10December_FutureTense

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's class

! on your desk: book & pencil 

- grammar exp. (5 min)

- self-study (10 min) + checking your answers out (3 min)  

- work in pairs / speaking activity (10 min) + evaluation of your conversation (5 min)

Learning goal of this lesson

- You will be able to use the future tense (be going to) in English sentences.

- You will be able to improve your speaking skill.

What has a head and a tail but no body?

need a clue?

c _ _ n

A coin

be going to _ the future tense

We use the future tense be going to when we talk about our plans and intentions for the future.

We are going to visit my parents tonight.

They are going to leave for their trip this weekend.

I am going to enjoy this cake so much.

How to make the future tense

form of to be + going to + infinitive

I am going to leave in 10 minutes.

We are going to travel through Europe next year.

She is going to design the prefect suit.

negative sentences with be going to

To make negative sentences in the future tense with be going to you place not after the form of to be. 

- We are going to leave tonight. (positive)

- We are not going to leave tonight. (negative)

- He is going to play football tomorrow. (positive)

- He is not going to play football tomorrow. (negative)

Questions with be going to

To make questions in the future tense with be going to 

you place the form of to be at the front of the sentence.

- We are going to leave tonight. (positive)

- Are we going to leave tonight? (question)

- He is going to play football tomorrow. (positive)

- Is he going to play football tomorrow? (question)

let's do these sentenses together

• I .....     ...................    ..............    tomorrow. (work)

• I'm going to work tomorrow.

My father ........... ................. ............. us to school.( not take)

My father is not going to take us to school. 

My father isn't going to take us to school. 

........ they ................... ............ a new car next month? (buy)

Are they going to buy a new car?

self-study 

page 35, 36 / exc. 36

Grammar: to be going to 

done? ask for an extra worksheet about 'to be going to' 

www.englisch-hilfen.de

Work with your partner

page 39 

discussing issues 42

! please talk in a low voice