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In 11A Fernanda talks about her next holiday. You practise:
. going to and the present continuous for future
. verbs followed by the infinitive and verb patterns, -ing or infinitive?
. pronunciation of the letters P and F
1 Listen to Fernanda's plan and complete this sentence.Next summer, she's going to P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . She's going to stay in a f_ _ _ s_ _ _
h_ _ _ _. She wants to go h_ _ _ _ -_ _ _ _ _ _ and to e_ _ well.
2 Listen again and underline the correct answer.1. She's going with two/three other people.
2. The hotel is really cheap/quite expensive.
3. The hotel facilities are good/very good.
4. They're going to do a bit/a lot of exercise.
5. A week is/isn't going to be long enough.
6. Petropolis is quite cool/hot.
7. They want/don't want to go for long walks.
8. They would/wouldn't like to visit old buildings.
3 Read and correct 10 more differences from what you heard. Listen again and check. Next January we're going up to Petropolis with my friend Lucia and her boyfriend, Luis. We're going to stay in a four-star hotel for a week - a real treat! Luis's an estate agent so he's getting us a special price. It's still expensive but you only die once! The hotel's got a big pool table, good facilities and a great health centre so we're really going to relax in a healthy way - a bit of exercise and then lots of pampering! A week isn't going to be long enough and I'm certainly not going to think about working!
We both find Rio too busy in the summer. Petropolis is quite cool and very green. We're planning to go for long walks in the country and I want to go mountain climbing. I'd love to do a course and learn to climb properly. There are lots of big buildings to see in Petropolis and everybody says the food is good there. So, we're going to spend lots of time sitting in restaurants too. I'm counting the weeks - we can't wait to go!
Professional tip
. A gapped text can help students improve their listening skills, grammar and vocabulary. You can include a few words or put lines _____ for all the words (this is called a dictagloss). Read the text several times and students work together in pairs and groups to complete the text. Then focus on the language.
5 Listen to and write the 9 sentences. How many words are there in each one? 6 Listen again and repeat. How are going to and want to pronounced.
Pronunciation tip
. The faster we speak the more going to and want to are pronounced gonna and wanna. Pop songs and native speakers talking informally nearly always use gonna and wanna.
7 Imagine you're Fernanda. This is your diary. An American friend, Jane, is trying to arrange a meeting. Complete the dialogue.| Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
| Friday | Teach | Teach | Cinema with Thiago |
| Saturday | Shopping | Meet Lucia and Luis (discuss holiday) | |
| Sunday | Lunch with parents | Mark homework and prepare lessons. |
Jane: Hi, Fernanda. It's Jane here.
You: Hi Jane. How are you?
J: Fine, thanks.
You:
J: I'm in Rio at the moment and I really want to see you again. Can we meet up?
You:
J: What are you doing on Friday?
You:
J: What about Saturday morning or afternoon?
You:
J: You sound really busy. Any chance of meeting on Saturday or Sunday evening?
You:
J: Okay. What time?
You:
J: Great. I'm looking forward to seeing you.
You:
J: Bye for now.
You:
8 Complete the sentences (verb + infinitive or verb + -ing). Listen and repeat.
1. She wants ____________ horse-riding. (go)
2. They plan ___________ for long walks. (go)
3. He enjoys __________ in the pool. (swim)
4. She's going to arrange ____________ her friend. (see)
5. He finished ___________ their homework. (mark)
Professional tip
. When students learn a new verb, give or elicit an exemplary phrase and highlight the possible verb patterns e.g. want + infinitive; enjoy + -ing.
. Some verbs have different meanings with different forms e.g. remember to (= don't forget) and remember + -ing (remember a past event), as in: I didn't remember to do the homework/I can't remember being a baby. Highlight these too when appropriate.
. Some verbs have different meanings with different forms e.g. remember to (= don't forget) and remember + -ing (remember a past event), as in: I didn't remember to do the homework/I can't remember being a baby. Highlight these too when appropriate.
9 Listen to exercise 3 above and write down 8 time expressions you hear. Then check your answers. Example: 1 soon
10 List 10 things you're going to do before going to bed tonight and 10 different activities you've got planned for tomorrow.
11 Update your Portfolio cassette. Record Exercise #10 onto your Portfolio cassette as full sentences. Include all of these: going to, plan to, want to, arrange to and the Present Continuous for the future.
Example: As soon as I finish this exercise I'm going to make dinner and lay the table.
Time for a break!
à go to Unit 11 B