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.

Affirmative and negative Yes/No questions

’m Are you going to travel around the USA?

I
’m not
Short answers
He ’s
She isn’t going to travel around the USA. Yes, I am. No, I’m not.

You
’re Wh- questions
We
aren’t
They
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 I’m going to

around the USA. learn to drive.
1 2 3 4

I’m going to work We’re going to have

in a laboratory. a holiday in Spain.

Mike Julia George and Morry Nicola

1 What’s Mike going to do? He’s going to travel around the USA.
2 What’s Julia going to do? She´s going to work in a laboratory.
3 What are George and Morry going to do? They´re going to have a holiday in spain.
4 What’s Nicola going to do? She´s going to learn to drive.
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Exercises

2 Answer the questions.

1 Is Mike going to travel around the USA? Yes, he is.
2 Are George and Morry going to have a holiday? No, they aren´t.
3 Is Mike going to learn to drive? NO, she isn´t
4 Is Julia going to work in a laboratory? Yes, she is.
5 Are George and Morry going to travel around the USA? No, they aren´t.

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

Richard: 1 we are going to book (we book) a taxi tonight?
2 is going to drive
Sally: No. It’s OK. Michelle (drive) us there.
Richard: But she 3 isn´t going to know (not know) anyone at the party.
4 is going to meet
Sally: I know. She isn’t coming to the party. She (meet) a friend in
town, so she 5 is going to take (take) us.
Richard: Oh, I see.

4 Complete the conversation with going to and the verbs in the box. Then listen and check.

do do stay travel teach work

Jeff: What 1 are you going to do in the summer, Teresa?

Teresa: Alec and I 2 are going to teach English in Africa.
Jeff: How long 3 are you going to stay there?
Teresa: Six weeks. We 4 are going to work in a primary school in Sudan.
What 5 are you do , Jeff?
6 am going to travel
Jeff: I 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 I’m going have holiday not to I´m not going to have a holiday.
3 a in going I’m laboratory to work I´m going to work a laboratory.
4 are going study to what you ? What are you going to study?
5 Physics going I’m study to I´m going to study Physics.
6 are do what to after you going university ? What are you going to do after university?

6 There is one word missing in each sentence. Write it in.

’m is
5 He going to meet us there?
1 I ^ going to buy a new jacket.
to to
2 We’re going leave at three o’clock. 6 When are you going have lunch?
going
3 Maggie is to get a job in the college. 7 I think itis
going to snow tonight.
go going
4 They’re going to home after school. 8 Are Jemima and Hugo to work in an office?

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