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1 Warm up

People write things in their diaries or on their calendars to help them remember. Write the missing
words we use with these things that people want to do. The first letter and the number of letters is
given to you.

1. c _ _ _ _the car (because it’s dirty)

2. go j _ _ _ _ _ _(or running)
3. h _ _ _ lunch / a pizza / a meeting
4. s _ _ the dentist for a check-up
5. t _ _ _ an exam
6. w _ _ _ _ a film

Are any of these things in your diary or calendar?

Which prepositions do we use with these time expressions?

1
• + Monday, Wednesday, Friday
2
• + 7:30, twelve o’clock, midday
3
• + 2020, March, the summer

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2 Listening

Becca calls her friend John to make plans for lunch. Listen to the conversation.

When do they decide to meet?

Listen to the conversation again and write the missing information in the diaries next to the *. Choose
from the items below - one item is extra.

French exam watch Star clean the car buy new shoes work meeting
Wars films

Becca’s diary John’s diary

Monday Jogging!

Tuesday 11:30 am Dentist

Wednesday 1:00 pm * Jogging!

Thursday

Friday Pizza night! 11:00 am *

Saturday *

Sunday 12:30 pm Mum’s birthday *

lunch

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3 Language point

Study the sentences and answer the questions.

I’m having lunch with my mum - it’s her birthday.

I’m seeing the dentist for a check-up at half-past eleven.

I’m taking my French exam on Friday at eleven.

I’m going to a work meeting at one o’clock. But I’m not doing anything on Thursday.

• These sentences use present continuous to refer to the present / future.

• The activities in these sentences are arrangements with other people / plans or intentions just
for yourself.
• There is / there isn’t a fixed time for these activities to take place.

We can use another structure to talk about the future: be going to + infinitive

I’m going to clean the car on Saturday.

I’m going to watch some of the Star Wars films on DVD.

I’m going to have a pizza in the evening.

I’m going to go jogging on Monday in my lunch break.

• The activities in these sentences are arrangements with other people / plans or intentions just
for yourself.
• There is / there isn’t a fixed time for these activities to take place.

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Study the table which shows the forms of the "be going to + infinitive" future.

subject positive negative verb -infinitive

without "to"

I am going to / ’m going am not going to / ’m clean the car.

to not going to

You/we/ they are going to / ’re are not going to / ’re clean the car.
going to not going to / aren’t
going to

He/she/it is going to / ’s going is not going to / ’s not clean the car.

to going to / isn’t going
to

Yes-no questions Am I

Are you/we/they going to clean the car?

Is he/she/it
_____________________________

Short answers Yes, I am. No, I am not / ’m not.

Yes, you/we/they are. No, you/we/they are

not/aren’t.

Yes, he/she/it is. No, he/she/it is not/isn’t.

______________________________

Question word questions What am I

What are you/we/they going to do at the weekend?

What is he/she/it

Notes:

In everyday informal English, we can pronounce going to as gonna /’g@n@/: I’m gonna call
you tomorrow.

We do not use this form in writing.

Many English speakers use going to instead of going to go to: I’m going to the bank
tomorrow. (I’m going to go to the bank tomorrow).

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4 Practice

Use the information in Becca’s diary to write the missing questions or answers. Write full sentences
and use contractions when you can. The examples will help you.

Sunday 12:30 Lunch with Mum / Study

French

Monday 10:00 am Coffee with Joe

Tuesday Visit the British Museum

Wednesday Go shopping in London

Thursday 7:00 pm Dinner with Abi

Friday 2:00 pm Fly to Paris

Saturday Go sightseeing in Paris

Sunday Prepare for work meeting / 7:00

pm Fly to London

Examples:
See the question, write the answer:
When’s she having lunch with her mum?
She’s having lunch with her mum on Sunday at 12:30.

See the answer, write the question:

What’s she going to do on Sunday?
She’s going to study French on Sunday.

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Who’s she having coffee with on Monday?

1.

What’s she going to do on Tuesday?

2.

Yes, she’s going to go shopping on Wednesday.

3.

She’s having dinner with Abi on Thursday.

4.

Where’s she going on Friday?

5.

When’s she going to go sightseeing in Paris?

6.

She’s going to prepare for a work meeting.

