Theme:

Building the future

✓ your name on Zoom is clear (use Latin letters)
✓ your camera is on and mic is off (unmute when
needed)
✓ you are in a quiet area that helps you focus
✓ you have a notebook or a note app ready to
take notes

Ilka X@!

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 In this live part of the lesson, you will talk about future plans and arrangements.
You will also review time phrases and tenses referring to the future that you
learned before the lesson.

Highlighted skills:
scheduling an event (live class) and listening (before the lesson)
Language focus:
Vocabulary: time phrases
Grammar: future forms
Functional language: talking about future plans and arranging events

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Discuss the following questions with a partner.

• What are your plans for tonight?

• Have you got any plans for the weekend?
• How do you normally plan your time? Do you
use a diary/a computer/an app on your phone?

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You did this in Prepare. Do you remember what they are?
1. Sorry, I can’t talk at the moment, I’m a bit _ _____.
2. I have some _____ in July, so I’m going to the beach.
3. I love to _____in the afternoon by reading a good book.
4. You can _ _____ by using an electronic dictionary.
5. I _____ so much _____ using the internet on my phone.
6. I arrived at the office _____ for the meeting.
7. I’m going to _____ _ some _____ with my grandmother at the weekend.
8. I need to take some _____ out. I’ve been very stressed at work recently.
9. The bus is never _____ ! it is always late!
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You did this in Prepare. Do you remember what they are?
1. Sorry, I can’t talk at the moment, I’m a bit pressed for time.
2. I have some time off in July, so I’m going to the beach.
3. I love to kill time in the afternoon by reading a good book.
4. You can save time by using an electronic dictionary.
5. I waste so much time using the internet on my phone.
6. I arrived at the office in time for the meeting.
7. I’m going to spend some time with my grandmother at the weekend.
8. I need to take some time out. I’ve been very stressed at work recently.
9. The bus is never on time! it is always late!
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Discuss the following questions with a partner.

1. What do you usually do to kill time?

2. Who are you going to spend time with on your next vacation?
3. What will you do when you are pressed for time and you can’t finish your work?
4. When did you last have some time off (work)?
5. What do you think wastes time?

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In Practice, you listened to Nick and Paul’s conversation.
Nick: Actually, I’m meeting the customer service manager in the afternoon and then I’m
going to play golf.
Paul: Friday?
Nick: I’ll probably be out of the office in the early morning and I’m going to be quite busy
in the afternoon. Let me check my diary, hold on… OK, I’m giving a presentation that
afternoon but I’ll be free after five.
Paul: Oh, I probably won’t be here after five o’clock. What about early on Monday then?
Nick: Paul, I’m so sorry, I’m meeting with another customer, but after about three o’clock
I’ll be free.
Paul: Great! That suits me. So Monday at about three, in meeting room four?
Nick: Great, I’ll note it in my diary now. Thanks Paul, see you then.

How do we use these three expressions to refer to the future?

(Is there a plan? When is/was the decision?)
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How do we use these three expressions to refer to the future?
(Is there a plan? When is/was the decision?)

The decision is made now.

Great, I’ll note it in my diary now.
There is no plan.

The decision is made in

I’m going to play golf. the past. There is a plan.

Actually, I’m meeting the customer service manager in the afternoon. When we have
I’m giving a presentation that afternoon. scheduled an event.
This is a fixed plan.

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Copy this schedule to your notebook. Leave enough space to write more
info in the boxes.

Morning Afternoon

Monday

Tuesday Walking dogs Working

Wednesday

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Check with your classmates to find a time good for both/ all of you. Then
note it down in your schedule.

Remember to use the expressions learnt in the lesson!

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Go to outside to… → go outside
On Monday, I’ll go to the supermarket with… → I’m going

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3 new words you want to remember from today’s lesson

2 activities you liked in today’s lesson

1 thing you will do after class to revise what you learned today

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Make sure you have
• downloaded the *.pdf with this
presentation
• saved the Zoom Chat

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 Complete the Progress activities online.

Review the language rule we have practised today.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar-
reference/talking-about-the-future

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