Future: Be going to
When do we use it? To talk about plans,
things we intend to do in the future.
Example: Ben is going to buy a car next week.
1. 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)
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
2. have / what / going to / are / for dinner / you /
?
3. at university / am / I / study / going to / next
year.
4. isn’t / the dog / its food / eat / going to
5. football / Bob / next Sunday / going to / is / play /
?
6. tidy / aren’t / Brian and James / going to / their rooms
am going to
buy
are not going to
visit
is not going to
work
is going to meet
are not going to
come
are going to
miss
am not going to have
is going to
invite
are going to
eat
is not going to
pass
are not going to paint
is going to
watch
are going to
travel
is not going to
drink
is going to
drive
Sandra is going to help her mother
What are you going to have for dinner?
I am going to study at university next year.
The dog isn't going to eat its food.
Is Bob going to play football next Sunday?
Brian and James aren't going to tidy their rooms.
