UNIT 9

ASKING ABOUT AND DESCRIBING PLANS

By Shofian Syahrullah, Srijanto, and Mujazin
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Supplementary Material

100 million rupiah

An Indonesian businessman plans to throw 100 million rupiah (US$

10,600) out of an airplane over the capital this Sunday as a publicity
stunt to promote his new book. “I want to create a rain of money in
Jakarta,” author and motivator speaker Tung Desem Waringi said, “it’s
a little bit crazy, but it marketing.” Police spokesman Col 1 Ketut
Untung said authorities may not plan to go forward because it could
draw huge crowds and cause chaos. Ten of millions of Indonesians live
on less than US$1 a day and food and aid give away always draw large
numbers. The 42-year-old Tung said instead of opting for regular
advertising for his book, he came up with an idea that “will make
people happy.”

Tomorrow's Plan - Example Conversation

Let's use this time to incorporate what we have learned so far.
Conversation 1
Person A : "Bob is in the hospital, did you get a chance to visit him?"
Person B : "I'm going to see Bob tomorrow"
Person A : "I thought you had to meet John tomorrow?"
Person B : "I'm going to meet John at the airport at 6 O'clock tonight"

Conversation 2
Person A : "I'm going home now, do you want to head out together?"
Person B : "No Thanks. I'm going to go home in about an hour"
Person A : "Didn't you need to buy a present for you brother's
birthday?"
Person B : "I'm going to do that tomorrow"

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Conversation 3

Person A : "I'm going to go to the bus stop right after class, so I won't
have time to meet you"
Person B : "That's OK. We can always get together tomorrow."

Conversation 4

Person A : "Why do you look so stressed?"

Person B : "I'm going to be dead if I don't finish this project by
tomorrow"
Person A : "I thought you had 2 weeks to finish this project"
Person B : "I don't have time to explain now. I'll talk to you later."

Conversation 5

Person A : "Since we are done with school, when are you going back
home?"
Person B : "I'm going to go home next week"
Person A : "Me too. Do you want to meet at the train station on
Sunday?"
Person B : "Sure. I'll meet you there at five"

When it isn't definite

We use the present continuous tense to talk about things that we are
presently considering.
I'm thinking of going to …
We're planning to go to…
He's hoping to go to…

When your plans are all arranged

You can use the present perfect tense to announce your plans:
We've decided to go to Greece.
We've settled on Spain, after all.
They've opted for a camping holiday in France.
We've booked a weekend in a boutique hotel in Paris.

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 Or use the going to future to talk about your intentions:

We're going to (go to) the Algarve for two weeks in July.
She's going to stay in a B&B in the Lakes with some work mates.

*Note: if "going to" is followed by the verb "go to", you can omit "go
to".
We're going to go to Paris = We're going to Paris.

Or use will to talk about definite plans that will happen in the future.

Next year we will stay at home rather than go on holiday.

We'll spend three weeks travelling around Asia, then come back at the
end of September.

Other useful phrases

Here are some alternative expressions you can use in English to talk
about your plans.
I've got my heart set on… (… a cruise next year.)
I've been dying to go to… (ever since I heard about it from my
neighbour)
I'd love to go to Australia, but it's too far / too expensive
I can't choose between Morocco or Tunisia.
I'm torn between Italy and France.

When your plans aren't yet certain

It looks like… (… we're going to Cyprus)

As long as we can get our visa in time, we'll be going to the USA
We're not 100% sure, but we might be going to Egypt
It's a toss-up between Greece and Spain. (to toss a coin = to flip a coin
to decide one choice or another)
We're on the waiting list for a villa in Tuscany.

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 Asking other people about their plans

What are your plans for… (… summer)?

Have you decided … (… where you're going on holiday)?
What are you up to … (… in summer?)
Are you going to … (Majorca again for summer?

Ten Expressions to Use In How To Use These Phrases In

Speaking And Writing
1. What are you doing
tomorrow?
2. Got any plans for tomorrow?
3. What's your plan for
tomorrow?
4. Are you doing anything
tomorrow?
5. What's on the cards for
tomorrow?
6. Busy tomorrow?
7. Have you got anything on
tomorrow?
Your English
1. Phrase 1 is a general question
and might be asked just out of
curiosity.
2. Phrase 2 is a more relaxed and
informal version of phrase 1.
3. Phrase 3 might imply that I
have my plan, and I am asking
you what your plan is. Your
boss could ask this to check
what you are doing.
4. **Phrases 4, 6, 7 and 8 can all
be used when you are hoping
to arrange something with a
friend or colleague.
5. Phrase 5 uses a fortune telling
metaphor: 'it's on the cards'
means it's likely, but not
certain. This expression is
often used in the negative
form to say we have no
intention of doing something.
**
6. In phrase 7, note that we use
the expression 'I've got
something on' to indicate a
definite plan.

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8. Have you got anything
**
planned for tomorrow
9. What's happening 7. Phrase 9 is a general question,
tomorrow? similar to phrase 1.
10. How's tomorrow looking? 8. Phrase 10 could be used to
check that something you have
planned for tomorrow with a
friend is still OK. You hope
the answer is: 'fine' which
means your plan is still on.

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 Magic Card

1. TONIGHT AT 08.00
IN YOUR BIRTHDAY

2.
TOMORROW AT 06.30
IEDUL ADHA
CELEBRATION
3.
THIS WEEKEND
NEW YEAR

4.
NEXT HOLIDAY
AFTER TUTORIAL
CLASS
5.

THE DAY AFTER

TOMORROW ON SUNDAY MORNING