present continuous (future arrangement)
beginner level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of present continous (future arrangements) in the context of daily life
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a present continous (future arrangements) in the context of daily life
Procedure (37-49 minutes)
I am seeing my friend after class. She is arriving at dinner time. We are visiting a restaurant.
What do you think the story is here?
I will write those sentences on the board.
I am visiting my friend after class. I will draw a timeline on the board and ask: Does it happen in the past, present, or future? What is the role of the first word? Subject. What comes after the subject? In what form? Ing. We can use the present continuous for future plans. For plans that are sure to happen. Plans that we made at a fixed time. I am seeing a friend. = I am going to see a friend.
They will do the exercises in the book.
Tell me about what you are doing after class.
