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‘Going to’ future & ambitions

I’m going to be rich and famous because…

Grammar

Going to future:

Predictions, intentions, ambitions or certain plans.

Going to + infinitive = “going to future”

Predictions

You are going to be very rich because you save all of your money.

Intentions/Ambitions

I am going to eat less chocolate so I can be thinner.

Certain plans

Because and so

Because is used to join two sentences together and describes a reason.

I’m going to England because my parents live there and I want to see them.

So is used to join two sentences together and describes a consequence or

result.

I am not very good at playing football so I will never play for Liverpool Football
Club.

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Exercises
A Match the correct endings to the beginnings of the following sentences:
Example: Doug is going to travel to Europe because he has plane tickets.

1. Bob is going to be in a famous rock band

2. Susie is going to meet famous movie stars
3. Joanne is going to study medicine
4. Horace is going to win the lottery
5. George is going to get a very good job
6. Lilly is going to study English
7. Tarquin is going to stop buying expensive new clothes
8. Sandra is going to buy a new house with an extra bedroom

D. because he learns to play guitar for 5 hours every day

G. so the new baby will have its own room to live in
H. so he can save for a holiday
A. so she can go to university in another country
C. so that he can earn a lot of money
B. because he buys a ticket every day
F. so she can be a nurse and help sick people
A. because she starts work for a film company next week

B In pairs, fill in the gaps using so or because

Example: Peter is very tired so he is going to bed early

1. Delilah is a brilliant singer _________ she is going to be in a

concert next week.

2. I am going to be sick _________ I have eaten

some bad food.

3. Ricardo is going to be a Formula 1 Motorbike

racing driver _________ he has been given a
Formula 1 motorbike by a company.

4. Leslie is going to help people learn better English

_________ they can choose the job they want.

5. Peter is going to learn martial arts _________ he can get fitter.

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C Write 5 sentences using because and so about your personal ambitions
Example:

I am going to play football like Michael Owen because I think he is

the best footballer in the world.____________________________

1. _______________________

_____________________________________________

2. _______________________

_____________________________________________

3. _______________________

_____________________________________________

4. _______________________

_____________________________________________

5. _______________________

_____________________________________________

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Predicting the Future!

1. In 20 years time, the world is going to

____________________________ .
2. In 10 years time, my country is going to

____________________________ .
3. In 5 years time, technology is going to

____________________________ .
4. In 3 years time, the Prime Minister/President is going to

____________________________ .
5. In 1 year, my friends are going to ____________________________ .
6. In 10 years time I am going to be ____________________________ .
7. In 5 years time I am going to live in ____________________________ .
8. In 3 years time I am going to be working as ____________________________ .
9. In 1 year, I am going to stop ____________________________ .
10. This weekend, I am going to ___________________________ .
11. Tomorrow, I am going to ____________________________ .
12. Tonight, I am going to ____________________________ .
13. After my next meal, I am going to ____________________________ .
14. When I have finished my English course, I am going to

____________________________ .
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Going to/ambitions/
because & so/descriptive adjectives (2)

I’m going to be rich and famous because…

ENGAGE
Introduce yourself formally and then tell the students an ambition “I am Tiger, I play golf every day so one
day I will be famous”. Ask students what they are going to do when they are older or have finished the
English course. Q&A around the topic of ambitions. Ask students what their hobbies are and what they are
going to do with or what their ambitions are for their skills. Make your questions range in time from what
students are going to do at the end of the year to in ten years time.

STUDY
Elicit the vocabulary not drawn out in the engage stage. Aim to cover: famous; rock star; movie star;
medicine; earn; nurse; film company; racing driver; martial arts; technology; Prime Minister; and President.
Elicit remaining vocabulary by drawing expressions on the board. Elicit and discuss and grammar points.

Demonstrate examples of the exercises before handing them out to students in pairs. For all exercises,
monitor, observe and provide feedback. Feedback should be self-correction, peer-correction and teacher
correction.

A Match the correct endings to the beginnings of the following sentences

B In pairs, fill in the gaps using so or because
C Write 5 sentences using because and so about your personal ambitions

ACTIVATE
Predicting the Future!
Divide the group into pairs. Demonstrate the completion of one sentence on the exercise cards. Each pair
must fill in a prediction for each sentence. Then pairs must find another pair with a similar prediction. The
aim of the game is to locate a pair with 2 similar predictions. Pairs should feedback their predictions to the
group at the end of the game.

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