WHAT IS INTENTION ??? Merriam-Webster.com defines intention as a determination to act in a certain way. As shared in “When your Relationships are Good, your Life is Good”, an intention is a clear and positive statement of an outcome you want to experience.   An intention is a goal, or vision, that guides your activities, thoughts, attitudes, and choices.   Language features To express intention , we usually use : Simple Future Tense Would like … Would rather… Examples of expressing intention -I'm going to ...-I would like to ...- (Yes, I think) I will ...- I am planning to ...- I have decided ...- I'm thinking of ...- I intend to ....- My intention is to ...- Perhaps/ May be I will ..

1. EXPRESSING INTENTION
By
Widya Kurnia Arizona, S.Pd

2. WHAT IS INTENTION ???
• Merriam-Webster.com defines intention as a
determination to act in a certain way.
• As shared in “When your Relationships are
Good, your Life is Good”, an intention is a
clear and positive statement of an outcome
you want to experience.
• An intention is a goal, or vision, that guides
your activities, thoughts, attitudes, and
choices.

4. Language features
To express intention , we usually use :
• Simple Future Tense
• Would like …
• Would rather…

5. Examples of expressing intention
• -I'm going to ...
-I would like to ...
- (Yes, I think) I will ...
- I am planning to ...
- I have decided ...
- I'm thinking of ...
- I intend to ....
- My intention is to ...
- Perhaps/ May be I will ..

6. Examples of Asking plans and intention
• We will try to make fortune cookies
• Will you go fishing?
• I’m going to go fishing
• We are going to practice baking cookies
• I would rather stay at home
• What would you like to do?
• I would like to cook rice

7. Example of expressing plans and
intention
• What are you doing tonight?
• I’ll be staying at home
• What’ll you be doing tonight?
• I’ll be calling on friends
• What will you do in the summer?
• I’ll work hard
• What are you going to do in the summer?
• I’m going to read a lot

8. SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE
a. Definition
Simple future tense is the kind of tenses which is
used to express or show a future action / an
action that will occur in the future

9. b. Formulation
S + SHALL/WILL + V1 (based form)
VERBAL
Shall  I and We
Will  He, She, It, They and You
Note :Usually will is used for all subject

10. S + be + Going to + V1 (based form)
I  am
She, He, It  is
We, You, They  are

11. Nominal

12. b. Examples
- She is going to cook a cake
- We will go to Bali next years
- The Moscow State Circus is going to
perform in Cheltenham next week
- We will celebrate our anniversary
by flying to New York next month

13. WOULD LIKE
• Definition
We use would like or ‘d like to say politely what
we want, especially when making offers and
request
Verbs that follow would like are in the to-
infinitive form

14. • b. Example
- Would you like a biscuit with your coffee?
- Would you like to listen to that again?
- I’d like to get a return ticket for tomorrow

15. WOULD RATHER
a. Definition
Would rather is used to show a choice
form different options
b. Formulation
S + WOULD + RATHER + Verb 1

16. c. Example
• I Would rather live in a warm country
• I Would rather go to a different restaurant
• We would rather buy a new book
• They would rather stay in boarding house

17. Complete this sentences with choosing the correct answer, using simple
future, would like and would rather
1. I …. do my homework this afternoon.
2. If Emily passes her examination her mother …
buy her a new phone.
3. I … to bake cookies with my mother.
4. Jane : ‘I don’t understand this material.’
Robert : ‘Ask the teacher about it. She … help
you’
5. My brother … a goalkeeper when he grow
up.

18. 6. He … go to canteen than library.
7. He … stay at home than go finishing.
8. We … practice baking cookies.
9. They … choose Bali than Lombok.
10. My dad and I … go finishing.

19. Write a paragraph about your holiday plan. Use I
would like to …, I am going to …, I will …, I am going
to … and would rather …. in your paragraph. You
can use the question to guide.
Holiday plan
-Where would you like to go on holiday? Would you
like to go somewhere interesting or stay at home?
-What are you going to do during holiday? Do you
have any special interest?