PROGRAMA DE IDIOMAS

ENGLISH III

UNIT 4: Traveling
LESSON #1
- OBJECTIVES: to talk about future plans and arrangements.
- GRAMMAR: be going to and present continuous

Do the activities in this worksheet and then check your answers on page 4 (answer key)

READING
1. Have you ever been to Machu Picchu?
2. Where is it located?
3. Would you like to go there in the future?

1. READ the text and say if the sentences are true (T) or
false (F).

1. ___ Machu Picchu was built in 1991.

2. ___ It’s extremely popular with tourists.
3. ___The only way to Machu Picchu is on foot.
4. ___Ana Redondo thinks there are too many tourists.
5. ___Tourists leave their rubbish on the Inca Trail.
6. ___She thinks the cable car is good for Machu Picchu.
7. ___Ana’s organization is trying to stop the cable car.

2. UNDERLINE the arguments FOR or AGAINST the cable car

and then CLASSIFY them as future plans or
arrangements.

FUTURE PLANS ARRANGEMENTS

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 FORM: be + going to + infinitive + …
LANGUAGE FOCUS: Future Plans and Positive and negative
Arrangements I am travel by plane.
she/he/it is (not) going to stay at a hotel.
we/they/you are visit all the museums.
We can use both be going to and the present continuous to talk Questions
about plans in the future. am I
travel ?
Where is she/he/it going to
stay ?
The new cable car is going to bring 400 tourists every hour. are we/they/you
Some people from UNESCO are coming here.
FORM: be + V-ing + … (Present Continuous)
Often we can use either form, but when we want to show that
Positive and negative
the plan is more arranged/fixed, we use the present continuous.
I am
she/he/it is (not) meeting government
The company is going to build a large hotel ministers.
(this is their plan) we/they/you are

Tomorrow, we are meeting government ministers. Questions

am I
(the plan is fixed in our diaries) nd
Who is she/he/it meeting on June 2 ?
are we/they/you

PRACTICE
Tues
1. These are Barbara’s arrangements for a business trip to New York. 13:30 – lunch with Susan

WRITE sentences using the Present Continuous. Wed

09:00 – meeting with some suppliers
16:30 – take a guided tour to the
1. On Tuesday, she’s having lunch with Susan. Statue of Liberty
2. On Wednesday morning, she____________________________________________ Thurs
17:30 – give a lecture at the
3. On Wednesday afternoon, she __________________________________________ Innovation conference
4. On Thursday, she _____________________________________________________ Fri
5. On Friday, she________________________________________________________ 15:30 – flight back to Paris

2. REARRANGE the words to make questions.

1. after are do going lesson the to what you? __________________________________________________________

2. anything are at doing the weekend you? ____________________________________________________________
3. time you next having what are test your ? ___________________________________________________________
4. graduate you going when you to what do are? ________________________________________________________

3. ANSWER the questions in exercise 2. WRITE full sentences.

1._________________________________________________________________________________
2._________________________________________________________________________________
3._________________________________________________________________________________
4._________________________________________________________________________________

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LISTENING
PART 1 (track 8): LISTEN to part of a radio travel programme and answer these questions.
1. What is CouchSurfing? __________________________________________
2. How does it work? _____________________________________________

PART 2 (track 9): LISTEN to the speaker gives more details about CouchSurfing.
Say if the sentences T (true) or False (false).
1. ___ CouchSurfers usually pay their host a little money.
2. ___ You need to create a profile on the website.
3. ___ When you find a person with a bed, you call them to agree the days you want to stay.
4. ___ You have to offer other people a bed in your house or flat.
5. ___CouchSurfing is safe because you can read what other travelers say about the host.
6. ___The host always shows their guests their city.
7. ___ You can CouchSurf all over the world.

PART 3 (track 10): A British newspaper asked their travel journalist to try CouchSurfing. LISTEN and COMPLETE the
dialogue about his plans.

PRESENTER: Tell me about your plans, Philip.

JOURNALIST: 1
I’m going to ________________ round Europe-to Paris, Vienna, and Budapest.
PRESENTER: 2
How long are you going to ___________________ in each city?
JOURNALIST: Just one night in each place.
PRESENTER: 3
Who are you going to ________________ with?
JOURNALIST: In Paris I’m going to stay with a guy called Theo, in Vienna with a guy called Artur, and in Budapest
with a woman called Judit.
PRESENTER: 4
Are you going to ___________________on a couch?
JOURNALIST: Only in Vienna, luckily. In the other places I have a bed.
PRESENTER: 5
How are going to __________________________?
JOURNALIST: 6
I’m going to _______________________by train.
PRESENTER: 7
What are you going to __________________in each place?
JOURNALIST: 8
I don’t just want to see the typical tourist sights. I hope I’m going to _______________things that
aren’t in a guide book.
PRESENTER: Well, have a good trip and good luck!

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 ANSWER KEY

READING
1.
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. T
6. F
7. T

2.
Future plans: 1) There are going to be a lot more tourists.
2) The new cable car is going to bring 400 tourists every hour.
3) The company is also going to build a large hotel.
4) The organization is going to stop the company’s plan.
5) We are not going to stop until the cable car idea is dead.

Arrangements: 1) Tomorrow we are meeting government ministers.

2) Some people from UNESCO are coming here.
3) We are organizing an international conference.

PRACTICE
1.
1. She’s having a meeting with some suppliers. / She’s meeting with some suppliers.
2. She’s taking a guided tour to the Statue of Liberty.
3. She’s giving a lecture at the Innovation conference
4. She’s flying back to Paris.

2.
1. What are you going to do after the lesson?
2. Are you doing anything at the weekend?
3. What time are you having your next test?
4. What are you going to do when you graduate?

3.
1. I’m going to …. (have lunch, finish my report, etc)
2. I am…. (having a videoconference with my friends, etc)
3. I’m having my test at….
4. I’m going to… (travel abroad, start working, etc)

LISTENING Part 3
Part 1 1. travel
1. A cheap way of travelling 2. stay
2. When you visit a city, you stay at somebody’s flat or house 3. stay
4. sleep
Part 2 5. travel
1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. T 6. go
7. do
8. do