Remember: Be Going To

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The film is about an elderly and incapacitated holocaust survivor with dementia who sets out to kill a Nazi war criminal, who emigrated to North America under the false name Rudy Kurlander.

It's a great movie, which I extremely recommend.

Watch the official trailer and give more information about the movie.

Use BE + GOING TO+ the verbs in parentheses to help you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFxXCoprNqc

What is Zev planning with his friend Max?

He ___________________ (find) a man who killed their families in the past.

What is he going to do first?

First of all, he ____________________ (take) a taxi.

How is he going to travel?

He ________________________(travel) by bus.

Where is he going to stay?

He ___________________ (stay) at a hotel

How is he going to remember the plan?

He __________________ (read) a letter every day.

He __________________(follow) the instructions mentioned on the letter.

What is he going to do?

He __________________(kill) Rudy Kurlander whose real name is Otto Wallish.

How is he going to kill Otto?

He _________________ (buy) a weapon at a gun shop.

What weapon is he going to use?

He ______________(use) a Glock.

NOW TELL ME ABOUT YOU

What are you going to do tonight?

What time are you going to get up tomorrow?

Are you going to go away next weekend? Where to?

ASK YOUR PARTNER USING FUTURE EXPRESSIONS SUCH AS:

TONIGHT / NEXT YEAR / TOMORROW NIGHT / NEXT MONTH / NEXT WEEK / TOMORROW AFTERNOON / TOMORROW MORNING / NEXT SUNDAY

What / do _____________?

What / have for dinner ___________ ?

What / do __________________?

/ go out __________?

/ go to work ____________?


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Year One: Future with Be Going To

This movie has funny moments, but I don't strongly recommend it. This scene is appropriate to contrast the uses of be going to in order to express the future.

Read the sentences that were taken from or made about the segment from the movie Year One. Decide the reason the structure to be going to is used and write it in the parentheses.

A. To refer to our plans and intentions: We're going to move to London next year. (= the plan is in our minds now.)

B. To make predictions based on present evidence: Look at those clouds - it's going to pour with rain! (= It's clear from what I can see now.)

1. I'm going to change my head. ( )

2. I'm going to eat the forbidden fruit. ( )

3. Eating a fruit is not going to change your entire life. ( )

4. He's going to ask some questions to test if his friend got more intelligent. ( )

5. The snake is going to constrict him. ( )

6. The snake is going to eat him. ( )

7. He's going to die a virgin. ( )

8. I'm going to go eat more fruit. ( )

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MOVIE SEGMENT DOWNLOAD - YEAR ONE

Answer key:
1.A

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.B

8.A