To be going to

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 1

Toekomst (future):

Plannen & voorspellen

10 minutes quiet reading

from page 51

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to:

make the future tense with ‘to be going to’.

explain when to use the future tense form.

make questions & negations with ‘to be going to’.

What are the personal pronouns again?(persoonlijke voornaamwoorden)

Which personal pronouns belong to which form of  ‘to be’?

Am

Are

Is

I

You

He

She

It

We

They

When do you use ‘to be going to’?

• Plans: if you have a plan for the future;
• Predictions: there is a clear indication that something is going to happen. 

Plan for the future: 

 example

I am going to throw spiders at children tomorrow.

Clear indication that something is going to happen: example

Look at the clouds. It is going to rain!

The form (positive).

I	am	going to	hele werkwoord
He/she/it	is	going to	hele werkwoord
we/you/they	are	going to	hele werkwoord

The form (negative

I	am not	going to	hele werkwoord
He/she/it	is not	going to	hele werkwoord
We/you/ they	are not	going to	hele werkwoord

The  form (question)

Am	I	going to	hele werkwoord
Is	he/she/it	going to	hele werkwoord
Are	we/you/they	going to	hele werkwoord

Jacob ... work out at the gym.

1. am going to
2. is going to
3. are going to
4. will

The doctor ... give us the results.

1. am going to
2. are going to
3. will
4. is going to

... they going to help her?

1. Is
2. Will
3. Am
4. Are

Lisa and I ... play outside today.

1. am not going to
2. is not going to
3. are not going to
4. will not

Make the sentence positive.
My cat .... eat all the food.

Make the sentence negative.
I ... help you.

What have you learnt?

• You can use the future tense ‘to be going to’ form in an positive, negative and question sentence
• You know when to use this tense.

Is there anything you still don't understand?

Page 131 (blue pages)

Exercises 3A a+b

Communicative activity

A day in..... 

Get into pairs. You are going to plan a day in either New York or Paris

Language: be going to - 

You are either going to New York or Paris, 

Now you can choose any activities from the list or any of the shopping options. YOU MUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE TIME IT TAKES AND THE TIMES ON THE SCHEDULE.

You have ten minutes to plan this 

Now....

Get into groups of 4 (2 pairs)

You have to explain your plan for the day to the other group using be going to and explain why you have decided to do each of these things in your plan. See example on next slide:

Language: be going to

We are going to visit the museum of Modern Art because it is one of the best art museums in the world. 

What are you going to do after that? 

We are going to ....

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