READY Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 278
Grammar
Course Book page 199
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Before teaching the grammar form, ask pupils to look at the sentences in the Course Book.
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Ask pupils to identify the subjects and verbs in the questions.
Remind pupils that sentences usually begin with a subject. Ask pupils to identify what these
sentences begin with (Elicit: To be (Am/Is/Are). Ask pupils what they think this means.
Tell pupils that in English we begin a question with to be (Am/Is/Are) (Use L1 if needed).
Introduce be going to (questions).
Review the be going to positive form by pointing to the picture on the bottom of the page and
saying: She is going to watch the news. Then, ask: Is she going to watch the news?
Explain that to make a question, the to be verb (am, is, are) is said in the beginning of the sentence.
The subject then follows, and then going to + VERB. Use L1 if needed.
Show how this is different from a positive be going to sentence by giving the examples:
You are going to watch the news.
Are you going to watch the news?
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Give example sentences for each pronoun: Am I going to watch the news?, Are you going to watch the
news? Is he going to watch the news?, etc.
Explain to pupils that the answers (positive or negative) to the questions are often shortened
versions: Yes, I am (going to plan the party). Yes, you are (going to plan the party). No, she is not
(going to plan the party).
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Tell pupils that we can also ask wh- questions in be going to. Remind pupils that they already know the
meaning of the words: What, Where, When, Why, and Who.
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Explain that in a wh- question in be going to, the wh- question word is said in the beginning of the
sentence. The wh- question word is followed by the to be verb, the pronoun, going to, and then the
verb: Wh- question word+ to be + pronoun + going to + verb. Use L1 if needed.
Show how these questions are different from the other be going to questions by giving examples:
Am I going to watch the news? New: When am I going to watch the news? Where is he going to
watch the news?
Give example sentences for different wh- words: What are you going to do today? When are you
going to join us?
Grammar Activity
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Do the activity to practice be going to (questions).
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Pass the Ball (VA #6)
Toss a soft ball or object to a pupil and ask a question using the grammar form be going to, for
example: Are you going to visit your grandparents today?, What are you going to do after school
today?, etc. Have the pupil respond using the grammar form going to (positive or negative) before
passing the ball to another pupil and asking the question again.
After a few pupils passed the ball, change the question.
Continue until each pupil has answered at least one question.
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