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5   speaking • Making arrangements
            Speaking • Making                            I can make future plans and arrangements.
            arrangements                                THINK!  Are you busy over the next few days? What are your plans?
                                                     Aldo   So, Pamela, you’ve got a busy day ahead.
             Aim                                     Pamela  I know, it’s   boring / crazy.
                                                                 1
                                                     Aldo   That’s what happens when you’re
             Make plans and future arrangements.           2  important / fun! Don’t forget you’ve
                                                           got a meeting this afternoon with the
                                                           television executives. They are going to ask
            THINK!                                         about your new plans for the TV show.
                                                     Pamela  Yes, what time does that start?
            Ask the questions to the whole class     Aldo   The meeting starts at 12.30 in the city
            and elicit some answers. If students are       centre, so you have to be there a little
                                                            earlier / later. I’ll try to book your taxi
                                                           3
            struggling for ideas, ask more questions       for 11.45.
            to start them thinking, e.g. Are you going   Pamela  But I have auditions for the new show
            to do any sport? Are you going to meet your    today, remember? The auditions start
                                                           at ten.
            friends? Are you going to watch any films?   Aldo   Yes, I know. We’re going to make sure   Pamela  Aldo
                                                                4
            How much time are you going to spend           you’ll be   late / on time.
            on homework?                             Pamela  I hope so. We’ll see ... Oh, by the way,
                                                           I’m meeting the director for lunch today
                                                           at 2.00 p.m.
             ANSWerS                                 Aldo   What? Why didn’t you tell me?  We use the present simple
            Students’ own answers.                   Pamela  I’m telling you now! Can you remind me   to talk about future events if
                                                           to tell him about the   fun / new plans,   they happen regularly:
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            exercise 1  r e 2.08                           too?                        My maths class is at 2.00 p.m.
                                                     Aldo   OK, whatever you say!
            Students read the dialogue and choose                                      4    Work in pairs. Take turns to remind each
            the correct words to complete it. With    1       2.08  Choose the correct words    other to do these things this evening. Use the
            weaker classes, students could work in      in the dialogue. Then watch or listen and check.   key phrases.
            pairs for this. Play the video or audio for   What three things is Pamela doing today?  1  history homework
                                                                                         2  guitar lesson
            students to watch or listen and check their   2       2.08  Cover the dialogue and complete   3  help with dinner
            answers. Check answers with the class,      the Key Phrases. Watch or listen again and check.  4  go to bed on time
            then ask the question about Pamela to the   KeY pHrases                    You've got your history homework this evening, remember?
            class and elicit the answer.
                                                      Talking about plans                          Remind me to help with dinner.
             ANSWerS                                  You’ve got a  1   ahead.
                                                                                            Use IT!  Work in pairs. Read the situation,
            1  crazy    2  important    3  earlier      Don’t forget you’ve got a  2   this   5   prepare and practise a new dialogue. Use the
                                                      afternoon.
            4  on time     5  new                     I have  3   today, remember?       key phrases and the dialogue in exercise 1 to
            Pamela is going to auditions for the new   Can you remind me to tell him  4   , too?  help you.
            show, meeting the TV executives about                                      Student A: Tell Student B about everything you
            plans for the TV show, and meeting the    3    Work in pairs. Practise the dialogue.  have to do today: exams, then a football match.
            TV director for lunch.                                                     Student B: Listen to Student A talking about his /
                                                                                       her plans. Remind him / her that there is an
                                                                                       end-of-term party after the exams this evening.
            exercise 2  r e 2.08
            Put students into pairs and ask them to
            cover the dialogue in exercise 1. Students   56  Years ahead
            read the key phrases and try to complete
            them from memory. Play the video or
            audio again for students to check their   exercise 4                   practise it. With stronger classes, students
            answers. Check answers with the class   Read the Remember! box with the   can go straight into the role-play. Students
            and check that students understand all   class. Ask students to find examples of   can swap roles and practise again. Ask
            the key phrases. You could ask students to   the present simple for future events in   some students to perform their dialogues
            translate the key phrases into Vietnamese   the dialogue in exercise 1. Also review   for the class.
            to check understanding.            the use of the present continuous for   ANSWerS
             ANSWerS                           arrangements, and ask students to find an   Students’ own answers.
            1  busy day     2  meeting    3  auditions for   example in the dialogue in exercise 1 (I’m
            the new show     4  about the new plans  meeting the director for lunch today).  Optional activity: Speaking
                                               Read out the example answers, then put   Ask students to work in pairs and make
             Optional activity: Key phrases    students into pairs to practise reminding   notes on their plans for this weekend.
             Before students practise the dialogue,   each other about future plans. With   They can then prepare and practise
             play the video or audio again, pausing   weaker classes, allow students time   a new dialogue with their own ideas.
             after the key phrases. Ask students to   to prepare their sentences first. With   Ask some students to perform their
             repeat, copying the pronunciation and   stronger classes, students can go   dialogues for the class. Ask: Whose
             intonation that they hear.        straight into the spoken practice. Ask   weekend sounds like fun?
                                               some students to say their sentences to
              ANSWerS                          the class.                           ANSWerS
             Students’ own answers.                                                 Students’ own answers.
                                                ANSWerS
                                               Students’ own answers.               More practice
            exercise 3                                                              Practice Kit  Speaking 5
            Students work in pairs to practise the   exercise 5 USe IT!
            dialogue.                          Students work in pairs to prepare their
                                               dialogue. With weaker classes, students
                                               can write their dialogue before they


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