This document provides examples of using the be going to construction to talk about plans and predictions for the future. It demonstrates forming affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences with be going to and includes exercises asking the reader to write sentences predicting future events using be going to.

1. I’m going to study.
He’s going to win the prize.
They’re going to sleep.
They aren’t going to buy a car.
She isn’t going to eat.
I’m not going to watch TV.
Is he going to run in the park?
Yes, he is.
No, he isn’t.
We use Be going to:
• To talk about plans, things we intend to do in the future.
Ben is going to buy a car next week.
• When we see evidence that something will happen in the future.
The sky is cloudy today. It is going to rain.
Affirmative + am / is / are + going to + verb
Negative + am not / isn’t / aren’t + going to + verb
Interrogative Am / Is / Are + + going to + verb
Short answers Yes, + am / is / are
No, + ’m not / isn’t / aren’t
Write affirmative, negative and interrogative
sentences with be going to and the following
words.
1. She / eat / pasta / for lunch
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2. I / move / to a new house
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3. Mr Philips / walk / to work
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4. You / find / a new job
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5. Tim and Janet / marry / next month
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6. It / snow / tomorrow
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Complete the sentences with the affirmative
or negative form of be going to and the
verbs in brackets.
1. I _______________ a new computer. (buy)
2. The children _______________ their grandparents
next Sunday. (not visit)
3. My father _______________ next Friday. (not
work)
4. Alfred _______________ his friends tonight.
(meet)
5. Marta and Carol _______________ to the party.
(not come)
6. Hurry up! You _______________ the train. (miss)
7. I _______________ a holiday this summer (not
have)
8. Peter _______________ all his friends to his
birthday party. (invite)
9. We _______________ at a restaurant. (eat)
10. Vicky doesn’t study hard. She _______________
her exams. (not pass)
11. Tim and Mary _______________ the house next
summer. (not paint)
12. Martin _______________ the football match on
TV. (watch)
13. Sam and Lisa _______________ abroad next
month. (travel)
14. Tony _______________ alcohol because he
_______________ his car. (not drink – drive)

2. Write the words in the correct order to
make sentences.
1. going to / Sandra / her mother / is / help
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2. have / what / going to / are / for dinner / you / ?
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3. at university / am / I / study / going to / next
year.
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4. isn’t / the dog / its food / eat / going to
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5. football / Bob / next Sunday / going to / is / play
/ ?
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6. tidy / aren’t / Brian and James / going to / their
rooms
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7. going to / after school / they / do / are / their
homework
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8. the shopping / are / going to / your parents / do /
/ ?
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9. at the seaside / I / going to / my holidays / spend
/ am not
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Make questions with be going to and the
words given, then give short answers, as in
the example.
your father / read / the newspaper
Is your father going to read the newspaper?
No, he isn’t.
1. your mother / wash / the dishes / after lunch
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2. you (plural) / see / Andrew / next week
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3. they / have / a rest / in the afternoon
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4. Rose / make / a cake / for dessert
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5. you (singular) / get up / early / tomorrow
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6. Tomas / sing / that song / at the festival
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7. Harry and Sally / visit / Rome / next year
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8. it / rain / at the weekend
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9. Robin / build / a snowman / this winter
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10. you (singular) / tell / me / the truth
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Look at the pictures, complete the
sentences with be going to (in the
affirmative or negative form) and a
verb from the box.
1. The children _______________ videogames,
they _______________ their bicycles.
2. Lucy and Fred _______________ dinner for their
parents.
3. Anne _______________ her best friend.
4. Mark and his father _______________ in the
river next Sunday.
5. The Johnsons _______________ to Paris on
holiday.
6. Tim _______________ off the ladder.
7. Albert _______________ in the sea tomorrow.
8. My sister _______________ a photo of her
friends.
9. Samuel _______________ his sandwich at
break.
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