4A I’m going to the hairdresser’s tomorrow

1 VOCABULARY
Clothes and appearance
a Match the pictures with the words in the box.
underwear tights sweatshirt tie high heels
tracksuit gloves sandals earrings jumper
flat shoes bracelet

b Complete the conversation with the present continuous

forms of the verbs in the box. Use contractions where
possible.

1 gloves 2 3 stay come bring not fly arrive take meet (x2)

A So what have you arranged for this evening?

B Well, my parents 1 are arriving at the station on the 6:30
train from Paris.
A So, 2 you 3 them at the station?
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B Yes, we are. We a taxi from our house at
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6:00. I booked it this morning.
A Good. So where 5 they 6 ?
B At the Hilton Hotel. They’ve got a double room with a balcony.
A Great. And what about the restaurant?
B I’ve reserved a table for eight at eight o’clock. Everyone
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to the restaurant at 7:45 so we can all be
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there when they arrive.
A Brilliant. Have you told the restaurant that it’s your father’s
birthday?
B Yes, they’ve made him a special cake with HAPPY 60TH on
it. They 8 it to our table at ten o’clock, together
with the coffee.
10 11 12 A And what about tomorrow?
B They 9 to Scotland until the afternoon, so
2 GRAMMAR there’s plenty of time. Their flight’s at 3:30.
A Great, so it’s all arranged. I have to go now because I
Present continuous and going to 10
Sally for a coffee in ten minutes. See you later!

a Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1 buy / going / a new dress / I’m / the party / for / to .
I’m going to buy a new dress for the party.
2 going / your wedding / you / are / invite / your / to / cousin /
to ?
3 aren’t / going / they / get married / to / this / year .
4 going / are / do / after university / you / what / to ?
5 visit / Spain next year / going / we’re / in / my relatives / to .
6 to / you / are / wear / to / the party / what / going ?
c 4.1 Listen and check.
3 PRONUNCIATION
Sound and spelling: going to
a 4.2 Listen to going to in the sentences. Do you hear
/ˈgəʊɪŋ tə/ (going to) or /ˈgənə/ (gonna)? Tick (✓) the
correct box for each sentence.
/ˈgəʊɪŋ tə/ /ˈgənə/
1 Are you going to go out tonight? ✓
2 What are you going to do for your birthday?
3 He isn’t going to have a holiday this year.
4 We’re going to try to find a taxi.
5 I’m going to have a shower after breakfast.
6 They aren’t going to do their homework.
7 She’s going to phone her brother.
8 I'm not going to go to Ibiza this year.

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