I will open

my new
restaurant!

lesson description
You will be able to recognize the “going
to” and simple future, make plans for your
future, and use the four tenses of the
verbs “invite,” “push,” “call,” “clean,” and “to
be able.”

objectives
• Identify people and things in
a restaurant
• Make plans for the future
• Practice simple future and
“going to” future tenses

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vocabulary

2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11

1 coat rack 5 breakfast 9 men’s bathroom

2 leftovers 6 lunch 10 women’s bathroom
3 cash register 7 dinner 11 food delivery
4 take-out 8 water fountain

verbs
q Infinitive to invite to call to push to clean to be able
q Present Tense I invite I call I push I clean I am able
q Simple Past Tense you invite you call you push you clean you are able
q Future Tense she/he/it invites she/he/it calls she/he/it pushes she/he/it cleans she/he/it is able
we invite we call we push we clean we are able
they invite they call they push they clean they are able

I invited I called I pushed I cleaned I was able

you invited you called you pushed you cleaned you were able
she/he/it invited she/he/it called she/he/it pushed she/he/it cleaned she/he/it was able
we invited we called we pushed we cleaned we were able
they invited they called they pushed they cleaned they were able

I will invite I will call I will push I will clean I will be able
you will invite you will call you will push you will clean you will be able
she/he/it will invite she/he/it will call she/he/it will push she/he/it will clean she/he/it will be
we will invite we will call we will push we will clean able
they will invite they will call they will push they will clean we will be able
they will be able

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conversation
Read the following conversation
out loud five times.

Kim: I am going to quit my job.

Sara: What? Why do you want to
do that?
Jeff: Where will you work? What
will you do?
Kim: I am going to open my own
restaurant.
Everyone: Wow! Really? You are?
Where, here?
Kim: I don’t know for sure. It will
take some time before the
plans are final and I will have
a lot of work ahead. Bonus Feature: Watch the English Highway video to follow along! (Lesson ID: #0336)
Jeff: So, where is this restaurant
going to be?
Kim: I wanted to get a place near Peter: What? Are you going to open a
here, but the rent is really restaurant in San Francisco?
expensive and I have this Sara: Are you going to move to San
cousin in San Francisco. Francisco?
Jeff: Are you going to leave us?

key phrases
I am going to quit my job.
Where will you work?
She is going to open a restaurant.
She will be able to live her dream.
Will you push the door open for me?
Why do you want to do that?
Is everything ok?
Will I see you tomorrow?

your turn
Read the conversation and decide if the sentences Sara: I want take-out food.
Ned: What is “take-out food”?
are True or False.
Sara: It is food that is usually fast and easy. It’s awesome!
Ned: Sounds good!
1. Ned is going to order a hamburger. (True / False)
Sara: I am going to order some.
2. Take-out food is fast and easy. (True / False)
Ned: What are you going to order?
3. Sara and Ned order take-out food. (True / False) Sara: I will order two hamburgers.
4. Ned will not eat take-out food. (True / False) Ned: I am going to have one cheeseburger.
5. Ned knows how much the food costs. (True / False) Sara: What is it going to cost?
6. They ordered four hamburgers. (True / False) Ned: It is going to cost five dollars and forty-five cents.
7. Sara thinks that take-out food is awful. (True / False) Sara: Will you give me my hamburgers, please?
8. Ned is going to eat Sara’s hamburgers. (True / False) Ned: No way! I am going to eat them all!

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the future tense
The simple future tense describes an event that is expected to
happen but has not happened yet. There are two common ways
to talk about what will happen in the future. The simple future
tense and the “going to” future tense.
your turn
Change the present tense verbs in the following sentences to
the simple future verb tense, using “will” and “going to.”
1. The restaurant serves dinner until midnight.

Using “Will” (Will) ______________________________________________

The simple future tense uses the word will. “She will move to
(Going to) __________________________________________
San Francisco” expresses that she is planning to move to San
Francisco in the future.
2. I take my dog to the park.
There are two instances where the word “will” becomes a contrac-
(Will) ______________________________________________
tion. The first is when it is combined with the subject.
(Going to) __________________________________________
For example:
“She’ll move to San Francisco.” (“she” + “will” = “she’ll”)
Use Contractions! Re-write the sentence using the
The second contraction form occurs when forming a negative “will” form contraction.
statement.
(Will) ______________________________________________
“She won’t (will not) move to San Francisco.” (“will” + “not” =
“won’t”).
3. She moves to San Francisco.
Using “Going to”
(Will) ______________________________________________
The second form of the future tense uses the words
“going to.” “She is going to open a restaurant” indicates that (Going to) __________________________________________
she plans to open a restaurant in the future.
Use Contractions! Re-write the sentence using the
The going to form of the simple future tense is always structured
“will” form contraction.
like this:
(Will) ______________________________________________
Subject + (form of “to be”) + going to + main verb in
present form
4. She does not move to San Francisco. (Hint: the word
For example: “does” is never used in the future tense)
We are going to finish this game.
(Will) ______________________________________________
Jeff is going to like his present!
I am going to clean the house (Going to) __________________________________________

“Will” and “going to” often have the same meaning, but now Use Contractions! Re-write the sentence using the
always. “Going to” is used for activities that are scheduled: contraction form for “not”.

For example: (Will) ______________________________________________

What is Julie going to do on Monday?
(Going to) __________________________________________
She’s going to visit her cousin.

“Will” is also used for invitations and requests:

For example:
Will you go to yoga class with me?
Will you carry this for me?

Also, “will” is somewhat more formal than “going to.”

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your turn cultural tip
Fill in each blank with the correct simple future tense form of the In English-speaking countries, it is
verb in the parentheses. expected that you leave a tip for the
waiter or waitress when you eat at a
For example: I will clean the kitchen next Saturday. restaurant. Most people leave 15-20%
of the total check.

1. I ________________ in Spain next year. (live)

2. Jeff ________________ his lessons for his class tomorrow. (write)

3. She ________________ to the supermarket. (go)

4. Kim ________________ dinner tonight. (cook)

5. They ________________ the people at the restaurant. (count)

6. My mom says she ________________ tomorrow. (call)

7. We ________________ the white house tomorrow. (buy)

8. Sara ________________ breakfast later. (eat)

9. I ________________ about it and let you know. (think)

10. You ________________ at the park tomorrow. (play)

putting it all together…

What is your dream job? Where would you like to live? Use both future tense forms to
talk about your fantasy life. Please write five complete sentences!

For example:
1. I will live in Spain.
2. My boyfriend isn’t going to move to Spain.
3. I am going to write a novel.
4. I’ll also eat tapas and drink red wine every day.

1. _______________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________________________

5. _______________________________________________________________

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 Answer Key

your turn - exercise 1 your turn - exercise 2

1. false 1. The restaurant will serve dinner until midnight. /
2. true The restaurant is going to serve dinner until midnight.
3. true 2. I will take my dog to the park. / I am going to take my dog to
4. false the park. / I’ll take my dog to the park.
5. true 3. She will move to San Francisco. / She is going to move to San
6. false Francisco. / She’ll move to San Francisco.
7. false 4. She will not move to San Francisco. / She is not going to move
8. true to San Francisco. / She won’t move to San Francisco. / She isn’t
going to move to San Francisco.

your turn - exercise 3 putting it together - exercise 4

1. will live Students should use the simple future tense to talk about their
2. will write fantasy life using five complete sentences.
3. will go
4. will cook
5. will count
6. will call
7. will buy
8. will eat
9. will think
10. will play

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