Intention

Intention is something that you want and plan to do.

  Here the example of expressing intention:

Asking Intention :

• What are you going to do?
• Any plan for the weekend?
• Are you thinking of...?
• Do you have any intention of...?
• Is it your intention to...?

Expressing Intention 

• We would like to...
• I would rather
• He will...
• She would rather...
• My mother is going to...
• I am going to...
• I am planning to...
• I will make an effort to...
• I am thinking of...
• I reckon I will...
• I have every intention of...
• I fully intended to...
• She is going to cook a cake
• We will go to Bali next years
• The Moscow State Circus is going to be perform in Cheltenham next week
• We will celebrate our anniversary by flying to New York next month

 Look at this dilogue: (try to identify the Expression of intention)

Santi : So, what about you, Bayu? Do you have any plans?
Bayu : Definitely! My dad and I are going to go fishing. We plan
to go fishing in a lake near my uncle’s house. Would you
like to come with us?
Santi : I don’t really like fishing. I would rather stay at home
than go fishing. What about you, Riri? What would you
like to do on the long weekend?
Riri : I have made a plan with my mother about what to do
on this long weekend. We are going to practice baking
cookies.
Bayu : Are you going to bake choco chips cookies like the last
time?
Riri : Well, yes. That is my favourite. But we will also try to
make ginger cookies.
Riri : Oh, would you like to join me to learn baking cookies?
You can come to my house.
Bayu : It’s a good idea! Or will you go fishing with me and my
dad?
Santi : Uhm, not fishing I guess. But I think I would like to
bake cookies with Riri. Thanks for asking me to join you
Riri.

Here is the example of expressing intention in video:

The use of would like to, will, be going to and would rather

• "Would like to" is used to show offer an object with polite
• “Will” is used to talk about activity not planned before in the future 
• “Be going to”is used to talk about scheduled activity 
• “Would rather” is used to choose between two or more preffered option

Assignment:

Make the dialog with your friends about intention and show it up in front of the class. You can make it in video and upload it in your youtube channel. Try to use "would like to, will, be going to and would rather" in your dialog. There are some topics that you can use to make the dialog:

1. Have a casual chat with your friends. Tell them about the activities you plan to do after school.
2. A friend is absent because she is sick. You plan with your friends to visit her this afternoon. However, one of them makes an excuse for not going.
3. It will be the school’s anniversary next month. You and your friends are discussing the plan for the class performance. One of them seems to disagree with the idea because he thinks that it will need a lot of money.
4. School holiday is coming soon. You have a plan to go to your grandma’s house in the country. You want to find out what your friend is planning.
5. You plan to go to the movie this weekend. You ask several friends to go with you. Two of your friends definitely agree with you, but two others cannot make up their minds.
6. You plan to do the Biology project at the library after school. You ask your best friend to do it together with you.