7.

She’s returning to London at 7:00 pm on Sunday.

8.

Which sentences are about arrangements (A) or plans/intentions (P/I)?

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5 Speaking

Choose five activities from the box and add them to your diary. Add times for arrangements.

get up early finish your play football have a meeting have fish and
homework with friends chips

go to the meet your do yoga at clean your

hairdressers for brother and go home house
a haircut to a concert

my diary my partner’s diary

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions like this:

What are you doing on Monday?

I’m taking an exam at 2:00 pm. / I’m going to watch a film.

Write what your partner tells you in the second column.

How many times can you and your partner meet? Make a plan to do something together at one of
those times and write it in your diary.

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6 Extra practice/homework

Put the words in order to make a sentence or question. Then decide if each one refers to an arrangement
(A) or a plan/intention (P/I).

a Spanish / tomorrow / taking / exam / at half past ten. / They’re

1.

early / She’s / to / going / every day this week. / get up

2.

reading my book / tonight. / I’m / to / finish / going

3.

this afternoon? / Are / with the designers / a meeting / they / having

4.

to / one night / going / have a curry / He’s / this week.

5.

this weekend? / Are / to / go swimming / you / going

6.

today / I’m / the doctor / for a check-up / seeing / at four o’clock.

7.

wash my hair / I’m / Thursday night. / going / to / on

8.

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7 Optional extension

Gonna /’g@n@/ is an informal way to pronounce going to.

American English speakers often use this:

I’m/you’re/he’s gonna have a coffee. (I’m/you’re/he’s going to have a coffee.)

If we make questions with gonna, we sometimes leave out the to be verb:

You gonna have a coffee? (Are you going to have a coffee?)

Wanna /­w6n@/ is a similar informal way to say want to. We can use this with all subjects except
he/she/it:

Do you/we/they wanna have a coffee?

We can make this even shorter by leaving out the auxiliary verb do:

Wanna have a coffee?

Gonna and wanna are very informal. When do we use these forms? Write yes or no next to each
situation.

1. in an English exam
2. writing an e-mail to your boss
3. writing an essay or composition
4. talking to friends
5. at a job interview
6. in the words of a song
7. writing a text message to your friends

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Transcripts

2. Listening

John: Hello?

Becca: Hi! I’m just calling to see if we can make plans for lunch. Are you very busy?

John: I’m always busy but let me look at my diary. What are you doing at the weekend? I’m free
on Saturday.

Becca: Sorry. I’m going to clean the car on Saturday and that takes a long time. I can’t do Sunday
either. I’m having lunch with my mum - it’s her birthday.

John: That’s ok. I can’t do Sunday anyway. I’m going to watch all the Star Wars films on DVD.

Becca: OK, so let’s look at Friday. I wrote something in my diary ... ah, I’m going to have a pizza
in the evening but I’m free for lunch.

John: Sorry. I’m taking my French exam on Friday at eleven.

Becca: Oh - good luck! Well ... I’m free for lunch on Monday or Tuesday next week.

John: Oh dear, I’m not. I’m going to go jogging on Monday in my lunch break. And on Tuesday I’m
seeing the dentist for a check-up at half past eleven. If I don’t go jogging on Wednesday,
I can have lunch with you then. Are you free?

Becca: No, sorry! I’m going to a work meeting at one o’clock. But I’m not doing anything on
Thursday.

John: Amazing! Thursday’s good for me too! Where do you want to have lunch? ...

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Key

1. Warm up

5 mins.
Call attention to the header image and elicit/explain the meaning of diary/calendar. Then go through the gap
fill exercises with the students to form common collocations for this context. Pose the first follow-up question.
Then go over the preposition gap fill with the class. Finally elicit some sentences about students’ past activities
to practise the prepositions.

clean jogging
have see
take watch
Prepositions:

1. on
2. at
3. in

2. Listening

10 mins.
Explain the context and go over the instructions for the first listening activity. Play the recording and then check
answers. For the second listening activity, students will recover more detailed information from the dialogue and
add this to the spaces indicated in the diaries. Give students a minute to work in pairs and recall the missing
information from the options (one is extra). Then play the recording again for them to check. They can listen twice
if they need to. If you have time after you check answers, students could work in pairs to read the transcript out
loud.

