Future: Be going to

When do we use it? To talk about plans,

things we intend to do in the future.
Example: Ben is going to buy a car next week.

1. Complete the sentences with the affirmative or

negative form of be going to and the verbs in brackets.

1. I _______________
am going to buy a new computer. (buy)
2. The children _______________
are not going to visit their grandparents next Sunday. (not visit)

3. My father _______________
is not going to work next Friday. (not work)

4. Alfred _______________
is going to meet his friends tonight. (meet)
5. Marta and Carol _______________
are not coming to the party. (not come)
6. Hurry up! You _______________
are going to miss the train. (miss)
7. I _______________
am not going to have a holiday this summer (not have)

8. Peter _______________
is going to invite all his friends to his birthday party. (invite)
9. We _______________
are going to eat at a restaurant. (eat)
10. Vicky Doesn’t study hard. She _is not going to pass_________ her exams. (not pass)
11. Tim and Mary are
_______________
not going to paint the house next summer. (not paint)

12. Martin _______________

is going to watch the football match on TV. (watch)

13. Sam and Lisa _______________

are going to travel abroad next month. (travel)

Tony _______________
is not going to drink alcohol because he _______________
is going to drive his car. (not drink – drive)

2. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. going to / Sandra / her mother / is / help _______________________________________

Sandra is going to help her mother.

2. have / what / going to / are / for dinner / you /

?____________________________________
What are you going to have for dinner?

3. at university / am / I / study / going to / next

year.____________________________________
I am going to study at university next year.

4. isn’t / the dog / its food / eat / going to _______________________________________

The dog isn't going to eat its food.

5. football / Bob / next Sunday / going to / is / play /

?__________________________________
Is Bob going to play football next Sunday?

6. tidy / aren’t / Brian and James / going to / their rooms

________________________________
Brian and James aren't going to tidy their rooms
 7. going to / after school / they / do / are / their homework
______________________________
They are going to do their homework after school

8. the shopping / are / going to / your parents / do / / ?

_________________________________
Are your parents going to go to the shopping?

9. at the seaside / I / going to / my holidays / spend / am

not______________________________
I am going to spend my holidays at the beach

play

ride

prepare

phone

fish

fly

fall

swim

take

eat