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Pre-Intermediate
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Unit 3 Lesson 2
What Leo are you
today?
 Warm-up
1. Find a photo of a place you visited this year.
2. Share the photo with your partner.
3. Name 3 things you did there. Did you like this place?
Good language Getting there
1. .. 1. She took this photo in this last
summer
2. She took this photo in THE Pripyat
river during kayaking
3. There was it was really warm weather
Homework questions
Homework questions
Homework questions
Homework questions
Lesson Aims

Things to do the city

1

2 Travel around NY virtually

3 Speak about future plans

Match the pictures
with the collocations
When did you last …?
How often do you…?
Do you ever …?
Discuss
What kind of things do
you like doing when you
visit a city?

Where can you go/ what

things can you do for
free, or very cheaply,
where you live?
Blocking vocabulary

1. It costs next to nothing= it’s very cheap

2. A challenge/ˈtʃæləndʒ/ -something that tests your skills
I need to finish this project by Wednesday. It’s a true challenge.
3. A bagel/ˈbeɪɡəl/ -type of bread, small and in the shape of a
ring
4. Staten Island Ferry –water transport that goes to Staten
Island (NY)
5. Highline–old railway track in the center NY
6. Go over the budget /ˈbʌdʒɪt/ –spend too much money
We didn’t want to go over our budget, so we didn’t go on
holiday.
Listening SB p. 28
Listen to a radio programme. Answer the questions.
1. Is NY an expensive city to live in?
2. Are there lots of things to do?
3. How much money do the journalists have to spend?
4. What do they have to do?
Listening SB p. 28
Listen to a radio programme. Answer the questions.
1. Is NY an expensive city to live in? yes,
2. Are there lots of things to do? Yes,
3. How much money do the journalists have to spend?
$20
4. What do they have to do? they have to organise a great
day out and they can’t go over their budget
 Are you keen on
weekends and days-off?
Grammar input
What’s the meaning?
I’m giving a talk at the conference
next Saturday.

We’re visiting my grandparents, so

I can’t come to your party on
Friday.

He’s seeing his doctor next month.

What are you doing tonight?

Present Continuous
• fixed arrangements = plans
• usually other people are involved

I’m giving a talk at the conference

next Saturday.
We’re visiting my grandparents, so I
can’t come to your party on Friday.
He’s seeing his doctor next month.
What are you doing tonight?
What’s the meaning?
I’m going to see a film tonight.

He’s going to take his girlfriend

with him.

They’re going to travel to Italy in

summer.

Look! The sky is so dark. It’s

going
to rain!
Be going to
• plans and intentions
• usually personal plans
• predictions based on evidence

I’m going to see a film tonight.

He’s going to take his girlfriend with him.

They’re going to travel to Italy in summer.

Look! The sky is so dark. It’s going to rain!

Let’s check
Which grammar structure do you use to:
1. speak about fixed arrangements?
2. speak about intentions/U want to do it?
3. speak about predictions based on
evidence?
Let’s check
Which grammar structure do you use to:
1. speak about fixed arrangements? Present
Continuous
2. speak about intentions? Be going to
3. speak about predictions based on
evidence? Be going to
Let’s check
You’re watching football. Your team
is leading 5:3. There are 5 min
before the match finishes.
What do you say?

a) My team will win!

b) My team wins!
c) My team is winning!
d) My team is going to win!
Let’s check
You’re watching football. Your
team is leading 5:3. There are 5
min before match finishes.
What do you say?

a) My team will win!

b) My team wins!
c) My team is winning!
d) My team is going to win!
Let’s check
You want to go to the cinema at the
weekend. You call your friend. What do
you say?

a) I will watch this new film on

Sunday.
Let’s go together.
b) I watch this new film on Sunday.
Let’s
go together.
c) I’m watching this new film on Sunday.
Let’s go together.
d) I’m going to watch this new film on
 Let’s check
You want to go to the cinema at the
weekend. You call your friend. What
do you say?

a) I will watch this new film on

Sunday. Let’s go together.
b) I watch this new film on Sunday.
Let’s go together.
c) I’m watching this new film on
Sunday. Let’s go together.
d) I’m going to watch this new film
on Sunday. Let’s go together!
Let’s check
You have an appointment with
your dentist. What do you say?

