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SECTION 0 - Past simple refresher
Find and correct the mistakes bellow.

1. They eat dinner at 6:00 yesterday.
2. Did Maria drove to work this morning?
3. I not finished my homework last night.
4. Did you busy last Monday?
5. Was you late for the meeting?


SECTION 1 - Be going to explanation
BE GOING TO
We form be going to with present tense of be + going to + verb. The ‘be’ in be going to is often turned into a contraction (She’s going to…).

We use be going to in order to:

- Talk about intentions or things we plan to do.

               I’m going to apply to universities next month.
               The city government is going to build a new library.

- Make predictions about future events, usually when we have a reason or evidence for our predictions.

                Don’t worry. It’s not going to rain. There isn’t a cloud in the sky.
                He’s going to win the race. Look how far ahead he is.

- Talk about something is about to happen:

                Get back! The bomb is going to explode!

USE OF GONNA
Sometimes when we speak fastly, going to sounds like gonna. Although it is grammatically incorrect, it is used a lot in informal English. 

                I'm gonna go the bank tomorrow.  =   I'm going to the bank tomorrow.
                He's gonna buy a new computer. =  He's going to buy a new computer. 






                                                                SECTION 2 - Practice

        
Self-study
Each student is going to practice with the following exercises. Click on the links below to access the content.
                                     Exercise 1                   Exercise 3                    Exercise 5                                                           Exercise 2                   Exercise 4                    Exercise 6


SECTION 3 - Pronunciation and speaking practice

Let's see the following video about a very common pronunciation phenomenon in spoken English: I'm gonna reduction --> "muna".

What to say when you feel stuck in a conversation? Let's watch this video to know the answer.


Students will be divided into small groups and practice speaking by asking some of these questions:

Be going to questions
1. What are you going to do after class?
2. Where are you going to go on your next vacation?
3. What are you going to do this weekend?
4. How are you going to improve yourself or your life in the next three years?
5. Where are you going to eat dinner tonight?
6. When are you going to retire?
7. What’s going to be your next big purchase? When are you going to buy it?
8. What show or movie are you going to watch tonight?
9. What are you going to use English for in the future?
10. What’s going to be your next big career change?
11. Who are you going to meet this weekend?
12. When are you going to get up tomorrow?
13. What electronic device are you going to buy next?
14. Are you going to play any games today? What are you going to play?
15. What piece of clothing are you going to buy next?
16. What housework are you going to do this week?
17. What are you going to cook this week?

Infinitives
a. What is something you plan to do soon?
b. What is something you started to do, but didn’t finish?
c. Talk about a recent big decision you made. What did you decide?
d. Is there anything specific you would like to learn?
e. What are some of you hopes for the future?
f. Talk about some difficult choices you have made recently.
g. What do you want to do this coming break?

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