1. On Thursday.
The table:

1. work meeting
2. French exam
3. clean the car
4. watch Star Wars films

3. Language point

10 mins.
This stage has two sections; go through them one by one, focusing first on the examples and then asking students
to answer the questions. Students encountered present continuous in earlier lessons in the course plan, including
its use for future arrangements. This usage is reviewed here and compared with be going to + verb for plans and
intentions. If your class is monolingual, it may be helpful to use students’ L1 to explain arrangements, plans and
intentions. The basic distinction is that arrangements involve other people or take place at a fixed time, while
plans/intentions do not. Drill the example sentences with the students. Remind students that we use a rising
intonation for yes/no questions and a falling intonation for question-word questions. Finally, direct students’

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attention to the notes; there is more information about gonna in the Optional extension activity. It is worth
stressing that this is not "a real word" and students should avoid this in their writing.

1. future 2. arrangements with other people

3. There is

1. plans or intentions just for yourself 2. there isn’t

4. Practice

10 mins.
The aim of this exercise is to provide practice with a range of question and answer forms using the target language.
Go over the instructions and the examples. Point out that students need to write full sentences and use contractions.
Students work alone and then check answers in pairs. Finally, check answers with the whole class - ask students
to identify if the item is an arrangement (A) or a plan/intention (P/I).
NOTE: If students are finding this difficult, skip the speaking stage and do the extra practice/homework exercises
in class for additional support.

1. She’s having coffee with Joe on Monday. (A) 2. She’s going to visit the British Museum on Tuesday.
(P/I)
3. Is she going to go shopping on Wednesday? / Is she 4. Who’s she having dinner with on Thursday? / What’s
going shopping on Wednesday? (P/I) she doing on Thursday? (A)
5. She’s going to Paris on Friday. (A) 6. She’s going to go sightseeing in Paris on Saturday. /
She’s going sightseeing in Paris on Saturday. (P/I)
7. What’s she going to do on Sunday? (P/I) 8. When’s she returning to London? (A)

5. Speaking

13 mins.
In this stage, students will activate the vocabulary and grammar from the lesson in a speaking activity. As you go
over the instructions, make sure students understand the aim of the activity is to practise using present continuous
and be going to + infinitive.
Go over the introduction and elicit which items in the box are arrangements and which are plans/intentions.
Students work alone to choose any random five items from the list to write in "my diary" - advise them to choose
a mix of types. It is possible that students will choose some/all the same items as their partner – this is fine; it will
not affect the activity.
Then go over the next instructions and the example dialogue. Set up A/B pairs. Students ask and answer questions
about their diaries and make notes. Monitor and support as necessary. Early finishers can answer the follow-up
questions.
Conduct some quick feedback by asking students questions about what they wrote about their partner’s diaries,
using the correct verb form. Find out when students can meet and what they will do – again using the correct
verb forms. Round up the activity with error correction, including pronunciation.

6. Extra practice/homework

2 mins to explain.
These exercises can be assigned for homework or used instead of the speaking activity if the class needs more
support. If you use these for homework, make sure that you mark the exercises in a future class, or collect them
from students and mark them yourself outside class. If you prefer, you can make the answers available to students
and they can check their own answers.

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1. They’re taking a Spanish exam tomorrow at half past 2. She’s going to get up early every day this week. (P/I)
ten. (A)
3. I’m going to finish reading my book tonight. (P/I) 4. Are they having a meeting with the designers this
afternoon? (A)
5. He’s going to have a curry one night this week. (P/I) 6. Are you going to go swimming this weekend? (P/I)
7. I’m seeing the doctor for a check-up today at four 8. I’m going to wash my hair on Thursday night. (P/I)
o’clock. (A)

7. Optional extension

10 mins.
These exercises are designed as a cooler activity if you have time in your lesson. In this activity, students find out
more about the informal structure gonna, and a similar form, wanna. Go over the information and drill students in
the example sentences. Then re-iterate that both forms are informal and misusing them can be problematic for
students, especially at lower levels. Give students a minute to look through the different situations and decide if
these forms would be appropriate or not. Check answers with the class.

1. no 2. no 3. no 4. yes 5. no 6. yes 7. yes

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