🎪 Are You Going To The Festival?
Ines and her family have tickets for the Festival of the Sahara in Douz! Learn the festival words (parade, costume, fireworks…), react to news ("Fantastic!" · "Really? That's expensive!" · "Definitely!"), talk about your plans with be going to ("We're going to watch the parade.") and take time to think: "Hmm… Let me see…"
Big News At Recess
Monday morning, in the schoolyard. Ines can't wait to tell her friend Omar about the winter vacation…
🤔 Is there a festival in your town? What do people do there?
🎪 Festival Vocabulary
Click each card to hear the word. These are things you often find at festivals.
🎟️ Before you go
- Buy a ticket (or tickets).
- Read the program: what's happening, and when?
- Choose an event: a film, a show, a parade…
🎆 At the festival
- Watch a film at a film festival.
- Wear a costume and walk in the parade.
- Look at the fireworks in the sky.
✨ Describe it
- entertaining = fun to watch, not boring
- crowded = full of people
- "The parade is entertaining, but the streets are crowded."
film = movie in American English, but we say film festival. Fireworks is usually plural: "The fireworks are amazing!" In the US, program has no -me at the end.
🔎 Festival Explorer
Read the clue and find the right festival word. 8 clues.
😮 More Listener Responses
Show that you are listening! Choose the right kind of reaction: happy, surprised, or agreeing.
😃 Positive news
- Great! · Nice!
- Fantastic! · Wow!
- A: I'm going to a film festival. B: Fantastic!
😲 Surprise
- Really?
- What?
- A: The tickets are 500 dinars! B: Really? That's expensive!
🤝 Agreement
- I know! · Definitely!
- Exactly!
- A: These costumes are beautiful! B: I know! I really like them.
Your voice matters! Say Really? and What? with a rising voice ↗ (surprise). Say Definitely! and Exactly! with a strong, sure voice. And What? alone can sound rude — add a smile, or say Really?
🎡 The Reaction Wheel
Listen to your friend and choose the best reaction. 9 rounds.
🔮 The Future With Be Going To
be (am / is / are) + going to + verb. Two uses!
🎯 1. A firm plan (intention)
- Something you firmly intend to do:
- I have tickets for the festival. I'm going to see three films.
- A: What are you going to do at the festival?
B: We are going to dance in the parade.
👀 2. A prediction (evidence)
- You are sure because you can see the evidence now:
- Look at those dark clouds! It's going to rain.
- The toaster is broken. Dad is going to fix it.
- Omar has a fever. He's going to go to the doctor.
Don't forget be! ❌ "I going to watch." → ✅ "I'm going to watch." · Questions: Are you going to wear a costume? — Yes, I am. / No, I'm not. · Negative: She isn't going to come.
⚙️ The Going To Machine
Choose who, the plan and when — listen to your sentence and the question.
🕵️ The Clue Detective
Look at the clues and make a prediction with going to. 8 cases.
🤔 Taking Time To Think
Need a second to gather your thoughts? Don't stay silent — use these expressions when you start speaking. Click to hear them!
💬 Expressions
A: Which costume are you going to wear?
B: Let me see… The red one, I think.
A: What's your favorite event?
B: Well… the parade!
🔈 Sounds
A: Is the festival going to be crowded?
B: Hmm… I don't know.
A: What time is the parade?
B: Umm… at six, I think.
💬 The Festival Chat
You are Omar. Ines tells you about her trip to the festival — react, think, and ask about her plans!
Listen And Repeat!
Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!
✍️ Practice Time!
Exercise 1 — True Or False?
Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue
Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.
🎭 Create & Record: Vacation Plans
Write a conversation between two friends. One is going to a festival with the family: say what you're going to do there. The other reacts (positive, surprise, agreement) and asks questions. Use Let me see… or Hmm… once!
🎙️ Now, Record It!
Read your dialogue out loud with a friend or a parent — use a surprised voice for Really? Then listen back.
🎯 Final Quiz — Festival Plans
Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!