Grammar

Present continuous for futurÄ™ arrangements

What are you doing this weekend?

Ryan and I are going paintballing.

It’s opening on 1 st August.

NotÄ™

We often use a time adverbial, like this weekend, on 1st August with the present continuous for futurÄ™ arrangements.

Choose the correct option.

We use the present continuous for a fixed futurę płan/a prediction.

Practice

4 Look at Mia’s diary for next week. Write sentences about her arrangements.

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Exam link: communication

Make arrangements: invite, accept, refuse (with excuses)

7 24 Listen and repeat. Then practise the conversation in pairs.

A: Would you like to go to a musie festival with me?

Pve got some free tickets.

B: That sounds qood. but l’m not surę. When is it?

A: Its on Saturday 4th August. Is that OK?

B: Yes. fine. Where is it?

A: lt‘s in Finsbury Park. Do you fancy going?

B: Yes, that would be g^reat. Thanks.

Invite

Would you like to go to a musie festival?

Do you want to go to the cinema?

Do you fancy going skateboarding?

Accept

Yes. that sounds great.

Yes, that would be great.

Refuse (with excuses)

l’m afraid I cant. I'm busy.

Sorry. I can’t. I’m visiting my grandparents.

I’d like to, but l'm visiting my grandparents.

I dorft really fancy it. Sorry.

8a Practise similar corwersations about the events below.

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Pronunciation:

/ci/ pajnt. /ai/ like

6 a 1.21 Ask Ss to listen and repeat the two sounds. Write the numbers 1 and 2 on the board and write the example words below b 1.22 Ss listen and decide if the sound is in column 1 or column 2. Then play the recording again and Ss repeat the sounds chorally and individually.

On Monday she's havmg dinner with Polly’s family. On Tuesday she isn ‘t playing basketball after school. She’s...

Speak

5 Imagine you’re a celebrity. Write your diary for next week. Then ask and answer in pairs.

Mon: dinner with D and V Beckham

A: What are you doing on Monday?

B; l'm having dinner with David and Victoha Beckham.

Sat 2nd |une: 70s DISCO Parkside Youth Club Sun 7th July: FIREWORKS DISPLAY City Park Wed lst Aug: TALENT COMPETITION Town Hall

Answer key

1    amazing. great, afraid, April. Saturday, play

2    violent, invite, why, time. diary, fire, write

C 1.23 Ss listen and repeat the sentences.

Exam link: communication

Make arrangements: invite, accept, refuse (with excuses)

BACKGROUND NOTĘ

Refusing irwitations: point out that it is culturally normal to give an excuse when you refuse an invitation.

Pronunciation: /ei/ pąjnt, hu/ like © 21 Gotopage134.

b Now invite your partner to other events.

Extra practice

For morÄ™ practice, gc to page 121. U j U u

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Answer key

On Tuesday ... she^:s going to the dentist.

On Wednesday she’s studying for a history exam with Ryan.

On Thursday (her) Mum and Dad are going out. She’s looking after Bart.

On Friday she^Å‚s meeting Greg at the Youth Club.

On Saturday she s going bowling with Polly.

On Sunday she isn’t making lunch for (her) MunYs birthday. She’s going to (her) Mum’s favourite restaurant.

Speak

5 Ask Ss to draw a diary page like Mia’s in their notebook. Elicit some examples of what a celebrity may do in their free time (go shopping in Gucci, have lunch with the queen etc.). Ss then complete their diary with notes as in the example. They use these notes as a basis for the dialogue. Demonstrate with one student before setting Ss into pairs to ask and answer.

7    1.24 Listen and repeat. Ss listen to the phrases on the recording and repeat them.

8    a Ask Ss to look at the

text referring to events and ask them where they might see it (in a newspaper). Ask a few guestions to orientate Ss. (l/Mhere is the Fireworks Display? - City Park.

When is the Talent Competition? Wednesday August 1st.) Explain that Ss will use the phrases to invite and accept/refuse. Ask a good pair of Ss to demonstrate the exercise. In open pairs then closed pairs, Ss ask and answer the guestions. Monitor their pronunciation. b Ss can invite each other to real events.

Extra practice

See page 121 in the SB.

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