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. Yes/No questions Affirmative and negative I ’m ’m not He She ’s isn’t You We They ’re aren’t Are you going to travel around the USA? Short answers going to travel around the USA. Yes, I am. No, I’m not. Wh- questions 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 around the USA. 1 I’m going to learn to drive. I’m going to work in a laboratory. Mike 1 2 3 4 We’re going to have a holiday in Spain. Julia What’s Mike going to do? What’s Julia going to do? What are George and Morry going to do? What’s Nicola going to do? Practical Grammar 1 4 3 2 George and Morry Nicola He’s going to travel around the USA. 1 © National Geographic Learning Elementary Unit 9a Exercises 2 Answer the questions. 1 2 3 4 5 Is Mike going to travel around the USA? Are George and Morry going to have a holiday? Is Mike going to learn to drive? Is Julia going to work in a laboratory? Are George and Morry going to travel around the USA? Yes, he is. 3 Complete the conversation with going to and the verbs in brackets. Richard: 1 (we book) a taxi tonight? 2 Sally: No. It’s OK. Michelle (drive) us there. 3 Richard: But she (not know) anyone at the party. 4 Sally: I know. She isn’t coming to the party. She town so she 5 (take) us. Richard: Oh, I see. 4 (meet) a friend in Complete the conversation with going to and the verbs in the box. Then listen and check. do do stay travel teach work are you going to do Jeff: What 1 2 Teresa: Alec and I Jeff: How long 3 Teresa:Six weeks. We 4 What 5 Jeff: I6 in the summer, Teresa? English in Africa. there? in a primary school in Sudan. , Jeff? around Europe. 5 Put the words in order. What are you going to do in the summer? are do going in the summer to what you ? 2 a I’m going have holiday not to 3 a in going I’m laboratory to work 4 are going study to what you ? 5 Physics going I’m study to 6 are study what to after you going university ? 1 6 There is one word missing in each sentence. Write it in. ’m 1 I ^ going to buy a new jacket. 5 He going to meet us there? 2 We’re going leave at three o’clock. 6 When are you going have lunch? 3 Maggie is to get a job in the college. 7 I think it going to snow tonight. 4 They’re going to home after school. 8 Are Jemima and Hugo to work in an office? Practical Grammar 1 2 © National Geographic Learning
