1. Grammar 1B
IECP
Fall 2013
Nikki Mattson

2. Would you rather…

3. Agenda
1. Review/practice past progressive
2. Introduce and practice future tense

4. Form in Function Handout
• Pairs (check answers with each other)

5. Grammar in Context Handout
• Guess and listen

7. Future Tense
• What do you know? How can we talk
about the future?
– Be going to (I am going to eat dinner later.)
– Will (I will call you after class.)
– Present progressive + time marker
(I’m visiting my sister this weekend.)

8. Reading
• Pg. 334 + B + C

9. Be Going To
• Use be going to talk about plans for the future
• Example: I am going to go shopping this weekend.
– I am going to + base form
– He/she/it is going to + base from
– We/you/they are going to + base form
• Try it out. Tell your partner something you are going to
do..
– Tonight
– Tomorrow
– Next year

10. More Practice
1) Tell your partner something you are NOT going to do..
– Tonight
– Tomorrow
– Next year
2) Ask your partner 3 yes/no questions about their future
(example: Are you going to return to your country after this
semester?)

11. Practice
1) Ask your partner information questions about their
future.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
Who are you going to….
What are you going to..
When are you going to…
Where are you going to…
Why are you going to…
How are you going to…

12. Practice
• Pg. 338, ex. 2.1
• Pg. 339, ex. 2.2

13. Interviews
• Handout

14. Practicing Tenses (Groups)
• Complete the handout about your picture.

15. HW
• WB pgs. 184-186
• Unit 24 test = Friday