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A.1-36 Listen and read. Then repeat the conversation REAL ENGLISH I already have plans. and replace the words in blue.
B. Practice with a partner. Replace any words to make your own conversation.
1. studying - going shopping
Hello, Maya? Are you doing anything on Saturday night?
Um, yeah. I'm seeing a movie with a friend.
2. What are you doing - What are you going to do
Hey, Minh. What are your plans this Saturday night?
Um, I'm going to a basketball game.
3. I can't make it - I'm busy that night
Nadine, do you want to get together on Saturday night? It's my...
Sorry, but I already have plans. Maybe another time?
4. terrible - awful
I feel bad. Should we tell him we're planning his birthday party?
No, let's keep it a surprise!
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| TALKING ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS AND FUTURE PLANS SIMPLE SENTENCES AND COMPOUND SENTENCES (PP. 157-158) |
| Scheduled future events | Future plans | |
| Simple sentences | I have a doctor's appointment on Saturday. The flight gets in at 9:30 tomorrow. What time does the movie start? It starts at 7:00. | I'm going to the mall tomorrow. She's picking apples on Saturday morning. What are you doing later? I'm meeting my grandfather at the airport. |
| Compound sentences | The movie starts at 7:00, but I have a class at 8:00. | I'm going for a picnic at the weekend, and my brother's taking an English test. |
| We use a possessive pronoun (mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs) instead of a noun, especially to avoid repeating a noun that appears before it. |
| Stig's birthday party is on Saturday night. Mine is on Sunday night next week. |
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C. Rewrite the following sentences using possessive pronouns.
1. Guess what I bought for my dog? This is my name tag, and this is its name tag.
-> _____________________________________________________________________.
2. I'm going to tell you my plan. Then you'll tell me your plan.
-> _____________________________________________________________________.
3. I only see your dress here. Where's Mary's dress?
-> _____________________________________________________________________.
4. We're going to stay at this hotel. And what's the address of their hotel?
-> _____________________________________________________________________.
D. (🎧1-38) Complete the conversations. Then listen and check your answers.
1. Sam: What _________ you ________ (do) this weekend?
Jenny: Not much. I _______ (meet) Erin at the mall on Saturday afternoon. We _______ (see) a movie and then we _______ (have) dinner at China Café.
2. Steve: _______ you _______ (watch) the play? What time does it start?
Chris: It _______ (start) at 8:00.
3. Fiona: _______ you _______ (go) anywhere this weekend?
Celia: No. I _______ (stay) home. Jesse _______ (come) over after his class. We might watch a movie.
4. David: What time _______ the farmers' market _______ (open)?
Karen: At 9:00. _______ you _______ (go)?
E. Work in groups. Play a memory game. Say what you are doing this weekend.
This weekend, I'm seeing a movie.
This weekend, Jared is seeing a movie. I'm going to the farmers' market with my mother.
This weekend, Jared is seeing a movie. Wendy is going to the farmers' market with her mother. I'm having lunch with Iris...
