Affirmative + am / is / are Negative + verb Interrogative Short answers + am / is / are We use Be going to:

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Im going to study. Hes going to win the prize. Theyre going to sleep. They arent going to buy a car. She isnt going to eat. Im not going to watch TV. Is he going to run in the park? Yes, he is. No, he isnt.

am not / isnt / arent

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Am / Is / Are + verb Yes,

No, + m not / isnt / To talk about plans, things we intend to do in the future. arent Ben is going to buy a car next week. When we predict something and there is evidence that it will happen in the future. The sky is cloudy today. It is going to rain.

Write affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences with be going to and the following words. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences. She / eat / pasta / for lunch ______________________________________ going to / Sandra / her mother / is / help _______________________________________ ______________________________________ have / what / going to / are / for dinner / you / ? _______________________________________ ______________________________________ at /I / study / going to / next year. I / university move / to / aam new house _______________________________________ ______________________________________ isnt / the dog / its food / eat / going to _______________________________________ ______________________________________ football / Bob / next Sunday / going to / is / play / ? _______________________________________ ______________________________________ tidy / arent / Brian and James / going to / their rooms Mr Philips / walk / to work _______________________________________ ______________________________________ going to / after school / they / do / are / their homework ______________________________________ _______________________________________ the shopping / are / going to / your parents / do / / ? ______________________________________ You _______________________________________ / find / a new job at the seaside / I / going to / my holidays / spend / am ______________________________________ not _______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Tim and Janet / marry / next month ______________________________________

Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative form of be going to and the verbs in brackets.

Make questions with be going to and the I _______________ a new computer. (buy) words given, then give short answers, as in The children their grandparents the _______________ example. next Sunday. (not visit) your father / read / the newspaper My father _______________ next Friday. (not work) Is_______________ your father going tofriends read the newspaper? Alfred his tonight. (meet) No, he isnt. Marta and Carol _______________ to the party. (not come) your mother / wash / the dishes / after lunch Hurry up! You _______________ the train. (miss) _______________________________________ I _______________ a holiday this summer (not you (plural) / see / Andrew / next week have) _______________________________________ Peter _______________ all his friends to his birthday they / have / a rest / in the afternoon party. (invite) _______________________________________ We _______________ at a restaurant. (eat) Rose / make / a cake / for dessert Vicky doesnt study hard. She _______________ her _______________________________________ exams. (not pass) you (singular) / get up / early / tomorrow Tim and Mary _______________ the house next _______________________________________ summer. (not paint) Tomas / sing / that song / at the festival Martin _______________ the football match on TV. _______________________________________ (watch) Harry and Sally / visit / Rome / next year Sam and Lisa _______________ abroad next month. _______________________________________ (travel) it / rain / at the weekend Tony _______________ alcohol because he _______________________________________ _______________ his car. (not drink drive) Robin / build / a snowman / this winter _______________________________________ you (singular) / tell / me / the truth _______________________________________

______________________________________ ______________________________________ It / snow / tomorrow ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________

Look at the pictures, complete the sentences with be going to (in the affirmative or negative form) and a verb from the box. The children _______________ videogames, they _______________ their bicycles. Lucy and Fred _______________ dinner for their parents. Anne _______________ her best friend. Mark and his father _______________ in the river next Sunday. The Johnsons _______________ to Paris on holiday. Tim _______________ off the ladder. Albert _______________ in the sea tomorrow. My sister _______________ a photo of her friends. Samuel _______________ his sandwich at break.

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1. She is going to eat pasta for lunch She isnt going to eat pasta for lunch Is she going to eat pasta for lunch? I am going to move to a new house I am not going to move to a new house Am I going to move to a new house? Mr Philips is going to walk to work Mr Philips isnt going to walk to work Is Mr Philips going to walk to work? You are going to find a new job You arent going to find a new job Are you are going to find a new job? Tim and Janet are going to marry next month Tim and Janet arent going to marry next month Are Tim and Janet going to marry next month? It is going to snow tomorrow It isnt going to snow tomorrow Is it going to snow tomorrow?

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am going to buy arent going to visit isnt going to work is going to meet arent going to come are going to miss m not going to have is going to invite are going to eat isnt going to pass arent going to paint is going to watch are going to travel isnt going to drink / is going to drive

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Sandra is going to help her mother What are you going to have for dinner? I am going to study at university next year The dog isnt going to eat its food Is Bob going to play football next Sunday? Brian and James arent going to tidy their rooms They are going to do their homework after school Are your parents going to do the shopping? I am not going to spend my holidays at the seaside

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Is your mother going to wash the dishes after lunch? Yes, she is. 2. Are you going to see Andrew next week? No, we arent 3. Are they going to have a rest in the afternoon? Yes, they are. 4. Is Rose going to make a cake for dessert? No, she isnt 5. Are you going to get up early tomorrow? No, Im not 6. Is Tomas going to sing that song at the festival? Yes, he is. 7. Are Harry and Sally going to visit Rome next year? No, they arent. 8. Is it going to rain at the weekend? Yes, it is. 9. Is Robin going to build a snowman this winter? No, he isnt. 10. Are you going to tell me the truth? Yes, I am.

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arent going to play are going to ride are going to prepare isnt going to phone arent going to fish are going to fly is going to fall isnt going to swim is going to take isnt going to eat