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TALKING ABOUT FUTURE PLANS AND INTENTIONS

TALKING ABOUT FUTURE PLANS AND INTENTIONS

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GRAMMAR RULES:
1. We use be going to to talk about future plans and intentions.
2. We make questions with be + pronoun/noun + going to + verb.
We aren't going to stay in hotel. We are going to stay on a campsite.
I am going to take a rucksack. I am not going to take a suitcase.
They are going to travel by car. They are not going to travel by plane.
You are going to buy a Japanese phrasebook. You are not going to buy a Japanese guidebook.
She is going to pack a torch. She is not going to pack a penknife.
He is not going to need an insect spray. He is going to need some sun cream.

MY WEEKEND PLANS
I am not going to go to Cornwall.
I am not going to stay on a campsite.
I am not going to visit the Colosseum.
I am going to visit the Trevi Fountain.
I am going to swim in the beach.
I am going to travel by plane.
I am not going to take a Japanese guidebook.
QUESTION STRESS AND RHYTHM
Where are you going to stay?
Are you going to buy a torch?
What are we going to see?
How is she going to travel?
Are we going to stay in a tent?
Who...? / Where...? / When...? / How...? / What...?
watch TV / go shopping / meet friends / stay at home
EXAMPLE:
A: Where are you going to go?
B: I'm going to go to Tokyo.
Write about your plans for the summer holidays.

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