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The Future with Be Going To: Statements

Vacation Plans

Focus on Grammar 1 Part X, Unit 31 By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Vacation Plans
Oh, going and I need Were we have many My husband to take a to plans. WereChina. to vacation the going go to to airport. have a great time. What are youtake you? Where can I going to do in China?

Vacation Plans

My husband to watch traditional Chinese dancing. I am going is going to the Great Wall of China. We are going to visit see Chinese martial arts.

Be Going To
We can use be going to to talk about the future.

They are going to take a boat down the Yangtze River next week.

I am going to try local Chinese food tomorrow.

Form
To form the future with be going to, use am, is, or are + going to + the base form of the verb. Be Verb Base Form Verb + Other Words study Chinese.

Subject

going to going to going to going to

I
Sandy They

am
is are

visit museums.
travel to Beijing.

Practice 1
Person Mr. Jones

Look at the chart. Use be + going to + a base form verb to describe the vacation plans of the people below.

Future Plan watch a parade

Mrs. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Jones

take photographs
see famous places

You
Example:

???

is going to watch Mr. Jones ________________ a parade.

Negative Statements
To make a negative sentence, place not before going to.

She is not going to go to the zoo.

They are not going to take a bus.

Contractions
Use contractions in speaking and informal writing.

The concerts going to start soon.

We arent going to buy souvenirs.

Pronunciation
In speaking only, we sometimes pronounce going to as gonna. Never write gonna.
Use gonna in conversation only.

Dont worry. The plane is gonna leave soon. = going to

Were gonna be late.

Practice 2

Work with a partner. Make affirmative and negative statements about your plans. Use contractions.

Example: watch TV / exercise / tonight 1. tonight

2. tomorrow 3. this afternoon
Im going going to TV Im not to watch tonight. exercise.

4. next week
5. next year
cook study watch TV work visit clean listen travel

play

exercise

fix

stay

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