3B Future plans and schedules

1 Circle the correct options to complete the sentences. 3 SPEAKING   Work in pairs. Complete the timetable with
1 The chemistry exam is on Friday. It starts / ’s starting some plans and arrangements. Leave three times free.
at 2.15 p.m. Then ask and answer to find out about your partner’s
2 What time does your train leave / is your train leaving? timetable. Can you find a time when you are both
3 I meet / ’m meeting my friends at the leisure centre free?
tomorrow afternoon.
4 I’ll leave a note in case he calls / ’s calling.
5 What do you do / are you doing this weekend?
6 We can do some shopping first – the concert doesn’t
Saturday
start / isn’t starting until three o’clock.
7 They don’t eat / aren’t eating at home tonight – they 10 a.m.
want to try the new restaurant in town.
8 She spends / ’s spending next summer at her aunt’s 11 a.m.
house in Greece.
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2 Complete the sentences with the correct tense
of the verbs in brackets. Use the present perfect 1 p.m.
where possible.
2 p.m.
1 We won’t be able to talk to him unless
he (answer) his phone. 3 p.m.
2 I’ll let you know as soon as they
4 p.m.
(reply) to my letter.
5 p.m.
3 After you (read) this, perhaps you
will understand my decision. 6 p.m.
4 By the time you (speak) to him, I’ll
7 p.m.
be on my way to Paris.
5 Can you close the door before it 8 p.m.
(get) too cold in here?
6 You can’t watch TV until you
(finish) your homework. What are you doing at four o’clock?
7 Bring your mobile phone in case
you (need) to call me.
Sorry, I’m busy then. I’m going to the cinema.
8 If you (go) to the supermarket
today, can you get me some bread?
When does the film end?

It ends at half past five.

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   3B  Future plans and
schedules
Aims:  To review and practise the present continuous,
present simple and present perfect to talk about the
future.
Time:  10–15 minutes
Materials: One handout for each student

Exercise 1
• Give each student a handout and ask them to work
individually or in pairs to select the correct options for
each sentence. Remind them, if necessary, that we use
the present simple for timetabled events and in time
clauses after certain conjunctions, for example, in case,
until, when, before, after and as soon as.
• Check answers with the class.
KEY
1  starts
2  does your train leave
3  ’m meeting
4  calls
5  are you doing
6  doesn’t start
7  aren’t eating
8  ’s spending

Exercise 2
• Students read the sentences and complete them with
the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Point out that
sometimes there may be more than one answer, but
they should use the present perfect where possible.
• Check answers by asking different students to read out
a completed sentence in turn.
KEY
1  answers  2  ’ve replied   3  ’ve read  
4  ’ve spoken   5  gets  6  ’ve finished  
7  need  8  go

Exercise 3
• Students complete their timetables individually with
activities, leaving three times free. They then work in
pairs and try to find a time when they are both free to
meet up.
• Go through the example dialogue with the class first,
asking two confident students to read it out. Students
then work in pairs, asking and answering about their
plans for the day.

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