Type: PowerPoint Presentation (PPTX)
Level: Primary / Lower Secondary (Grades 4–6 / CEFR A1–A2)
Objective: Teach students how to use the structure be going to + V to express plans, intentions, and predictions based on present evidence.
Content Overview:
- Grammar Explanation:
- Positive: I am going to visit my uncle.
- Negative: She isn’t going to stay at home this weekend.
- Questions & Short Answers: Are you going to fly to HCM City? – Yes, I am / No, I’m not.
- Uses of Near Future:
- Predictions (Look at those clouds. It’s going to rain.).
- Plans & intentions (He’s going to have a party next week.).
- Time Expressions: tomorrow, next week, next month, in + time expression.
- Practice Exercises:
- Choose the correct form (is going to buy / is going buy).
- Word order tasks (Peter / buy / a bike / next month → Peter is going to buy a bike next month.).
- Mixed Review Game: Includes slides comparing Present, Past, Present Continuous, and Going to Future in a quiz format.
Use Case:
A complete lesson presentation for ESL/EFL teachers to introduce and practice Near Future tense. Can be projected in class, paired with worksheets, or used in interactive team games.
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