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-Hello class! How are you today?

-Everyone! Sit nicely and quietly!


-Yes, all right.
Picture 1
Teacher: Look at the picture! What can you see?
Students: A girl.
Teacher: Alright! Give her any name.
Students: ….
Teacher: What is she doing?
Student: She is singing/ She is practicing.
Teacher: What do you think she wants to be?
Student:→ Maybe a singer?
Teacher: Good! Is she a singer now or in the future?
Student: In the future.
Teacher: Exactly! And now I have a sentence: She is going to be a singer.
Blackboard examples: She is going to be a singer! Repeat, class!
Teacher: You please, repeat this sentence!

Checking use:
Teacher: So, If I say: “She is going to be a singer”. Are we talking about her now
or her future?
Student: Her future.
Teacher: What help you guess her future ?
Student: She is a trainee and she is practicing right now.
Teacher: Are we predicting something because of what we see or know now?
Student: Yes!
Teacher: Great! We use “be going to” for predictions based on what we see or
know now. It is not a guess, but a plan or something we expect to happen.
Checking form: S+ be going to +V bare infinitives.
Teacher: Look at this sentence:”She is going to be a singer.” What is the subject?
(She)
Teacher: What’s next? (is going to). What do we call “is” here? What verb is it?
(be)

Teacher: Which verbs do we use after “going to”? (V bare infinitive)

Teacher: So, What is the full structure of this sentence? You please!
Check the meaning:
Teacher: What does “be going to” mean in Vietnamese?(Check meaning of this
sentence)

Student: Sẽ

Teacher: So, what is the meaning of this whole sentence? -> Cô ấy sẽ trở thành ca
sĩ.

Teacher: Let’s take a look at this picture. Give me a name.

Student:…

Teacher: Alright! She is….. What job does …. think?

Students: A singer.

Teacher: Is she a singer now or in the future?

Students: In the future.

Teacher: Excellent! I have a sentence“She will be a singer in the future”. Repeat


this sentence class!

Student: She will be a singer in the future.

Checking use:

Teacher: Is she a singer now?

Student: No!

Teacher: Are you sure that she will be a singer?

Students: No.

Teacher: Is it only her idea?

Students: Yes!

Teacher: Alright, class! We use will when we predict the future without clear
[Link] are not sure. It’s just what we think or believe about the future.
Checking form:
Teacher: What is the subject in this sentence? (She)

Teacher: What is the verb? (be) What form? (V bare infinitive)

Teacher: What comes before the verb? (Will)

Check meaning:

What does this sentence mean in Vietnamese? => Cô ấy sẽ trở thành ca sĩ trong
tương lai

Teacher:Alright, time’s up! See you next time

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