2015-02-28 Saturday: be going to

Greg Malivuk
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"2015-02-28 Saturday: be going to"
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Homework:
p. 72 part 5 - choose another celebration in your country (not Carnival), answer the questions in part 5 about that celebration (also, what *other* traditional activities do people do for the celebration?)

People gather to celebrate. (People join in the same place.)
People get together to celebrate.
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Future forms in English (p. 73):

Are you going to be in the parade today? (plan or intention)

I'm meeting everyone later at the float. (plan with arrangement)

I'll put it on. (decision I made right now)
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I will eat at home tonight. (I say this at 1pm during class.)
= Decision I'm making now. (I see that I don't have any money. I can't eat in a restaurant, so I decide I will eat at home tonight.)

I'm going to eat at home tonight. (I say this at 2pm after class.)
= I made this plan before, but maybe I don't have preparations or arrangements.
(This can also be for things I intend to do, but don't have any specific plans.)

I'm eating at home tonight. (I say this at 5pm at home, beginning to cook.)
= plan with arrangements: I went to the supermarket, I bought the food, I know what I am going to cook. I talked with my roommates and we will all be together.

("I'm eating" is present progessive. It can also mean something happening now.)
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With your partner, do part 9 on page 73: choose the correct words for each sentence
1 I'll check (decision I'm making now--I didn't make earlier arrangements)
2 You're going ("When did you decide?" = this is a plan you made before)
3 I'll try (decision I'm making now)
4 I won't see (realization I'm making now / my prediction, not my plan)
5 I'm going to visit (intention, no specific plans or arrangements)
6 are we meeting (we've made plans and arrangements with "everyone")
7 Are we going to give (I'm asking about a plan)
8 are you leaving (I'm asking about a plan)
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[be] going to + base form

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I am going to eat dinner at home. He is going to help me. We are going to enjoy it.

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I'm not going to go to a restaurant. He isn't/He's not... We aren't/We're not...

? y/n
Am I going to be late? Is he going to be late? Are we going to be late?
Yes, you are.		Yes, he is.		Yes, we are.
No, you aren't.		No, he isn't.		No, we aren't.

? information
Where am I going to sit? When is he going to finish? What are we going to eat?
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Handout 2
Write follow-up questions, with "be going to", that you can ask someone who answers "yes" to the first question. (You can work or check your answers with a partner.)

1 Where are you going to eat?
2 What are you going to watch?
3 Who are you going to call?
4 Why are you going to write it?
5 What are you going to eat? / make? / have? / prepare? / cook?
6 Where are you going to play?
7 Where are you going to go? (holiday = vacation)
8 How are you going to get fit? (fit = healthy and in good shape)
9 What time are you going to sleep? / Why are you going to sleep early?
10 What are you going to buy?
11 How are you going to improve your English skills?
12 Where are you going to get married?
13 What are you going to learn?
14 Where are you going to travel? (abroad = to a different country)
15 Why are you going to save money?
16 When are you going to clean it?