BE GOING TO - TEACHER DENISE MOURA
READING COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY
BE GOING TO - Plans and Intentions
Family Vacation
The Chow family is on vacation. They are staying in Hawaii for five days. They
rented a hotel room on the beach in Maui.
Everyone is excited. The kids want to go on a submarine tour and see the fish in
the Pacific Ocean. Mrs. Chow wants to go shopping and take a sunrise tour of
Haleakala Crater. Mr. Chow wants the family to go hiking in the morning, visit
museums in the afternoon, and have a barbecue on the beach in the evening. He is
worried about spending too much money.
Mrs. Chow thinks her husband worries too much about money. She wants him to
relax and forget about money while they are on vacation. What should Mrs. Chow
do? How can she solve her problem?
Me? At Burger
1. Answer the questions King.
a) Why is Mr. Chow worried?
He’s worried about spending too much
c) When is he
money
going to do his
b) What Mr. Chow and his family are homework?
going to do? He’s going to do it after dinner.
They are going to hike in the morning.
d) Are you going to watch TV this
Visit museums in the afternoon and
evening?
have a barbecue on the beach in the
No, I’m not. I’m going to read my new
evening.
book.
c) What are they going to do in the
Pacific Ocean? e) What are you going to give your
mother for her birthday?
They are going to take a submarine I’m going to give her flowers.
tour and see fish
d) How long are they going to stay? 3. Correct the mistakes.
They are going to stay for five days. a) They are not going away on
holiday.
e) What does Mrs. Chow want to do?
She wants to go shopping and take a b) Are you you going to the cinema
sunrise tour of haleakala crater. tomorrow?
f) Where are the Chow’s going to c) I’m not going to get married
travel? when I grow up.
They are going to Hawaii d) She is going to buy a new pair of
jeans.
2. Complete the questions. Find
out the verb and use going to. 4. Complete the sentences with
a) What are they going to do tonight? going to.
They are going to play cards at Tom’s
house. a) I *** (not/spend) the weekend sitting
at home. I *** (visit) my cousins who
b) Where are you going to have lunch live on the coast.
today?
BE GOING TO - TEACHER DENISE MOURA
READING COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY
I am not going to spend the weekend Ray is going to help me with my
sitting at home. I am going to visit my homework tomorrow
cousins who live on the coast e) We *** (attend) a training course next
b) Mom *** (not/ make) dinner tonight. month.
We have to make it ourselves. We are going to attend a training course
Mom is not going to make dinner next month
tonight.We have to make it ourselves. f) My friends *** (organise) a surprise
party for Sarah.
c) My sister *** (be) a dentist when she My friends are going to organize a
grows up. surprise party for Sarah
My sister is going to be a dentist when
she grows up g) I *** (apply) for a job in London when
I finish school.
d) Ray *** (help) me with my homework I am going to apply for a job in London
tomorrow. when i finish school.
