Lesson 8

Making Plans for the Future

• What’s up?

Nothing much.

These phrases mean ‘How are you?’ and ‘I’m fine’.

• What are you up to this week?

This phrase means ‘What are your plans’?

Glossary

Things you do at work

• Have business lunch

• Have a meeting

• Take a colleague to the airport

• Pick up a colleague from the airport

• Give a presentation

• Take part in a phone conference

• Meet the boss

• Attend an English lesson

Things you do at work

Grammar - What are doing on Monday?- I’m having business lunch.

- What are you up to on Monday?

- I think I will meet my boss.

- Are you doing anything at the weekend?

- I’m not sure but I might pick up my colleague from the airport.

Present Continuous

Is used to talk about fixed plans and arrangements. This means you know

the time, place and people who are going to take part.

+ Subject + (am/is/are) + Verb+ing She is attending a lesson.

- Subject + (am/is/are+NOT) + Verb+ing She isn’t attending a lesson

? (Am/is/are) + Subject + Verb+ing Is she attending a lesson?

Other future forms

We can also use will after I think:

I think I will have a phone conference. Will + Infinitive

Or might to talk about plans we are not sure about:

I might have a meeting with my colleagues. Might + Infinitive

Remember to pronounce the phrases correctly:

•Will/Won’t

I think I’ll attend a lesson.

I think I won’t give a presentation.

•Contracted ‘be’

I’m picking up a colleague from the airport.

He’s taking part in a phone conference.

Time Phrases

When talking about future plans we can use these time phrases:

•Tomorrow

•The day after tomorrow

•Next week/month/next year

•In a few days’ time/in a few years’ time

• Soon

Homework

Complete the phrases:

1__________ business lunch

2__________a meeting

3__________ a colleague to the airport

4__________a colleague from the airport

5__________ a presentation

6__________in a phone conference

7__________ an English lesson 

Today we have learned:

• To ask and speak about future plans

• How to use Present Continuous for future

• How to use will/won’t and might to talk about future

• Time phrases

Homework Correct Answers

1 Have business lunch

2 Have a meeting

3 Take a colleague to the airport

4 Pick up a colleague from the airport

5 Give a presentation

6 Take part in a phone conference

7 Meet the boss

8 Attend an English lesson