KYRGYZSTAN

AFGHANISTAN

OMAN

IRAN

R U S S I A N

K A Z A K H S TA N

EKI

TURKMENISTAN

UZB

MALI
NIGER
CHAD
ERITREA
SENEGAL
YEMEN
BURKINA
GAMBIA
SUDAN
FASO
DJIBOUTI
33
GUINEA
NIGERIA
CENTRAL
SIERRA LEONE
32
ETHIOPIA
AFRICAN
LIBERIA
CAMEROON REPUBLIC
SOMALIA
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
UGANDA
KENYA
GABON
SO TOM
DEMOCRATIC
34
AND
REPUBLIC
31
SEYCHELLES
AFRICA
OF CONGO
PRNCIPE
TANZANIA

Tropic of Cancer

ALGERIA

MOROCCO

MAURITANIA

Western Sahara
(disputed)

CAPE
VERDE

DENMARK

FINLAND

ESTONIA
LATVIA
LITHUANIA

SWEDEN

15 Netherlands
16 San Marino
17 Serbia
18 Slovakia
19 Slovenia
20 Switzerland
21 Vatican City

15
POLAND BELARUS
4 GERMANY
7
UKRAINE
10
18
9
3
12
FRANCE 20
8
ROMANIA
16 196
2
5 17
14 11 BULGARIA
GEORGIA
13
ITALY
1
22 23
21
PORTUGAL SPAIN
TURKEY
GREECE

UNITED
KINGDOM
IRELAND

NORWAY

GHANA
TOGO
BENIN

Alask a
(USA)

8 Hungary
9 Liechtenstein
10 Luxembourg
11 Macedonia
12 Moldova
13 Monaco
14 Montenegro

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Greenland
(Denmark)

EUROPE

NEW
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VANUATU

SOLOMON
ISLANDS

NAURU

MARSHALL
ISLANDS

FIJI

TUVALU

TONGA

SAMOA

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1 Albania
2 Andorra
3 Austria
4 Belgium
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 Croatia
7 Czech Republic

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Title trip: going to
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Author

Discuss your answers to the questions. Then, complete the table.

Which countries are you going to visit?

How are you going to travel?

Where are you going to stay?

What sights are you going to visit?

What activities are you going to do?

What are you going to eat?

country 1

country 2

country 3

country 4

transport

accommodation

sights

activities

food

Now, go round the class. Talk about your plans. Arrange to meet other people. What are
you going to do together?
We are going to meet ____________________________________ in __________________.
We are going to ____________________________________ together.
We are going to meet ____________________________________ in __________________.
We are going to ____________________________________ together.
We are going to meet ____________________________________ in __________________.
We are going to ____________________________________ together.
We are going to meet ____________________________________ in __________________.

Then, tell another pair about your plans.

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We are going to ____________________________________ together.

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Plan a trip around the world. Visit four countries.