Be Going To Statements ESL Games, Activities & Worksheets

ESL Be Going To Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Labelling, Underlining, Gap-fill, Writing Answers - Speaking Activity: Freer Practice This free 'be going to' worksheet helps students practice positive and negative 'be going to' statements about plans and predicitons. First, students label 'be going to' sentences as a prediction or a plan. Next, students match sentence halves to form 'be going to' statements. After that, students complete sentences by underlining the correct verb forms. Students then complete a text with verbs from a box and the correct form of 'be going to'. Students then move on to plan a holiday to a place they would like to visit by answering questions using 'be going to'. However, students must not name the place in their sentences. Finally, students ask a partner the same questions and try to guess where they are going on holiday. show less

ESL Be Going To Game - Grammar and Speaking: Completing and Forming Sentences, Guessing, Controlled and Freer practice - Pair Work In this engaging 'be going to' game, students practice affirmative and negative 'be going to' statements by predicting a partner's future plans. Without speaking to their partner, students complete affirmative 'be going to' statements that predict their partner's future plans by guessing the information and writing it in the spaces provided. Next, students take turns reading each statement to their partner, e.g. 'I think you are going to have fish for dinner tonight.' Their partner then tells them if their guess is right or wrong. If the guess is right, the student puts a tick in the box. If the student's guess is wrong, their partner gives the correct information by first making a negative 'be going to' statement followed by an affirmative one, e.g. 'I'm not going to have fish for dinner tonight. I'm going to have a pizza for dinner tonight.' The student then writes the correct information in the box, e.g. pizza. The student with the most correct guesses at the end of the game wins. show less

ESL Be Going To Activity - Speaking: Information Gap, Making Statements, Identifying, Controlled Practice - Pair Work In this 'be going to' speaking activity, students describe people's weekend plans using 'is going to' and 'isn't going to'. The aim of the activity is for the students to find four pairs of friends by describing the various people's weekend plans. In pairs, students take turns telling their partner what a person is and isn't going to do at the weekend. A tick indicates that the person is going to do the activity and a cross shows what the person isn't going to do. Their partner listens and fills in the spaces on their worksheet with the activities, putting a tick or cross accordingly. When the students have finished, they compare each person's list of activities to find pairs of people who are going to do the same things, and not do the same things, writing that person's friend's name as indicated. show less

ESL Be Going To Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Gap-fill, Writing Sentences from Prompts, Answering Questions - Speaking Activity: Freer Practice - Group Work This useful 'be going to' worksheet helps to teach students how to use 'be going to' for future plans, intentions and predictions. To begin, students read about the functions of 'be going to' and look at examples of how the 'be going to' structure is used and formed. Students then complete a dialogue to practice the structure. Next, students practice making predictions with 'be going to' based on present evidence. After that, students think about what they are going to be like in the year 2050. Students then make sentences about their future using 'be going to' for future plans, intentions and predictions. Finally, in groups, students tell their group members what they think they are going to be like in the future. show less

ESL Be Going To Game - Grammar: Gap-fill, Guessing, Forming Sentences - Pair Work In this fun 'be going to' guessing game, students create clues for jobs that people are going to do for a partner to guess. To begin, students complete clues for each person's job using 'be going to' and the verbs provided. In pairs, students then take turns reading their clues to their partner, who guesses what job each person is going to do by making a sentence. If their partner says the 'be going to' sentence shown in bold, the student puts a tick. The student with the most correct guesses at the end of the game wins. show less

ESL Be Going To Activity - Grammar Exercise: Writing Sentences from Prompts - Speaking Activity: Brainstorming, Discussion, Freer Practice - Group Work In this free 'be going to' activity, students discuss and prioritize ways to improve their English and then write personal 'be going to' sentences about what they intend to do. In groups, students brainstorm and discuss how they can improve their English in six categories, e.g. speaking, listening, writing, etc. Students then choose the best three ideas for each category, and each student notes them down on their worksheet. Working alone, students then choose six things that they are going to do to improve their English, choosing one idea from each category and writing a sentence with 'be going to', e.g. 'I'm going to speak English for one hour a day.' Next, students pair up with someone from another group. Students then compare their ideas with their partner and give reasons for their choices. Finally, there is a class feedback session to find out which were the most popular ideas for improving English skills. show less

ESL Be Going To Activity - Grammar, Vocabulary and Speaking: Matching, Answering Questions, Writing Sentences, Presenting - Group Work In this creative 'be going to' activity, students plan a party and then present their plans to the class. Students begin by matching party vocabulary to questions about planning a party. In groups, students then plan a party by answering ten 'be going to' questions. Students use the vocabulary from the first exercise to help them answer each question and write their answers in sentence form using 'be going to'. Finally, each group presents their party idea to the class by reading their sentences. The class then votes for the best one. show less

ESL Be Going To Predictions Game - Grammar: Matching - Group Work In this 'be going to' predictions game, students play dominoes by matching predictions to situations and vice versa. The first player puts a domino down either before or after the domino on the table, making sure their situation or prediction matches what is shown on the other domino. The next player then tries to put down one of their dominoes at either end of the domino chain, and so on. The first player to get rid of all their dominoes wins the game. show less

ESL Be Going To Game - Grammar: Making Sentences, Guessing - Pair Work In this entertaining 'be going to' game, students practice making and guessing 'be going to' statements about planned activities. In pairs, students take turns picking up a card and telling their partner one thing they are going to do before they start doing the planned activity on the card, e.g. 'I'm going to read my textbook.' Their partner then tries to guess the planned activity on the card by making a sentence with 'You are going to...', e.g. 'You are going to have an exam.' If their partner guesses correctly, they keep the card. If their partner guesses incorrectly, the student gives them up to three more clues. If their partner still cannot give the right answer, the student keeps the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner. show less

ESL Be Going To Game - Grammar: Forming Sentences - Pre-intermediate (A2) In this amusing 'be going to' for intentions game, students invent reasons why they have unusual or funny items in a bag using 'be going to'. Students sit in a circle and pass an empty bag to each other. The student who receives the bag looks inside. The student who passed the bag then invents something unusual or funny that could be inside and asks the student with the bag a 'Why have you got ... in your bag?' question, e.g. 'Why have you got a monkey in your bag?' The other student quickly thinks of an appropriate reason and responds using 'be going to', e.g. 'I'm going to take it to the zoo.' Students are out of the game if they make a grammar mistake, can't think of an appropriate reason, repeat an answer given by another student or take too long to reply. The last student left in the game wins. show less

ESL Be Going To Game - Grammar: Miming, Guessing, Forming Sentences - Group Work In this imaginative 'be going to' game, students watch mimes and guess what is going to happen next by making 'be going to' statements. A player from one team comes to the front of the class and is given a card. The player then mimes the actions they would do in preparation for the planned activity marked on the card, but they don't perform the activity itself. Instead, they stop just before the activity and say, 'What am I going to do?' The player's team then consults before answering using the phrase 'You're going to...' If the player's team answers correctly, they score two points. If the player's team gives the wrong answer, the other team is allowed to guess for one point. A player from the other team then comes to the front of the class, and so on. The team with the highest score at the end of the game wins. show less