FUTURE: TO BE GOING TO vs.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
TO BE GOING TO
1. Use be going to + infinitive to talk about future
plans or intentions.
EXAMPLE: He’s going to meet me at the airport.
2. We use be going to + infinitive to make a
prediction when we know or can see that
something is going to happen.
EXAMPLE: Look at that car! It’s going to crash.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
We often use the present continuous with a future
meaning, especially for plans we have made at a fixed
time or place in the future (future arrangements).
Don’t use the present simple: I see some friends
tonight.
EXAMPLES:
I’m seeing a friend tonight.
She’s arriving at lunchtime
TASK 3 . Complete the dialogue with be going to or present
BE GOING TO or PRESENT CONTINUOUS?
We can often use either with no difference in meaning.
EXAMPLE: I’m going to see Anna on Tuesday / I’m
seeing Anna on Tuesday.
It’s very common to use the present continuous with
the expressions tonight, tomorrow, this weekend, etc.,
and with verbs describing travel arrangements (go,
come, meet, see, leave and arrive).
EXAMPLE: I’m leaving on Monday is more common
than I’m going to leave on Monday.
Use of English
TASK 1. Complete the sentences with going to + a verb.
be - cook - do - get - not go - learn - not listen – see - stay
Ex. What film are you going to see tonight?
1. Are your sister going to learn Chinese?
2. You are going to be in class 3 next year.
3. We are not going to go camping next summer. We are going to
stay.
in a hotel.
4. We are going to get a taxi to the airport.
5. I am going to cook a wonderful meal tonight.
6. You can talk, but I am not going to listen to you.
7. What are you going to do when you leave school?
TASK 2. Complete the dialogue between two flatmates.
Use the present continuous.
A: What are you doing tonight? (do)
B: I (1) am packing (pack) my suitcase.
A: Why?
B: Because I (2) am flying (fly) to Madrid at
8’clock tomorrow morning.
A: Oh, I didn’t know. Why (3) are you going (go) to Madrid?
B: I (4) am seeing (see) the boss of Vtech
Solutions tomorrow.
A: Why (5) are you meeting (meet) him?
B: I (6) am working (work) on a project for him this weekend
and I need to discuss it with him.
A: Oh, well have a good trip!
continuous. Use the verbs in brackets.

Mike: "Hey Nick, what (1) are you going to do (you / do /?) after
school today?"
Nick: "Well, first, I (2) am meeting (meet) Karen at the train station
at 4:30 p.m. After that, we (3) are eating (eat) with her parents
at 7 p.m.."
Mike: "Wow, it sounds like you have a busy evening!"
Nick: "How about you?"
Mike: "Oh, after school, I (4) am walking (walk) home and then I
(5) am going to do (do) my homework. I don’t like to make any
arrangements.
Nick: "Well, I'm really happy, because I (6) am going to tell (tell)
Karen that we (7) are flying (fly) to Jamaica in December! I bought
the tickets yesterday! We (8) are staying (stay) at a hotel right on
the beach. It (9) will be/ is going to be (be) amazing!
Mike: I also have some plans. I (10) am going to sail (sail) to Jamaica
someday too, but I have to learn to sail first. During my next
vacation, I (11) am going to learn (learn) Spanish."
Nick: (12) are you going to take (you / take /?) Spanish lessons or
(13) are you going to learn (you / learn /?) with a book?
Mike: "I (14) am going to take (take) lessons, but I don’t know which
school I want to go to yet."
Nick: "Good for you! I think we should hurry up and go to the
station now because the weather is getting worse and it looks like it
(15) is going to rain (rain) soon!"
Mike: "You're right. Let's go!"
EDUCATION VOCABULARY

TASK 1.

Look at the pictures below.

Put the letters in the right order to make the name of a school subject.
Then match the subjects with what you might study for them.

0. 1. 2. 3. 6. 7.
4. 5.

0. scimu Music a. what happened in the past.

1. lygoibo biology b. how to play an instrument.
2. sicshyp physics c. what salt is made of
3. pygagrohe geography d. mountains and rivers
4. mythreics chemistry e. how people speak in other countries
5. soithyr history f. animal and plant life
6. agluagnse languagge g. electricity and space
7. hetmascaimt mathematics h. how to add number

TASK 2.

Read the following text.

Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
Staff – primary school – pupils – learn – start – terms – play-school - compulsory – mixed

Bobby’s parents decide to send him to a (1) play school when he was three. They
wanted him to (2) learn to play with other children. In Britain children must, by
law, (3) start school at the age of five. Education is (4) compulsory from then.
Bobby’s first real school was the (5) Staff. There are three (6)
terms a year and holidays at Christmas Easter and in summer. The (7)
pupils are boys and girls together, so it’s a (8) mixed school. The teachers on the (9) primary school
are young and friendly. Bobby likes the school.

Secondary school – take – specialize – state school – pass – private school – fail – subjects - marks

Sally started her new school at the age of 11. There are different kinds of
schools from this age, but the general term for them is a (1) secondary school.
Sally’s school is a government school, usually called a (2) state school. Some
parents pay to send their children to a (3) private school. At first Sally will
take a lot of different (4) subjects (history, English, chemistry, etc.) but, after
a few years, she’ll begin to (5) specialize in things she is good at and
interested in. then
she’ll (6) take some exams. If she can (7) pass a numbers of exams with good (8) marks
(A, B, C), it will help her to get a good job. Of course she hopes she doesn’t (9) fail.