6F Why don’t you come?

A Read the dialogues and complete each gap with ONE word. The first letter is there to help you!
Christina I’m having a party at my house on Friday night. F 1
coming along?
Matthew Yeah, I’m not doing anything on Friday. I’d l 2
to come, thanks.
Christina Great! G 3
you can make it.
Matthew S 4
I bring anything with me?
Christina Well, I’m going to get all the food, but you could bring something to drink.
Matthew OK, I’ll bring some Coke. W 5
time shall I be there?
Christina I’ve told people to come at eightish.
Matthew C 6
! See you Friday.
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Saffron My sister and I have got some free tickets to the hockey match on Saturday afternoon.
W 7
you like to come with us?
Paul I’m sorry, I c 8
. I’m working in the garden centre all day Saturday.
Saffron S . What time are you finishing?
9

Paul Half past five.

Saffron Well, we’re going for a pizza at Stefano’s after the match. W 10
don’t you come
along?
Paul Yes, s 11
good. What time shall I meet you?
Saffron Let’s say six o’clock in front of the restaurant.
Paul Great! S 12
you then. Enjoy the match!

B Imagine that next week you have a holiday from school! Below is a page from your diary for the week.
For each day, choose the option that you would prefer to do and add the time you are going to do it.

Monday Thursday
Bike ride / Library Dentist / Hairdresser’s

Tuesday Friday
Play basketball / Go skateboarding Out for Italian food / Out for Indian food

Wednesday Saturday
Shopping with mum / Shopping with mates Cinema / Nightclub

Sunday
Watch a live football match / Help on uncle’s farm

C Invite other people to do some activities next week. Make sure you write your plans in your diary, so you
don’t forget!

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 6F Why don’t you come?
Aims  To review expressions from Lesson F and engage
students in a role-play situation
Time  15 minutes
Materials  1 handout for each student
• Give each student a copy of the handout and get them to
complete task A. In the first dialogue, point out the use of
the suffix -ish (eightish) to mean around.
ANSWER KEY
1 Fancy 5 What 9 Shame
2 love 6 Cool! 10 Why
3 Glad 7 Would 11 sounds
4 Shall 8 can’t 12 See
• Working in pairs, students read the dialogues aloud.
• Students now look at the diary page in task B and choose
the activities they would prefer to do the following week.
Tell them also to add a time for each activity, e.g. Bike ride
/ Library 11 a.m.
• Tell students to mingle to make further arrangements for
the following week. They should talk to a partner, find a
time they are both free and make new plans together.
• Once they have decided, they should write the details in
their diary, before swapping partners and repeating the
process. They could do this a further two or three times.

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