PRESENT CONTINUOUS (PART I)

• We often use the present continuous to talk about appointments and meetings.

What are you doing on Friday?

She is visiting the suppliers next week.

• We also use going to for future arrangements and plans (when we have already decided to do something).

We're going to launch a new website.

I'm not going to study computing next year.

A. Complete these sentences using going to.

1. What ___________you ____________ do?

2. Well, I ____________not ___________ sell the company.

B. Complete these sentences using the present continuous form of the verb

in brackets.

1. What _____________ they ______________ next week? (do)

2. They _____________ not ___________. They're on holiday. (work)

C. Complete these sentences using the present continuous form of the verb

in brackets.

I ____________ (meet) Mr Yamashiro next week. He ____________ (arrive) on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, I _________________ (take) him to the factory. I _____________ (not see) him on Thursday. But I ___________ (drive) him to

the airport on Friday.

D. Complete the dialogue using Present Continuous.

	Saturday	Sunday
10.00	Meet cousin at the airport	Take cousin to Aquarium
13.00	Drive around town	Lunch at Hard Rock Café
15.00	Introduce cousin to friends	Video games at Derek’s house
16.00	Tennis	Dinner at the local pub
20.00	Dinner party at home	Cinema at the Shopping Centre

1. So, _____________ your cousin _____________ (arrive) this Saturday?

2. That’s right. We _____________(meet) him at the airport at 10 o’ clock. Then we _____________(take) a drive around town so that he can see the sights.

3. _____________he _____________ (stay) at your place?

4. Yes, he is. So in the afternoon, I_____________ (introduce) him to my friends and then we _____________ (play) tennis together.

5. That’s a good idea. And what _____________ you _____________ (do) in the evening?

6. We _____________ (have) a dinner party with the whole family. On Sunday morning, we _____________ (take) him to Aquarium and the we _____________ (have) lunch at the Hard Rock Café. After that, he _____________ (come) to Derek’s house with me to play video games.

7. That sounds good. _____________he _____________(leave) on Sunday night?

8. No, he _____________(not leave) until next week. In fact, we _____________(have) dinner at the local pub and then _____________ (go) to the movies in the evening. Do you want to come with us?

9. I can’t. I _____________(study) with Fiona. We have a test on Monday.

10. And _____________you _____________(visit) them in Holland next year?

11. Yes. It’s all arranged. I _____________(spend) next summer at their house in Amsterdam!

E. Listen to Kazumi and David talking about their plans for the next year. Decide whether these sentences about their plans are true or false.

1. Kazumi is going to change her job. true

2. Kazumi is going to stay in the city.

3. She is going to save some money.

4. David is going to change his job.

5. He is going to take a computer course.

6 .He is going to go abroad.

Work in pairs. Tell your partner about your plans for the future.