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Business: Opening a Restaurant

Lesson Plan

 Be going to: Affirmative and


Negative statements
 Be going to: Questions

Copyright © 2007 by Thomson Heinle, a


part of The Thomson Corporation. 
All rights reserved. 
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Grammar in Content

Read about Svetlana and Liana.


If you are going to have the
salad, I’m going to have the
Hmm… I’m going to have fish.
the salad. After that, we
are going to have cake.
Have you decided yet?
You should hurry up. The
waiter is going to be here
soon.

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Be going to Statements

Complete the chart. Do affirmative statements first,


then think about negatives.
Subject Be Negative? going to
I am not going to drink.
You* are not going to

He is not going to
She is not going to order.
It is not going to

We are not going to


They are not going to shop.

*You is either singular or plural.


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Notes

We use be going to:


1. To talk about the future when plans were made before this
moment.
I am going to start a new job next week.
2. To make strong predictions about the future based on
current information.
They ate too much candy. They’re going to get sick!
In informal speech, going to is often pronounced “gonna.”

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Notes

Some Future Time Expressions are:


tomorrow
tonight

tomorrow next in
morning week five minutes
afternoon month an hour
evening year three days
night Monday two weeks

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Exercise A

Talk with your partner about what you did yesterday


after school. Say whether you are or are not going
to do that today.
Here are some ideas:

1. take a nap
2. have dinner
3. study
4. go for a walk

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Grammar in Content

Read about Toby and Yuki.

I think I’m going to have a


burger. What are you
going to have?

I can’t decide. Is the


waiter going to come
soon?

No, he isn’t. Are you going


to choose something? Yes, I am. I am going to
have the salad.
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Questions with be going to

Complete the chart. Then, think about short answers.

be Subject going to Affirmative Negative


Am I going to pay? Yes, you are. No,you aren’t.
Are you* going to study? Yes, I am. No, I’m not.

Is he going to Yes, he is. No, he isn’t.


Is she going to come? Yes, she is. No, she isn’t.
Is it going to Yes, it is. No, it isn’t.
Are we going to eat? Yes, we are. No, we’re not.

Are they going to exercise? Yes, they are. No,they aren’t.

*You is either singular or plural.


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Questions with be going to

Complete the chart. Try and think of the Wh- words to


put in last.
Wh- word be Subject going to
What am I going to do?
Who are you* going to hire?

Where is he going to go?


When is she going to work?
When is it going to come?
Why are we going to leave?

How are they going to pay?

*You is either singular or plural.


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Notes

Don’t forget that are not can be contracted as either aren’t or


’re not, and is not can be either isn’t or ’s not.
Are they going to come? No, they aren’t.
Are they going to leave? No, they’re not.
Is he going to pay? No, he’s not.
Is she going to go? No, she isn’t.

When who or what is the subject of an information question,


don’t use a subject pronoun after be.
Who is going to open a restaurant?
Who am I going to open a restaurant with?

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Exercise B

Talk with you partner about future plans. Talk about


yourself five years from now.
For example, ask your partner when he or she plans
to:
1. get married.
2. buy a house.
3. graduate.
4. write a novel.
5. see some friends on the weekend.

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Review

Subject Be Negative? going to


I am not going to drink.
You* are not going to

He is not going to
She is not going to order.
It is not going to

We are not going to


They are not going to shop.

*You is either singular or plural.


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