1. Read the two conversations under the picture. 

Person 1: What’s the weather going to be like¹ tomorrow?
Person 2: It’s going to be sunny.

Person 1: What’s the weather gonna be like tomorrow?
Person 2: It’s gonna be sunny.

Both conversations are about the future. The first conversation uses going to + a verb in the simple form (be). The second conversation uses gonna + a verb in the simple form (be). It is OK to use gonna in conversations with family and friends.

2. With a partner, practice using gonna to talk about the weather forecast. Read the conversation below aloud with a partner five times. Each time, complete your sentence with different words. Person 1 chooses words from the first column. Person 2 chooses words from the second column. 

Person 1: What’s the weather gonna be like ________________________?
Person 2: It’s gonna be ________________________.

¹The word like is sometimes used when asking someone to describe something. For example: What’s Barcelona like? What’s your new job like? What’s their house like?

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