Lesson 9: Unit 69 - Futurity. Be going to.

About this lesson

In this lesson you will learn how to use the structure "be going to" to express future plans, intentions and predictions in English. You will get to know the stories of four students — Dona, Thomas, Carol and Sam — and their plans after finishing school. You will practise affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of "be going to" in a real context. Through interactive exercises you will master how to recognise and correctly use this structure for the near and the more distant future.

40 minutes

What you'll learn

• Use 'be going to' to express plans and intentions
• Use 'be going to' for predictions when there is clear evidence
• Form affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences with 'be going to'
• Understand and retell other people's future plans
• Ask questions with 'be going to'

Lesson vocabulary

• gap year Taking a year out between school and university is called a gap year.
• plan Many young people plan their gap year very carefully.
• intention Be going to expresses plans and intentions in the future.
• teach I'm going to teach English and computer skills in Vietnam.
• attend I'm going to attend a Spanish course for three months.
• instructor Thomas is going to work as a snowboard instructor in Argentina.
• departure I'm really looking forward to my departure.
• take care of Carol is going to take care of the horses on the farm.
• ride She is going to learn to ride at the horse farm.
• vet Carol wants to be a vet one day.
• waste of time Sam thinks the gap year discussion is a waste of time.
• graduate When I graduate, I'm going to start work with my family.
• prediction Look at the black clouds — it's going to rain. That is a prediction.
• evidence We use 'be going to' for predictions when there is evidence in the present.
• find out Dona is going to find out about the culture and history of Vietnam.

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