1.

Look at each person’s lists of things they are planning to do in the

future. For each time and action, write a future sentence using the
present continuous:

Paula

Tonight: cook dinner

Tomorrow: do laundry
Thursday: do my homework
Friday: go swimming

a. Tonight, She will cook dinner.

b. Tomorrow, she will doing laundry.

c. On Thursday, I will doing my homework

d. On Friday, She will going to swimming

Carl

This week: visit my mom

Next week: go on a date with Wendy
In two weeks: paint my bathroom
In three weeks: go on holiday in Spain

e. This week, I will going to visited my mom

f. Next week, I will going on a date with Wendy

g. In two weeks, I will going to paint my bathroom

h. In three weeks, I will going on holiday in spain

Victoria

9:00: meet with my boss

12:00: eat lunch with Pete
1:00: go to the bank
6:00: meet Janice at the mall

i. At 9:00, I will going meet with my boss

j. At 12:00, I will going eat my lunch with Pete

k. At 1:00, I will going to the bank

l. At 6:00, I will going meet Janice at the mall

2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of be going to and
the verb in parentheses. Decide if the sentences should be positive or
negative:

I lost my tablet today, so I am going to buy a

a.
new one tomorrow. (buy)

He doesn’t need anything, so he don´t going

b.
to shop tomorrow. (go shopping)

She don´t going out tonight because she’s

c.
really tired. (go out)

Ted really wants to get a good mark on his

d. exam tomorrow, so he going to study hard
tonight. (study)
 My sister wants to be a doctor, so she
e.
going to medical school next year. (go)

I going to book a plane ticket because I

f.
decided not to go away this summer. (book)

A few of my friends are coming to my house

g. tonight, so I going to cook dinner for them.
(cook)

Dan’s mother’s birthday is in a couple

h. weeks, so he going to send her a present.
(send)

Jimmy going to see the doctor tomorrow

i.
because he isn’t feeling well. (see)
 She doesn’t feel like cooking tonight, so she
j.
going to order a pizza and relax. (order)

We going to sell our car this year because

k.
we just bought it two years ago. (sell)

I can’t believe your little brother going to

l. start university in a few months! I hope he
does well! (start)
3. Complete the following dialogues using the question forms of be
going to.

Tom lost his job!

a.
Oh, no! What is he going to do?

Are you going to eat that last piece of

pizza?
b.
No, I already had three pieces, so I’m full!

This classroom is a mess, and we have to

clean it up before class starts.
c.
I know! How will we going to clean it up in
time?

We have to wait for Kelly. She’s still

working.
d.
When will she going to finish?
 I have a terrible toothache.

Oh, no! when will you going to see a

e.
dentist?

No! I’m too afraid to go!

will she going to send you some money?

f.
Yes, she is.

Did you hear that Alice is moving?

g.
Oh really? Where will she going to move
to?

Why will he go to the post office?

h.
He’s going because he has to pick up a
package.

Will they go to Disneyland this summer?

i.
No, they aren’t. They don’t have enough
money.
 I am starting a new office job next week, but
I don’t have a suit.
j.
Where will you going to buy one?

will you going to study English in Canada?

k.
Yes, I’m going to start in six months.

I need someone to help me move this

furniture tomorrow.
l.
Who will you going to ask? Me? Oh...
4. Use the present information to describe what’s going to happen.
Use be going to with each verb or phrase from the table once:

Quit cry win the game rain have a big

family

have fun fail be popular fall be angry

a. John’s cup is near the end of the table.

It is going to fall.

b. My mother is watching a sad movie.

She is going to cry

c. You crashed your brother’s car.

He is going to be angry

d. Look at all those dark clouds in the sky.

It is going to rain

e. John and Heather love children.

They are going to have a big family

f. Leonard has a test in one hour, but he didn’t study.

He is going to fail

g. My friends and I are going to a party.

We are going to have fun

h. This new movie looks great!

It is going to be popular

i. Brian is worried about his smoking.

He is going to quit
j. Our soccer team is the strongest team in the city.
We are going to win the game
5. Complete the sentences with may/might, may not/might not. Use
the verbs in the table:

go out Like cancel Call

have Stay work borrow

finish watch buy Go

a. Tom is feeling sick, so he might/may stay home from work tomorrow.

b. I want to relax this weekend, so I may go to the beach.

c. There isn’t any food in the kitchen, so she may go out for dinner.

d. Terry is very busy, so he might not call you tonight.

e. I have too much work to do, so I may finish before I go home.

f. It’s my girlfriend’s birthday soon. I may buy her a new jacket.

g. We may work on the weekend if we don’t finish all of our work.

h. Did you ask Nancy? She may have some time to help you.

i. I don’t have very much money this month, so I may borrow some from my
friend.

j. We may watch a movie because we have a few hours free.

k. This dish is really spicy. I know you don’t usually eat spicy food, so you might
not like it.

l. It’s raining today, so we may cancel the soccer game.