Stories & achievements: A couple living in a van

This A1 ESL lesson teaches 'be going to' for talking about future plans, together with travel and van-life vocabulary, built around Tom and Sarah — a couple who leave their apartment to live in a van for a year — so beginners describe their own future plans in a relatable context.

What students learn

Students build travel-and-van-life vocabulary — couple, van, adventure, journey, road trip, live in a van, sleep at campsites, visit new countries, meet new people and start a blog — with audio, word-meaning matching and a gap-fill reading.

Grammar focus

The lesson covers 'be going to' + infinitive across positive, negative and question forms (I am going to visit Paris, she isn't going to cook, are they going to live in a van?), for both planned intentions and predictions from evidence, such as "Look at those dark clouds! It is going to rain."

How the lesson works

A warm-up choosing future plans from photos opens the topic and a lead-in about van life activates ideas. Then come vocabulary with audio and matching, a gap-fill reading about Tom and Sarah, grammar tables with controlled sentence practice, a freer speaking task where learners plan their own trip, a test and homework. Interactive exercises give instant feedback throughout.