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Unit 9: The big wedding
Present continuous and 'going to' for future

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Session 3

Now it's your turn to help plan a wedding! In this session you will use the present continuous and going to as you become a busy wedding planner. And we'll look at a new way of talking about the future.

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  1. Activity 1
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Activity 2

Functional language

Just to let you know...

In the phone message activity, you heard a lot of useful phrases. They are often used in English in particular situations, like in business or when arranging things.

  • just to let you know
  • about 12ish
  • if you can do..., that would be great
  • thanks for that
  • Hi, this is Katie with a message for Rolandas

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Phone phrases

5 Questions

What do you think each phrase means?

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To do

It's your turn to leave a phone message. You are going away for the weekend. You need your friend to go to your house and feed your cat. Can you use these five functional phrases in a phone message to your friend?

This is a message for...

Just to let you know...

Around 12ish... (or 10ish, 11ish, etc)

If you could do X, that would be great...

Thanks for that...

Here is a message that was sent from Italy

A message for Patty

Hi, this is a message for Patty. I need your help for the next weekend. Just to let you know I'm going to Rome on Saturday for the International Film Festival. Now, if you could feed my cat when I'm away it would be great! Let's meet tomorrow to the coffee shop around 5ish p.m. I'm going to give you the keys of my house. Thanks for doing that!

Bye

Next

Now you've learned some phone language - we hope you get the chance to use it soon! Next we're going to join Emma. She's on her way to a wedding!

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