Going To: Plans and Predictions

• CEFR A2
• Grammar
• Printable
• Answer key

Going To: Plans and Predictions is a printable grammar worksheet for English language learners at CEFR level A2. It covers be going to for plans and predictions, with 5 exercises and an answer key.

Use 'going to' to talk about plans and intentions you have decided before now.

Also use it for predictions based on what you can see or know right now.

Form: subject + am / is / are + going to + base verb

Examples

• I am going to visit my parents this weekend.
• She is going to start a new job next month.
• Are you going to watch the match tonight?
• They are not going to come to the party.
• Look at those clouds — it is going to rain.
• He is going to study medicine at university.
• We are going to move to a bigger flat.
• I'm not going to eat meat any more.

What's in this worksheet

1. Complete the sentence
2. Correct the mistake
3. Write the sentence
4. Your plans
5. Write the question

Common mistakes

• I am going to visited Paris.  →  I am going to visit Paris. Use the base verb after 'going to', not the past tense.
• She going to call you later.  →  She is going to call you later. Don't forget 'is / am / are' before 'going to'.
• They are going to to leave early.  →  They are going to leave early. Don't write 'to' twice — 'going to' already includes it.
• Are you going study tonight?  →  Are you going to study tonight? Don't drop 'to' — the full form is 'going to'.

Speaking prompts

• What are you going to do this weekend?
• Are you going to study English after this course?
• Where are you going to go on your next holiday?
• What are you going to do after class today?