1. Complete the dialogue with the questions below.
how about 2.30? do you fancy going bowling on Saturday?
shall I come to your house and pick you up on the way?
what about Sunday? what time?
Max Hi, Daisy. 1…………………………………
Daisy That’s a great idea. But I’m afraid I can’t. I’m busy on Saturday. I’m going shopping in London with my sister.
Max Well, 2………………………………… Are you free then?
Daisy Well, I’m going to the cinema in the morning, but I’m free in the afternoon.
Max OK, why don’t we go after lunch then? 3…………………………………
Daisy Great idea. 4…………………………………
Max 5…………………………………
Daisy Cool. See you at my house at 2.30.
Answer
1 Do you fancy going bowling on Saturday?
2 what about Sunday?
3 Shall I come to your house and pick you up on the way?
4 What time?
5 How about 2.30?
2. Complete the table with the words below.
the beach a café cards computer games dinner football
friends ice skating swimming a walk
|
Free-time activities |
|
|
play |
1…………………… / tennis / 2…………………… / 3…………………… |
|
go |
Bowling / 4…………………… / dancing / rollerblading / 5…………………… |
|
go to |
The cinema / 6…………………… / 7…………………… |
|
go for |
8…………………… |
|
have |
lunch / 9…………………… |
|
meet |
10…………………… |
Answer
1 cards 2 computer games 3 football 4 ice skating
5 swimming 6 a café 7 the beach 8 a walk
9 dinner 10 friends
3. Complete the suggestions below with five different activities from exercise 2. Use the correct form of the verb (-ing form or the infinitive without to).
1 Do you fancy ………………………… this evening?
2 Shall we ………………………… tomorrow night?
3 Why don’t we ………………………… at the weekend?
4 How about ………………………… on Sunday?
5 Let’s ………………………… tomorrow morning.
Answer
Do you fancy/How about + -ing
Shall we/Why don’t we/Let’s + infinitive without to
4. Put the phrases below into the correct groups.
Cool I’m afraid I can’t Great idea No, thanks
Sorry, but I’m busy That sounds fun Yes, I’d love to
Agreeing to a suggestion
1 ………………………… ◻
2 ………………………… ◻
3 ………………………… ◻
4 ………………………… ◻
Declining a suggestion
1 ………………………… ◻
2 ………………………… ◻
3 ………………………… ◻
Answer
Agreeing: 1 Cool. 2 Great idea. 3 That sounds fun. 4 Yes, I’d love to.
Declining: 1 I’m afraid I can’t 2 No, thanks. 3 Sorry, but I’m busy.
5. Listen to a dialogue. Choose the correct answers.
1 Sam doesn’t want to go ice skating because
◻ he’s busy. ◻ he doesn’t like ice skating.
2 Sam is free on
◻ Saturday morning. ◻ Saturday evening.
3 They agree to meet at 10.30 at
◻ the café. ◻ the cinema
4 They agree to have lunch
◻ before the film. ◻ after the film.
Answer
1 he doesn’t like ice skating 2 Saturday morning
3 the cinema 4 after the film
6. Listen again. Tick the phrases in exercise 4 that you hear.
Answer
Agreeing Cool. That sounds fun. Yes, I’d love to.
Declining I’m afraid I can’t No, thanks.
Transcript
Lottie Hi, Sam.
Sam Hi, Lottie.
L Fred and I are going ice skating on Friday evening. Do you want to come too?
S No, thanks. I don’t really enjoy ice skating.
L Well, what are you doing on Saturday evening? Shall we go out then?
S I’m afraid I can’t. We’ve got relatives staying. But I’m free on Saturday morning. The new Bradley Cooper film is out. Do you fancy going to the cinema?
L Yes, I’d love to.
S OK, let’s meet at the cinema at 10.30.
L Cool.
S And we can have lunch in a café after.
L That sounds fun.
S OK. See you on Saturday.
L See you.
7. Which tense do we use for future arrangements? Choose the correct answer.
the present simple ◻
the present continuous ◻
Answer
The present continuous
8. Write notes about your future arrangements.
1 What are you doing this evening?
……………………………………
……………………………………
2 What are you doing tomorrow morning?
……………………………………
……………………………………
3 What are you doing on Saturday?
……………………………………
……………………………………
Answer
your own answers
9. Now act out a dialogue to make arrangement using your notes from exercise 8.
Answer
your own answers
Extra exercises
Strategy
In a guided conversation make sure you respond to your partner before moving on to a new point.
1. Read the Strategy. Then match sentences 1-5 with responses A-E.
1 Do you fancy going for a walk?
2 It’s a lovely day.
3 Are you free this weekend?
4 Is that new restaurant expensive?
5 I think we should stay in tonight.
A I don’t think so. Let’s look at the website.
B Great idea. Where shall we go?
C I agree. Shall we watch a DVD?
D Sorry, but I’m busy. How about next weekend?
E You’re right. Let’s go to the beach.
Answer
1 B 2 E 3 D 4 A 5 C
2. Decide who is Student A and who is Student B. You have to do a project together for homework. Make an arrangement to work on the project together. Follow the prompts below.
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