a) I will see my dentist

tomorrow.
b) I see my dentist
tomorrow.
c) I’m seeing my
dentist
tomorrow.
d) I’m going to see my
dentist
tomorrow.
Let’s check
You have an appointment with
your dentist. What do you say?

a) I will see my dentist

tomorrow.
b) I see my dentist
tomorrow.
c) I’m seeing my
dentist
tomorrow.
d) I’m going to see my
dentist
Listen and repeat

1. I’m going to see a film in the evening.

2. I’m seeing a doctor tomorrow at 3 p.m.
3. He isn’t going to come tonight.
4. They’re visiting us next week.
5. She isn’t working next Friday – she has a
day-off.
6. What are you doing this weekend?
7. Who’s going to cycle through the park?
Listen to the pronunciation of going to
in fast speech /`gᴧnə/. Listen and
repeat the sentences.
 Complete the sentences with be going to. Use the verb in brackets.
Use contractions where possible.

1.A: ........Is........ Martin .....going 4. A: ........ you ......... the tennis match tonight? (watch)
to be.....at your party? (be)
B: Yes, and he ................ his new B: No, we .......................... the musical on the other
girlfriend. channel. (watch)
(bring) 5. A: I ............................ out tonight. (not/go)
2. A: I can’t see your roommates, B: Why not?
where A: I am too tired. I ............. to bed at 10.00. (go)
are they?
B: They’re out shopping. They
........................... some food and drink. 6. A: What ....... you .......... next weekend? (do)
(buy) B: I ................................................... with my sister
3. A: Do you know the news? Mike in
..................... us next term. (not teach) Brighton. (stay)
B: Why not? A: .......... you ......................the children? (take)
A: Because B: No, they ........ with their grandmother. (stay)
he ........................................ to
Canada. (move)
1. A: ........Is........ Martin .....going to be.....at your 5. A: I’m not going (to go)out tonight.
party? (be) (not/go)
B: Yes, and he’s going to bring his new girlfriend. B: Why not?
(bring) A: I am too tired. I’m going (to go)to bed
at 10.00. (go)
2. A: I
6. A: What are you going to do next
can’t see your roommates, where are they? B:
weekend? (do)
They’re out shopping. They’re going to buy some B: I’m going to stay with my sister in
food and drink. (buy)
Brighton. (stay)
3.A: Do you know the news? Mike isn’t going to teach
A: Are you going to take the
us next term. (not teach)
children?
B: Why not? (take)
A: Because he’s going to move to Canada. (move) B: No, they are going to stay with their
grandmother. (stay)
4. A: Are you going to watch the tennis match
tonight? (watch)
B: We’re going to watch the musical on the other
channel. (watch)
Choose the correct option to complete the
sentences.
1. Jack and I are meeting/are going to meet in London on Saturday.
2. Jane is starting/is going to start writing a blog soon.
3. Sam is singing/is going to sing at a concert this weekend.
4. Lizzy is visiting/is going to visit her friend next week. She called her yesterday.
5. I am starting/am going to start a new job on Monday. I’m excited!
6. Sorry, I can’t come to the party. I am flying/am going to fly to Cyprus tonight.
7. We are having/are going to have dinner with some friends tomorrow.
8. My husband and I are buying/are going to buy new panels for our house soon.
9. She isn’t working/isn’t going to work on Wednesday. It’s her day-off.
Choose the correct option to complete the
sentences.
1. Jack and I are meeting in London on Saturday.
2. Jane is going to start writing a blog soon.
3. Sam is singing at a concert this weekend.
4. Lizzy is visiting her friend next week. She called her yesterday.
5. I am starting a new job on Monday. I’m excited!
6. Sorry, I can’t come to the party. I am flying to Cyprus tonight.
7. We are having dinner with some friends tomorrow.
8. My husband and I are going to buy new panels for our house soon.
9. She isn’t working on Wednesday. It’s her day-off.
Feedback
Today

- I’ve learnt…

- The most difficult for me was…

- I am OK with…..
Homework
SB Language bank
p. 132 rule to read
p. 133 ex 3.1 ABC
WB p. 15 ex 2-3
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SB Language bank p. 133 ex 3.1 ABC