Be Going To Yes/No Questions ESL Games, Activities & Worksheets

ESL Are You Going To Questions Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts, Controlled and Freer Practice In this insightful 'be going to' yes/no questions activity, students practice asking 'Are you going to…?' questions about future plans and finding classmates with matching answers. First, students answer 'Are you going to...?' questions by writing short answers (Yes, I am. / No, I'm not.) in the column marked 'You'. Students then go around the class asking and answering the 'Are you going to...?' questions to find people with the same answers. When a student finds someone with the same answer, the two students write each other's names in the last column. When the students have finished, get feedback from the class by asking the students questions with 'Who...?', e.g. 'Who is going to watch a movie tonight?' show less

ESL Are You Going To Yes/No Questions Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Matching, Binary Choice, Unscrambling, Gap-fill, Sentence Completion - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts, Controlled and Freer Practice - Pair Work In this 'be going to' yes/no questions worksheet, students practice forming and answering 'be going to' questions about future plans using 'am', 'is', 'are' and short answers. First, students match each 'be going to' yes/no question to the correct answer. Students then choose the correct option to complete each yes/no question and its corresponding short answer with the correct forms of 'be' in 'be going to'. Next, students put words in the correct order to make 'be going to' questions. After that, students complete short question-and-answer dialogues by choosing the correct forms of 'be' from a box. Students then tick the correct question in each pair. Finally, students complete 'be going to' yes/no questions with phrases from a box and then ask and answer the questions in pairs. show less

ESL Be Going To Yes/No Questions Game - Grammar: Writing Questions from Prompts, Matching - Group Work In this fast-paced be going to game, students race to match 'be going to' yes/no questions with short answers. To begin, students look at their question cards and write 'be going to' yes/no questions from the prompts on their cards. One student then starts by turning over a short answer card for everyone to see and reading it aloud, e.g. 'Yes, I am.' All the students then check their question cards to see if they have a question that matches the answer. The first student to place a matching question card next to the answer card on the table, saying the question at the same time, wins, e.g. 'Are you going to play football this afternoon?' The two matching cards are then set aside, and the next student turns over an answer card. If a student puts down an incorrect question card, they take it back and the game continues. The first student to get rid of all their question cards wins the game. show less

ESL Are You Going To Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Matching, Writing Questions and Answers from Prompts, Gap-fill, Crossword Here is a free 'be going to' yes/no questions worksheet that helps students practice forming 'Are you going to...?' questions and short answers about future plans. First, students match 'Are you going to...?' questions with answers. Students then write 'Are you going to...?' questions and answers using pictures and prompts. Next, students write 'Are you going to...?' questions for a set of answers. Finally, students complete a crossword, questions and answers using information from a weekly plan and clues. show less

ESL Are You Going To Game - Grammar and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Guessing, Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts - Pair Work In this enjoyable 'be going to' guessing game, students use 'Are you going to…?' questions and short answers to guess their partner's plans. First, students read each plan and write 'I'm going to' or 'I'm not going to' in the column marked 'Me', depending on whether they plan to do the activity or not, e.g. 'I'm going to visit a friend this weekend.' Next, working alone, in pairs, students guess whether their partner is or isn't going to do the same things by writing 'He/She is going to' or 'He/She isn't going to' in the 'My Partner' column, e.g. 'She isn't going to visit a friend this weekend.' Next, students take turns finding out if their guesses are right or wrong by asking their partner 'Are you going to...?' questions, e.g. 'Are you going to visit a friend this weekend?' Their partner then gives their answer. If the student guessed correctly, they put a tick in the last column. If not, the student puts a cross. The student with the most correct guesses at the end of the game wins. show less

ESL Being Go To Yes/No Questions Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Forming, Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts, Controlled and Freer Practice In this 'be going to' activity, students practice forming, asking and answering 'Are you going to...?' questions about future plans. First, students review the items on the worksheet and form an 'Are you going to...?' question for each one. Students then go around the class, asking the questions to one another, e.g. 'Are you going to watch a film tonight?' When a student finds someone who answers 'Yes, I am', they write down that person's name in the 'Name' column next to the item. The student then asks a follow-up question with 'be going to' to gain more information (e.g. 'What film are you going to watch?') and writes the answer in the 'More information' column. When the students have finished, get feedback from the class by asking the students questions with 'Who...?', e.g. 'Who is going to watch a film tonight?' show less

ESL Be Going To Yes/No Questions Game - Speaking: Forming Questions from Prompts, Freer Practice - Group Work In this fun 'be going to' game, students race to create 'be going to' yes/no questions that include a given prompt word and match specific short answers. In groups, students take turns picking up a short answer card, reading it aloud and placing it face up on the table for everyone to see, e.g. 'Yes, she is.' The student then picks up a word card, reads it out and places it face up next to the answer card, e.g. tomorrow. All the students then race to say a 'be going to' yes/no question using the word that elicits the short answer. As soon as a student has a question, they knock their fist on the table and say it, e.g. 'Is she going to come to class tomorrow?' If the other students agree that the question matches the answer and is grammatically correct, the student wins the round and keeps the two cards. If a student says a question without knocking first or makes an incorrect question, that student is out of the round, and the other students try to form a question. The student with the most pairs of cards at the end of the game wins. show less

ESL Going To Yes/No Questions Activity - Reading and Vocabulary Exercise: Gap-fill - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions, Table Completion, Freer Practice In this productive 'be going to' yes/no questions activity, students plan activities to do at a resort and then ask and answer questions to find people to do their planned activities with. First, students read the introductory paragraph and imagine that they have won a three-day trip to the Sun and Fun Resort. Students then complete each activity that can be done at the resort with the correct verb from the box. After that, students plan activities to do over the three days at the resort and write them in a schedule. Students then go around the class asking 'be going to' yes/no questions to find people to do their planned activities with, e.g. 'Are you going to rent a bicycle in the morning of day 1?' If a classmate is doing the same activity at the same time, they answer 'Yes, I am.' The two students then write down each other's names. If a classmate is doing something different, they reply 'No, I'm not.' Afterwards, there is a class feedback session to find out which student found the most people to do activities with. show less

ESL Be Going To Yes/No Questions Game - Grammar: Forming Questions from Prompts, Matching - Group Work In this engaging 'be going to' yes/no questions game, students race to find and make yes/no questions with 'be going to' that match certain answers. In groups, students take turns picking up an answer card, reading it aloud, and placing it face up for everyone to see. All the students then search the question cards on the table to find a question that elicits the answer. The first student to find the correct card, pick it up, and use the prompt to make a suitable 'be going to' yes/no question wins and keeps the two cards. If the other students think a question doesn't match or is grammatically incorrect, the student puts the card back and is out of the round. The other students then continue to search for a matching card or race to make a grammatically correct question. The student with the most pairs of cards at the end of the game wins. show less

ESL Be Going To Yes/No Questions Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Unscrambling, Matching, Writing Questions from Prompts This useful 'be going to' yes/no questions worksheet helps students practice yes/no questions with 'be going to' and short answers. First, students put words in the correct order to create 'be going to' yes/no questions. Students the match each question with its corresponding answer. Next, students use verbs in a box and subjects in brackets to make 'be going to' yes/no questions. After that, students write yes/no questions with 'be going to' that match certain answers. Lastly, students complete a dialogue with question prompts in their be going to form. show less