A selection of English ESL be going to printables

Students will learn the verbs about holiday planing. They will also practise the planned future (be going to). I also shared a QR code for my video stories. The "like" button always motivates us thanks :)

Holiday Plans - Be Going To

Students practise the use of future tenses (Present Simple, Present Continuous, Future Simple, be going to) by completing the sentences. A good exercise to revise the future tenses.

Future tenses

An ESL/EFL printable worksheet to practice BE GOING TO to express future time in English and to revise the past simple tense. Reading comprehension, webquest, writing task. I hope you'll enjoy! Keep up the good work!

Lucy Is Going To Italy - Be Going To Exercise

Let's face it, the seemingly endless list of irregular verbs in the past simple never excites students and they basically just have to learn them so...make it fun and play bingo! This is a fun way to practice or revise some common verbs in the past simple. You call out the infinitive and your students have to say the past simple form of the verb and find it on their bingo cards. If you haven't played bingo with your class before, model how to "call bingo" first and then let your students take turns. Put the call cards in something creative to add to the fun! (I use a velvet drawstring bag.) Past simple bingo works well with both adults and older kids/teens.

This upload includes call cards for 18 common irregular verbs (take, see, go, say, get, eat, have, feel, write, buy, come, think, do, be, make, give, wear, drink) plus 8 different bingo cards in both colour and b&w. Print, cut out, laminate and enjoy! (I'll also be posting Past Simple Bingo 2 which uses 18 different verbs).

My students also like this past simple ball game: use a small soft ball (stress balls are perfect!), say an infinitive and then throw the ball randomly - but gently! - to a student. The student then has to say the past simple form of the verb before throwing the ball back to you. Set time limits if there's a lot of hesitating to keep the momentim going and see how quickly you can pass the ball around the class.

Past Simple Bingo - Irregular Verbs

Should or Shouldn't . This worksheet is about health problems and giving advice about them. Students will be able to give an advice. they will be able to use should and shouldn't. 

Should - Shouldn't

A short garmmar-guide with some examples and an activity to parctise five future tenses (FUTURE SIMPLE, FUTURE CONTINUOUS, PRESENT CONTINUOUS, BE GOING TO AND FUTURE PERFECT)for pre-intermediate students. Greyscale and KEY included. Hope you can use it with your sts. Hugs mada :) 



Mixed Future Tenses Revision

Students have to write sentences based on the pictures using the BE GOING TO future form (there is an example to help them). Guided grammar production activity: in this ESL handout learners of English as a second language need to use the language creatively based on picture prompts.

What Are They Going To Do? BE GOING TO - Future

What´s the difference between will and be going to? Here is a short review followed by a fill-in the gap activity on how to express the future. 



Will vs. Be Going To, key included

Speaking task for students, which requires some kind of improvisation. Students are given pictures and they have to tell a story according to these pictures. The last exercise contains questions about the students. It can be used as a nice icebreaker.

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Storyboard # 2 - Match The Picture With The Verb

The aim of this activity was to compare different situations where the use of WILL and GOING TO is contextualized. My students had a chance to revise and put into practice what they’ve studied about the future in those two forms. It’s possible to use the WS integrating skills: reading, writing, speaking, listening. With key. Editable. Hope some of you will find it useful.



Will & Be Going To - Grammar Guide & Exercises

The students have to find the correct word for the pictures. The answers are on the second page. It can be used as a classroom poster or you can give it to the students so that they can form a picture dictionary.

On the third page students should give some advice about what to do in case of the different injuries.

If you want to find more picture dicionaries, they are here:

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Health - Injuries

Two tasks where students have to fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs. The tenses include: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Future Simple, Present Simple, Be going to, Present Continuous. 

Mixed Tenses fill in the gaps

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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