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I'm Going to Do My Best: be going to
Students learn to use be going to for plans and intentions about studying, then write their own learning plan for the year.
Going to future · Education · Exams · Plans
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Plan at a glance
Aims
- Use going to accurately
- Learn and use 15 words and phrases in 2 sets: Studying for exams, Learning in class
- Read for detail: Ali's exam plan
- Writing task: My learning plan
Stages · 45 min
- 5 minLead-in: Pairs talk about education and share ideas with the class.
- 5 minVocabulary: Ex. 1
- 5 minLanguage focus: Go through the grammar notes together and check understanding.
- 15 minControlled practice: Ex. 2–4
- 5 minReading: Ex. 5
- 10 minWriting: Ex. 6
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be going to: plans
- am / is / are + going to + verb: I'm going to study tonight. She's going to learn Spanish.
- Use it for plans and things you decided before: We're going to prepare for the test together.
be going to: what you can see
- Use it when you can see something now: Look at all these mistakes! You're going to get a bad mark.
Negatives, questions and short answers
- I'm not going to… / She isn't going to… / They aren't going to…
- Are you going to…? What are you going to…?
- Short answers: Yes, I am. (not Yes, I'm.) No, I'm not.
Study tips
- Write three plans for next week: I'm going to… I'm not going to…
- Remember the verb be: I'm going to study (not I going to study).
Glossary
- Studying for exams6 items
- Learning in class9 items
Complete the exercises, then check your answers.
1
Studying
Choose the correct word or phrase.
- a
Can you ___ this grammar again? I don't understand it.
- b
Can you ___ me the answer to number 5?
- c
Mr Patel is going to ___ us French next year.
- d
I want to ___ how to cook Indian food.
- e
Before you start the test, ___. They tell you what to do.
- f
When you finish, ___ and look for mistakes. Then give your test to the teacher.
2
be going to
Choose the correct words.
- a
I ___ study for my exam this weekend.
- b
My sister ___ learn Japanese next year.
- c
We ___ prepare for the test together on Saturday.
- d
Look at all these mistakes! You ___ get a bad mark.
- e
I'm tired, so I ___ have a break.
- f
Tom ___ start an English class in September.
3
Negatives and questions
Choose the correct word or words.
- a
What ___ you going to study at university?
- b
___ your brother going to take the exam in June?
- c
I ___ going to watch TV tonight. I've got an exam tomorrow.
- d
Are you going to do your homework tonight? — Yes, ___.
- e
She ___ going to give up. She's going to do her best.
- f
How ___ you going to learn all these words?
- g
We ___ going to have a class on Friday. The teacher is ill.
4
Find the mistake
One sentence has a mistake. Choose the correct sentence.
- a
Choose the correct sentence.
- b
Choose the correct sentence.
- c
Choose the correct sentence.
- d
Choose the correct sentence.
- e
Choose the correct sentence.
- f
Choose the correct sentence.
- g
Choose the correct sentence.
- h
Choose the correct sentence.
- i
Choose the correct sentence.
- j
Choose the correct sentence.
- k
Choose the correct sentence.
- l
Choose the correct sentence.
5
Read: Ali's exam plan
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer.
Ali has an important English exam in June, and he wants to get a good mark. So he has a plan. "I'm going to study for the exam every evening," he says. "Not for hours — just forty-five minutes. Then I'm going to have a break." Ali isn't going to study at the weekend. "I need to rest too!" He has also got a new dictionary on his phone. "I'm going to learn ten new words every day," he says. His teacher, Ms Kay, is going to help. Every Friday after class she's going to explain the difficult grammar. "Learning a language is hard work," she says, "but you're all going to do well." On the day of the exam, Ali is going to read the instructions carefully and check his answers at the end. "I'm going to do my best," he says. "That's all I can do."
- a
How long is Ali going to study every evening?
- b
When isn't Ali going to study?
- c
How many new words is he going to learn every day?
- d
What is Ms Kay going to do on Fridays?
- e
What is Ali going to do at the end of the exam?
6
Write: My learning plan
Write about your plans.
Write about your plans for learning English (or another subject) this year. (6–8 sentences) What are you going to do? When? What aren't you going to do? Use be going to. Word box: study for an exam · prepare for a test · learn a language · get a good mark · do your best · dictionary · explain · class · hard work · check your answers Example: This year I'm going to learn a language — Italian! I'm going to go to a class every Tuesday. I'm not going to watch TV in English — it's too difficult for me now.
Suggested minimum: 40 words
0 words · aim for at least 40
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Glossary
The 15 words and phrases this lesson teaches, in 2 sets.
Studying for exams
- study for an exam
- to learn and practise before an exam
- prepare for a test
- to get ready for a test
- get a good mark
- to get a high result in a test
- check your answers
- to look at your answers again and find mistakes
- do your best
- to try as hard as you can
- hard work
- work that needs a lot of effort
Learning in class
- learn a language
- to study a language so you can speak it
- dictionary
- a book or app with words and their meanings
- explain
- to make something clear and easy to understand
- class
- a group of students, or a lesson
- grammar
- the rules of a language
- homework
- work that a teacher gives you to do at home
- teacher
- a person who teaches at a school
- mistake
- something that is wrong
- understand
- to know what something means
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