3rd April

Talking about the future

Worksheet: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/Talking%20about%20the%20future-worksheet.pdf

Lesson plan:  https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/Talking%20about%20the%20future-lesson-plan%20%281%29.pdf

Present continuous
Subject	to be	verb + ing
I	am 'm	babysitting tonight. studying this weekend. not doing anything next week. seeing the dentist on Tuesday. seeing friends at the weekend. meeting at 12.00 with the bank manager.
S / he	is 's
You We They	are 're

For intentions and decisions we'd normally use 'going to'.

Going to
Subject	to be	going to	base infinitive
I	am 'm	going to	watch a film tomorrow. do the shopping later. take the train. start music lessons soon. study really hard at the weekend.
S / he	is 's
You We They	are 're

Listening: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1530_gramchallenge32/

Review quiz: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quiznet/pdfs/qnet_294_future.pdf