How old are New Year’s resolutions?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. Do you make New Year's resolutions?
2. What are you going to do next year?
3. Are you going to learn something new?
4. Where are you going to spend New Year?
5. What is your biggest goal?
6. What are you not going to do again?

Read each word and the example. Then say a sentence about your plans.

Choose the word that fits.

1. My New Year's is to read more books.
2. Her is to run five kilometres.
3. He made a to help me.
4. It's hard, but don't !
5. I'm going to my dream.
6. Reading every evening is a good .
7. I feel very today.
8. The marathon is a big .

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. to break a promise ↔ to
   keep a promisegive upmake a plan
2. A big and difficult goal is a
   habitplanchallenge
3. to get better = to
   improvesavegive up
4. to keep money for later = to
   achievestartsave
5. Something you do again and again is a
   habitpromisechallenge
6. to get a good result = to
   give upbreaksucceed

Use these phrases to talk about your plans.

• I'm going to...Я збираюся...I'm going to learn Spanish next year.
• I'm not going to...Я не збираюся...I'm not going to eat so many sweets.
• What are you going to do?Що ти збираєшся робити?What are you going to do this summer?
• My resolution is to...Моя обіцянка — це...My resolution is to walk every day.
• I want to...Я хочу...I want to save money for a trip.
• This year I'm going to...Цього року я збираюся...This year I'm going to try something new.
• Good luck!Успіхів!You can do it. Good luck!
• Don't give up!Не здавайся!It's hard, but don't give up!

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. People made New Year promises about 4,000 years ago.
   TrueFalse
2. In Babylon, people promised the gods to pay their debts.
   TrueFalse
3. The month of January has the name of a Roman god.
   TrueFalse
4. Everybody keeps their resolutions.
   TrueFalse
5. The text says many people give up in the first weeks.
   TrueFalse

1. Do you make New Year's resolutions? Why or why not?
2. Which resolution is the hardest to keep?
3. What helps you keep a promise?
4. What are you going to do differently next year?

Common mistakes: am / is / are + going to + base verb. ✗ I going to learn → I'm going to learn. ✗ She is going to starts → She is going to start.

1. I'm
   going learngoing to learn
   Spanish.
2. She
   is going startis going to start
   running.
3. We
   don't going toaren't going to
   move.
4. AreDo
   you going to travel next year?
5. What
   you are going toare you going to
   do?
6. He
   is going to studyis going to studies
   law.
7. I'm going to start
   atin
   January.
8. They
   isare
   going to buy a house.

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. I going to learn Spanish. →
2. She is going to starts running. →
3. We not going to move. →
4. Are you going travel next year? →
5. What you are going to do? →
6. He is going to studies law. →

Answer in detail. Use going to and time words.

1. What are you going to do next year?
2. What is your New Year's resolution?
3. Are you going to learn something new?
4. What are you not going to do next year?
5. Where are you going to be in five years?
6. What advice would you give to someone who wants to keep a resolution?

Three people tell you their resolutions. Who has the most realistic plan? Who is going to find it hard? What advice can you give each person?

Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: what you are going to do next year.
3. Part 2: why these plans are important for you.
4. Part 3: what can stop you and how you are going to keep going.

1. Do you make New Year's resolutions?
2. What are you going to do next year?
3. Are you going to travel?
4. Are you going to learn something new?
5. What are you going to buy next year?
6. Where are you going to spend New Year?
7. What is your biggest goal?
8. What are you not going to do again?

1. What are your parents going to do next year?
2. What is your best friend going to do?
3. Who is going to start something new?
4. Who in your family never keeps a resolution?
5. Who helps you keep your promises?
6. What are your colleagues going to do this year?

1. Are New Year's resolutions a good idea?
2. Is January a good time to start something new?
3. Is it better to have one big goal or many small goals?
4. Should we tell other people about our plans?
5. Why do people give up?