Future Plans (Going to) What are your plans for the future? (we use ‘going to,’ to talk about plans that we have already decided) Questions (I, You, We They) • • • Are you going to go to the concert next week? What time are we going to meet John and Mary? Where are they going to go for their holiday? Responses (I, You, We They) • • • Yes, I am I’m going to go with my best friend We are going to meet them at 7pm They are going to go to Hawaii Questions (He, She, It) • • • Is she going to have a birthday party? What is he going to study at University? What time is the game going to start? Responses (He, She, It) • • • No, she isn’t She isn’t going to have a birthday party He is going to study medicine He wants to be a doctor It’s going to start at 3pm Sounds Like Are you going to go abroad this year? What time is he going to arrive? I’m going to play tennis on Saturday afternoon Practice i Use the information below to practice asking, responding and adding information i.e • She/Kyoto/this summer - No/Iwate A) Is she going to go to Kyoto this summer? B) No, she isn’t She is going to go to Iwate They/the beach/on Saturday - Yes/Chiba You/a new computer/this year - No/next year We/the cinema/next weekend - Yes/Sunday afternoon He/TV/tonight - No/homework Annie/her Grandfather/tomorrow - Yes/tomorrow afternoon It/cold/tonight - No/warm go buy be watch visit go Practice ii Use the information below to practice making questions and responses i.e • What/do/tomorrow? - friend A) What are you going to tomorrow? B) I’m going to meet my friend Where/go/for your summer holiday? - my parents house How long/stay? - for four days How/get/there? - with JAL Who/go with? - with my best friend What/do/there? - hiking and onsen When/leave? - Saturday next week Exercise i Read Junko’s schedule and complete the sentences below Monday – Tea ceremony lesson, 10am Tennis with Susie, 4pm Tuesday - Gym, 11am Coffee with Jane 2pm Wednesday - Housework, am Dinner with Jon and Mary, 7pm Thursday - Lunch with Tamami, 1pm Tap dancing lesson, 5pm Friday - Homework, am English lesson, 2pm (spelling test!) Saturday - Grocery shopping, am Write to Dad, pm Sunday - Free! Cook dinner (pasta?) On Monday afternoon, At 11am on Tuesday morning, On Wednesday evening, On Thursday at 1pm, At 2pm on Friday, On Saturday morning, Exercise ii Use the information from Junko’s schedule to complete the following questions What is Junko going to on Monday morning? What time is Junko going to Jane on Tuesday? Who is Junko going to dinner with on Wednesday? When is Junko going to a tap dancing lesson? Where is Junko going to a spelling test? What is Junko going to on Sunday? Exercise iii Use the information below to make follow-up questions i.e • Are you going to buy a new bag? No, I’m not What What are you going to buy? Is she going to go to the Post Office? Yes, she is Why Are they going to play tennis? No, they aren’t What Is Janet going to meet Peter? No, she isn’t Who Are you going to stay with your Grandma? Yes, I am How long Is he going to take a jacket? Yes, he is Which jacket Are your parents going to leave tomorrow? No, they aren’t When Listening Peter and Paul are talking about their plans for the summer Peter: Are you going to go anywhere this summer Paul? Paul: No, I’m staying home this summer but I’m going to go to New Zealand in the Autumn – I’m going to stay with some friends for a couple of weeks How about you? Peter: Jane and I are going to take a week off and visit Indonesia Paul: I’ve never been to Indonesia When are you going to go? Peter: At the end of July We’re going to stay in a place called Nikoi Island It’s an ecotourist resort Paul: That sounds nice How long are you going to stay? Peter: Just for days But it’s going to be so relaxing What is Paul going to this summer? Where is Peter going to go? What is Peter going to on his holiday?