READY Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 277
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Introduce be going to (positive).
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Ask pupils to identify the subjects and verbs in the sentences.
Point out that each sentence has “going to”.
Tell pupils that using “going to” before a verb is a different way of talking about something that will
happen in the future.
Explain that be going to is another way to talk about the future (use L1 if needed).
Explain that we use be going to to talk about plans or intentions, or things that we already decided
to do in the future.
Explain that in order to say that something is going to happen in the future, we use a form of the
verb to be + going to + VERB. Use L1 if needed.
Give example sentences for each pronoun in be going to (positive): I am going plan a party. You are
going to plan a party., He is going to plan a party.
Introducing be going to (negative).
Explain that in order to say that something is not going to happen in the future, we use a form of the
verb to be + not going to + VERB. Use L1 if needed.
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Give example sentences for each pronoun in be going to (negative): I am not going to plan a surprise.
We are not going to plan a surprise., They are not going to plan a surprise., etc.
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Explain that sometimes we use expressions of time in be going to to help describe when the action will
be happening. These include: tomorrow, tonight, next week/month/year/weekend, later, etc. Give
example sentences: They are going to watch a movie next week. I am not going to wake up early
tomorrow.
Grammar Activity
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Do the activity to practice the form: be going to (positive and negative)
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Sentence Builder (VA #20)
Before the lesson, prepare the Sentence Builder cards. You will need the following cards: pronouns,
to be verbs, going to, negation card (not), verbs (for example: like, eat) and noun phrases (things)
(for example: football, candy, ice cream, etc.)
Pass out the cards, one per pupil.
Have pupils stand in a line to create sentences. Say a sentence and have the pupils who hold the
correct cards stand at the front of the class. For example: (You) (are) (not) (going to) (eat)(candy).
Say a new sentence by changing either the pronoun or the positive/negative form at a time. Play a
few times to have pupils practice building sentences, especially focusing on the correct order of the
words in a be going to sentence.
Course Book page 198
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Remind pupils to use the Grammar section on the page to help them with the following tasks.
Course Book page 198, task 4
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Have pupils complete the sentences with the correct form of be going to (positive or negative)
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