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Unit 3A: Plans & Dreams: Grammar

This document provides an overview of plans and predictions using the future tense "be going to". It includes examples of how to use "be going to" for intentions and predictions. It also discusses using "gonna" in informal speech. Activities include predicting future events in pictures using "be going to" and describing upcoming weddings and holidays using the structure. The document aims to teach and practice using "be going to" to talk about the future.

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Unit 3A: Plans & Dreams: Grammar

This document provides an overview of plans and predictions using the future tense "be going to". It includes examples of how to use "be going to" for intentions and predictions. It also discusses using "gonna" in informal speech. Activities include predicting future events in pictures using "be going to" and describing upcoming weddings and holidays using the structure. The document aims to teach and practice using "be going to" to talk about the future.

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GRAMMAR

Unit 3A:
Plans &
Dreams
WARM - UP
Let's have some fun while reviewing Future Simple!
What will you do after class?
What will you eat for lunch?
If it rains this afternoon,
what will you do?
Where will you go
if you go out tonight?
What will you wear
tomorrow morning?
LEAD-IN

And this is the subtitle that makes it


comprehensible
VOCABULARY
About
voluntary (adj)

E.g: She does voluntary work for


UNICEF two days a week.
photo shoot About
(n)

E.g: His first photo shoot was a huge


success.
LISTENING
1. Why is Olivia going to Nicaragua?
Questions
2. What is she going to do there?

3. What is Matthew's profession?

4. What does he say about the

weather in Australia?
Interviewer (I): Excuse me, do you have a moment?
Olivia (O): Yes, sure.
I: Where are you going?
O: To Nicaragua.
I: For a holiday?
voluntary work I’m going to teach
O: No, I’m going to do _______________.
English to young children.
I: Where exactly in Nicaragua are you going?
O: To a town called Esteli. It’s about 150 kilometres from
Managua.
I: How long are you going to be there for?
6 weeks and after that I’m
O: I’m going to be in Esteli for ________
going to travel round Nicaragua for a month.
FILL IN THE GAPS
I: That sounds amazing.
O: Yes, I’m looking forward to it.
I: Are you feeling nervous at all?
O: A bit, because I don’t speak much Spanish. But they’re going
give us a 40-hour language course when we arrive so I
to _______
hope that’s enough to start with.
I: Well, good luck and have a great time.
fantastic experience.
O: Thanks. I’m sure it’s going to be a ________
Interviewer (I): Excuse me, do you have a moment?
Matthew (M): Yeah, OK.
I: Where are you going?
M: To Australia.
stop
I: That’s a long flight. Are you going to _________ on the way?
M: No, I’m going direct to Melbourne.
I: Why Melbourne?
M: I’m going to work there. I’m a model and we’re going to do
photo shoot for a magazine.
a ____________
I: That sounds exciting. What kind of clothes are you going to
model?
Winter clothes for next season. It’s winter in Australia
M: ______________,
FILL IN THE GAPS
now so it’s going to be quite cold. That’s why we’re going
there.
I: Of course, it’s their winter. How cold do you think it’s going to
be? degrees
M: I’m not quite sure. About 8 or 9 ________ during the day
and colder at night. I suppose.
I: Well, have a good trip, and I hope the photos are fabulous.
M: Thanks.
PLANS:
• I'm going to do voluntary work.
• I'm going to teach English to young
children.
• I'm going to travel round Nicaragua
for a month.
• I’m going to work there.
• We’re going to do a photo shoot for a
magazine.
PREDICTIONS:
• It’s going to be a fantastic experience.
• it’s going to be quite cold.
STRUCTURE
Be going to: uses
We use be going to to :
⏷ Intentions : to talk about future plans and intentions
⏷ Predictions : to predict something that we think is certain to
happen

Positive S + am/is/are + He is going to


going to+Verb study.
infinitive
Negative S + am/is/are not + They are not
going to+ Verb going to study.
infinitive
Fast speech : gonna
⏷ We use gonna /gənə/ instead of going to in informal contexts, especially in
speaking and in song lyrics.
⏷ When people speak fast they often pronounce going to as gonna /gənə/.
Ex: What are going to do? Sounds like What are you gonna do?
Mini practice: Repeat sentences and use “gonna” to replace “going
to”
⏷ What are you going to do tonight ?
What are you gonna do tonight?
⏷ Are you going to see a film ?
Are you gonna see a film ?
⏷ I am going to cook a meal for you.
I am gonna cook a meal for you.
⏷ She is going to buy a new house.
She is gonna buy a new house.
⏷ We are going to have dinner at home tonight.
We are gonna have dinner at home tonight.
Predict what is going to happen
in the pictures
Use “going to” to make your predictions!
They are going to fall
down the stairs.
The girls are going to
get wet.
The bottle is going to
hit him.
She is going to fall
into the pool.
SPEAKING CARDS

Describe your upcoming wedding by Describe your upcoming holiday by


using “be going to” (Student A) using “be going to” (Student B)

You should say: You should say:


• Where it is going to take place • Where you are going to visit
• Who you are going to invite • Who you are going with
• Where you are going to take photos • How you are going to travel
for wedding album • Where you are going to stay
• Where you are going on honeymoon • How long you are going to stay there
• What you are going to wear
(wedding dress/Ao Dai, quantity,
etc.)
Thanks!
Does anyone have any questions?

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