Be going to- Students Rosetta Stone FUAA

BE GOING TOCONVERSATION CLUB I

JENIFFER POSADA VASQUEZTUTOR

SEPTEMBER 2013

BE GOING TO: MEANING AND FORM

Be going to…:•Used to express plans in the future.

Let’s remember something first…

BE GOING TO: Structure

Subject

• Example: Pepito, Pepita, My family, I, you, We, etc.

Be going to

• AUXILIAR BE: AM, ARE, IS

Verb in base form

• Example: go, play, buy, run

EXAMPLE:

I AM GOING TO GO TO CARTAGENA TOMORROW

BE GOING TO: Structure

Subject

• Example: Pepito, Pepita, My family, I, you, We, etc.

Be going to

• AUXILIAR BE: AM, ARE, IS

Verb in base form

• Example: go, play, buy, run

EXAMPLE:

I AM GOING TO GO TO CARTAGENA TOMORROW

Structure

EXAMPLE:

I AM GOING TO GO TO CARTAGENA TOMORROW

Subject

• Example: Pepito, Pepita, My family, I, you, We, etc.

Be going to

• AUXILIAR BE: AM, ARE, IS

Verb in base form

• Example: go, play, buy, run

• I AM GOING TO GO TO CARTAGENA TOMORROW

TODAY

BE GOING TO REFERS TO THE FUTURE… THINGS YOU PLAN TO DO IN THE FUTURE!

AGAIN!

• MARITZA

AGAIN!

• IS GOING TO

• MARITZA

AGAIN!

• IS GOING TO

• HAVE A BABY

• MARITZA

MARITZA IS GOING TO HAVE A BABY:

PRESENT FUTURE

LET’S SUMMARIZE…

BE GOING TO

Function

Used to express future plans

Structure

Subject+ aux verb to be (am, are, is) + GOING TO+ Verb (in

base form)+ complement.

• I AM GOING TO STUDY NEXT WEEK

• I AM NOT GOING TO BE A DOCTOR.

• ARE YOU GOING TO PLAY SOCCER THIS WEEKEND

• WHERE IS PEDRO GOING TO GO ON HIS NEXT VACATION?

IN AFFIRMATIVE IN NEGATIVE

IN YES/NO QUESTIONS

IN WH QUESTIONS

WOULD LIKE TO

Conversation:Mark, what are your plans for

next year?

Conversation:Mark, what are your plans for

next year?

Next year? I’m going to go to the university.

Conversation:Mark, what are your plans for

next year?Next year? I’m going

to go to the university.

Really? And, what are you going to

study?

Conversation:Mark, what are your plans for

next year?Next year? I’m going

to go to the university.

Really? And, what are you going to

study?I want to be an architect, so,I’m going to study architecture.

Conversation:Mark, what are your plans for

next year?Next year? I’m going

to go to the university.

Really? And, what are you going to

study?I want to be an architect, so,I’m going to study architecture.

FUTURE PLANS

LINKS!• EXPLANATION:

– http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-1-going-to• GRAMMAR EXERCISES:

– http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-1-going-to/exercises?02– http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-1-going-to/exercises?03– http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-1-going-to/exercises?04– http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-1-going-to/exercises?05

• LISTENING ACTIVITIES:– http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_plans.htm– http://www.englishlanguageworld.com/Beginning_English_Lesson16/Beginni

ng_English_Lesson16_Listening.html– http://englishconversations.org/2007/07/20/miyakos-education-part-29/

• READING ACTIVITY:– http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4605