This document discusses the use of the future tense "going to" and related time expressions. It explains that "going to" is used to express future plans and intentions. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences using "going to" with different subjects. It also discusses using time expressions like "tomorrow," "next week," and specific days of the week to describe when future plans will occur. Finally, it provides practice exercises for students to practice forming sentences with "going to" and answering questions about future plans.

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TIME EXPRESSIONSTIME EXPRESSIONS
GRAMMAR UNIT 8
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2. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
▪▪ USE:
(BE) GOING TO is used to express
FUTURE PLANS and INTENTIONS

3. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
▪ FORM
▪ AFFIRMATVE SENTENCES (+)
I ‘M GOING TO VISIT ITALY
YOU ‘RE GOING TO VISIT ITALY
HE
SHE
IT
‘S GOING TO VISIT ITALY
WE
YOU
THEY
‘RE
GOING TO VISIT ITALY

4. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
- I’M GOING TO STUDY TONIGHT
- SHE’S GOING TO HAVE A PARTY
- THEY’RE GOING TO WATCH TV
AFTER SCHOOL

5. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
▪ FORM
▪ NEGATIVE SENTENCES
I ‘M
NOT
GOING TO VISIT ITALY
YOU ‘RE GOING TO VISIT ITALY
HE
SHE
IT
‘S GOING TO VISIT ITALY
WE
YOU
THEY
‘RE
GOING TO VISIT ITALY

6. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
▪ The contracted forms are also
possible. Moreover, they are used in
spoken English and informal registers
I ‘M NOT GOING TO VISIT ITALY
YOU AREN’T GOING TO VISIT ITALY
HE
SHE
IT
ISN’T GOING TO VISIT ITALY
WE
YOU
THEY
AREN’T GOING TO VISIT ITALY

7. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
▪ QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS
AM
I
GOING TO
VISIT ITALY?
ARE YOU GOING TO VISIT ITALY?
IS
HE
SHE
IT
GOING TO VISIT ITALY?
ARE
WE
YOU
THEY
GOING TO VISIT ITALY?

8. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
▪ SHORT ANSWERS:
NEVER USE THE CONTRACTED FORMS IN
POSITIVE ANSWERS BUT USE THEM IN
NEGATIVE ANSWERS
 xYES, I AM NO, I’M NOT
YES, YOU ARE NO, YOU AREN’T
YES, HE / SHE / IT IS NO, HE / SHE / IT ISN’T
YES, WE ARE NO, WE AREN’T
YES, THEY ARE NO, THEY AREN’T

9. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
▪ TIME EXPRESSIONS: WE USE THEM TO
DESCRIBE FUTURE PLANS AND INTENTIONS
TOMORROW MORNING
TOMORROW AFTERNOON
NEXT WEEK
NEXT MONTH
NEXT YEAR
ON + DAY OF THE WEEK
(on Sunday, on Friday …)

10. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
EXAMPLES:
▪ Peter is going to paint his house next
Saturday
▪ Jack isn’t going to travel by plane tomorrow
morning
▪ Is Frank going to visit the museum on
Sunday?
Yes, he is / No, he isn’t

11. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
▪ Put the words into the correct order to make
sentences:
• are / play football / we / after school / going to
• We are going to play football after school
• going to / Eduard / open / is / the window
• Eduard is going to open the window
• visit / isn’t / Scotland / Raquel / next summer/ going to
• Raquel isn’t going to visit Scotland next summer

12. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
▪ Put the words into the correct order to make
sentences:
• Anna / a new T-shirt / going to / is / buy / ?
• Is Anna going to buy a new T-shirt?
• going to / Laura and Pau / music / are / listen to
• Laura and Pau are going to listen to music
• play / going to / Andrea and Africa / are / tomorrow / computer
games / ?
• Are Andrea and Africa going to play computer games
tomorrow?

13. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
Look at Susan’s diary for next
week. Say the sentences.
MONDAY clean the bathroom
TUESDAY have lunch with John
WEDNESDAY study for the History exam
THURSDAY have dinner at a Mexican
restaurant
FRIDAY meet Harry
SATURDAY play football
SUNDAY visit the Art Museum

14. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
Example: 1. He’s going to do an
incredible magic trick.
1. He / do / an incredible magic trick
2. She / jump
3. They / fly to Spain
4. I / play tennis
5. They / watch TV
6. They / visit / the Alhambra

15. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
Imagine you are going on a school trip to London next summer.
What are you going to do? Choose three things from the list, then
ask and answer with a partner.

16. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
Remember:
We use (be) going to talk about plans and
intentions
We can use time expressions: tomorrow, next
week
We write am / is / are + going to + verb (…)

17. GOING TO AND TIME EXPRESSIONS
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