Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 2

Unit 4 • Lesson B: Special days

Vocabulary
Celebrations
graduation / graduation day (n)
wedding / wedding day (n)
Halloween (n)
New Year's Eve (n)
Valentine's Day (n)
blow out (candles) (v)
exchange rings (v)
get married (v)
go out for a romantic dinner (v)
go to see fireworks (v)
go trick-or-treating (v)
sing "Happy Birthday" (v)
wear a cap and gown (v)
wear a costume (v)

School and learning

graduate from (law school) (v)
get a degree / diploma (v)

Telephone language
call someone back (v)

Other words
probably (adv)
lawyer (n)
be careful (v)
celebrate (v)

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Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 2

Grammar
Present continuous for the future; be going to
You can use the present continuous or be going to to talk about plans.

Present continuous for the future

The present continuous is often used to talk about plans with specific times or places:

A What are you doing for New Year's Eve?

B We're going to The Sea Grill for dinner. We're meeting friends there at 8:30.
(We know where and when to meet.)

be going to

You can use be going to is often used to talk about plans:

A What are you going to do for New Year's Eve?

B We're going to go somewhere for dinner. We're going to meet some friends at a
restaurant.

You can also use be going to to talk about predictions for the future:

It's going to be fun.

It's going to snow tomorrow.

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