Fundamentals 05 - Future: be going to + BF - (LGP-Elem)

REFERENCE
  • We use be going to + base form to talk about things we have decided to do or not to do in the future:
    A: I 'm going to stay at home tomorrow. Are you going to watch the match tonight?
    B: No, we aren't going to be at home.
  • We often use these time expressions when we talk about the future:
    tonight, tomorrow, next week/month/year, in January, in the summer, on Monday, this week/weekend/month
    Are you going to watch the match tonight?
AffirmativeNegative
I'm (am) going to stayI'm not (am not) going to stay
he/she/it's (is) going to stayhe/she/it isn't (is not) going to stay
you/we/they're (are) going to stayyou/we/they aren't (are not) going to stay
QuestionShort answers
Am I going to stay?Yes, I am.
No, I'm not.
Is he/she/it going to stay?Yes, he/she/it is.
No, he/she/it isn't.
Are you/we/they going to stay?Yes, you/we/they are.
No, you/we/they aren't.
example gap
 
 
52A Complete Hall's plans for the weekend. Use be going to and the verbs in the box.
ask - come - have - help - see - stay - take - use - visit
 
 

 0. 
I  in bed on Saturday morning.
 

 1. 
In the afternoon, I my grandparents.
 

 2. 
I a movie with my cousins on Saturday night.
 

 3. 
We a pizza in town before the movie.
 

 4. 
My friend Emma with us.
 

 5. 
On Sunday morning, my parents us to the beach.
 

 6. 
On Sunday afternoon, Emma me with my Business Studies project.
 

 7. 
We my brother’s laptop.
 

 8. 
I him about it tonight!
 
 
 
52B Complete the sentences. Use be going to and the verbs in brackets.
 
 

 0. 
I'm going to buy some clothes, but I  a lot of money. (not spend)
 

 9. 
Tom's going to stay in bed on Sunday morning. He early. (not get up)
 

 10. 
Lucy's going to meet Charlotte tomorrow, but they lunch together. (not have)
 

 11. 
We're going to stay in a hotel. We with our cousins. (not stay)
 

 12. 
Jo's going to take her skirt back to the shop. She it. (not keep)
 

 13. 
I'm going to work with animals. I in an office. (not work)
 

 14. 
My parents are going to paint the kitchen, but they my bedroom. (not paint)
 
 
 
52C Write questions. Use be going to.
 
 

 0. 
you / phone / her tonight?
A:  ?
B: Yes, I am.
 

 15. 
she / stay / with you on Sunday?
A: ?
B: Yes, she is.
 

 16. 
your friends / have / a party?
A: ?
B: No, they aren't.
 

 17. 
we / tell / Ryan about Becky?
A: ?
B: No we aren't.
 

 18. 
what / you / do / in the summer?
A: ?
B: I'm going to visit my grandparents.
 

 19. 
Matt / learn / to drive next year?
A: ?
B: Yes, he is.
 

 20. 
where / they / stay?
A: ?
B: I'm going to stay at my sister's house.
 

 21. 
you / see / Justin tomorrow?
A: ?
B: No, I'm not.
 

 22. 
he / move / here in September?
A: ?
B: I don't know.
 
 
 
52D Complete the conversation. Use be going to and the verbs in brackets.
 
 

 A: 
Coralie and Thomas (0)  (visit) us next weekend. Do you remember them?
 

 B: 
Yes, I do. What about Pauline? (23) (she / come), too?
 

 A: 
No, she (24) . She wants to come in October.
 

 B: 
B: What (25) (you / do) with them?
 

 A: 
A: We (26) (take) them to London on Saturday. We (27) (not stay) in a hotel. We (28) (go) for the day. Would you like to come with us?
 

 B: 
Oh, yes. Thank you.