INTRODUCTION

Planning a trip

To start with this lesson, in pairs, we are going to disscuss these questions:

Vocabulary

Now, we are going to learn new vocabulary related with the topic. Let's practice three time each.

BEACH

MOUNTAIN

AMUSEMENT PARK

MUSEUM

ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK

PASSPORT

AIRPLANE

BUS

SWIMMING POOL

DRINKS

Grammar

To predict something that we think is certain to happen or which we have evidence for now, we will use BE GOING TO.

AFFIRMATIVE

SUBJECT	AUXILIARY	GOING TO	VERB (INFINITIVE)	EXAMPLES
I	am	going to	swim	I'm going to swim at the beach.
You	are			You're going to swim at the beach.
He	is			He's going to swim at the beach.
She				She's going to swim at the beach.
It				It's going to swim at the beach.
We	are			We're going to swim at the beach.
You				You're going to swim at the beach.
They				They're going to swim at the beach.

NEGATIVE

SUBJECT	AUXILIARY	GOING TO	VERB (INFINITIVE)	EXAMPLES
I	am not 'm not	going to	swim	I'm not going to swim at the beach.
You	are not aren't			You're not going to swim at the beach.
He	is not isn't			He's not going to swim at the beach.
She				She's not going to swim at the beach.
It				It's not going to swim at the beach.
We	are not aren't			We're not going to swim at the beach.
You				You're not going to swim at the beach.
They				They're not going to swim at the beach.

QUESTIONS

AUXILIARY	SUBJECT	GOING TO	VERB (INFINITIVE)	EXAMPLES
Am	I	going to	swim?	Am I going to swim at the beach?
Are	you			Are you going to swim at the beach?
Is	he			Is he going to swim at the beach?
	she			Is she going to swim at the beach?
	it			Is it going to swim at the beach?
Are	we			Are we going to swim at the beach?
	you			Are we going to swim at the beach?
	they			Are they going to swim at the beach?

SHORT ANSWERS

TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT.

In sentences whose main verb is go, it is customary to omit it to avoid redundant constructions.

I am going to ( go to) school next week.

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