Exercise 1
Write a question with going to for each situation.
1 Your friend has won some money. You ask:
(what / do with it?) …………………….
2 Your friend is going to a party tonight. You ask:
(what / wear?) …………………….
3 Your friend has just bought a new table. You ask:
(where / put it?) …………………….
4 Your friend has decided to have a party. You ask:
(who / invite?) …………. .
Answers
1
1 What are you going to do with it?
2 What are you going to wear?
3 Where are you going to put it?
4 Who are you going to invite?
Exercise 2
Read the situations and complete the dialogues. Use going to.
1 You have decided to clean your room this morning.
FRIEND: Are you going out this morning?
YOU: No, …………………….
2 You bought a sweater, but it doesn’t fit you very well. You have decided to take it back to the shop.
FRIEND: That sweater is too big for you.
YOU: I know. …………………….
3 You have been offered a job, but you have decided not to accept it.
FRIEND: I hear you’ve been offered a job.
YOU: That’s right, but …………………….
4 You have to phone Sarah. It’s morning now, and you have decided to phone her tonight.
FRIEND: Have you phoned Sarah yet?
YOU: No, …………………….
5 You are in a restaurant. The food is awful and you’ve decided to complain.
FRIEND: This food is awful, isn’t it?
YOU: Yes, it’s disgusting. …………………….
Answers
2
1 I’m going to clean my room.
2 I’m going to take it back to the shop.
3 I’m not going to accept it.
4 I’m going to phone her tonight.
5 I’m going to complain.
Exercise 3
What is going to happen in these situations? Use the words in brackets.
1 There are a lot of black clouds in the sky.
(rain) …………………….
2 It is 8.30. Tom is leaving his house. He has to be at work at 8.45, but the journey takes 30 minutes.
(late) He …………………….
3 There is a hole in the bottom of the boat. A lot of water is coming in through the hole.
(sink) The boat …………………….
4 Lucy and Chris are driving. There is very little petrol left in the tank. The nearest petrol station is a long way away.
(run out) They …………………….
Answers
3
1 It’s going to rain.
2 He’s going to be late.
3 The boat is going to sink.
4 They’re going to run out of petrol.
Exercise 4
Complete the sentences with was/were going to + the following verbs:
buy give up phone play say travel
1 We ……………………. by train, but then we decided to go by car instead.
2 I ……………………. some new clothes yesterday, but I was very busy and didn’t have time to go to the shops.
3 Oliver and I ……………………. tennis last week, but he had to cancel because he’d hurt his knee.
4 I ……………………. jane, but I decided to email her instead.
5 A: When I last saw Tim, he ……………………. his job.
B: That’s right, but in the end he decided to stay where he was.
6 I’m sorry I interrupted you. What ……………………. you ……………………. ?
Answers
4
1 were going to travel
2 was going to buy
3 were going to play
4 was going to phone
5 was going to give up
6 were you going to say
