Making arrangements 7.

Give students some more example sentences for

by Claire Gibbs the phrases. For example:

• Shall we go for a coffee?

Age: Teenagers / Adults • Let’s meet at the corner.
Level: Pre-intermediate • How about meeting at the corner?
Time: 60 mins • Do you fancy a coffee?
Aim: To practise functional language for
making arrangements Activity sheet 1
Key skills: Speaking
8. This activity gives controlled practice for the
Materials: One copy of the worksheet per student;
target language.
one copy of Activity sheet 1 (Student A)
and Activity sheet 1 (Student B) per pair; Put students in pairs and designate each student
one copy of Activity sheet 2 per student as either A or B. Give each student A a copy of
Activity sheet 1A, and each student B a copy of
Activity sheet 1B.
Procedure
9. Students have to use their strip to make their half
Lead-in of the conversation using the language they learnt
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on the worksheet. Tell all the students to look at the

1. Write on the board Plans for the weekend and put
example strip at the top of the page. Perform the
students into pairs to discuss this. Listen for the
dislogue with a strong student. In the example, the
grammar and various structures they use to do this
students will be able to see both strips. Lead the
(often the present simple!).
example conversation by taking the role of student
A so that it goes something like this:
Worksheet
Teacher Do you fancy going to the art gallery?
2. Hand out the worksheet. Ask two students to read
Student Yes, great. What day?
the conversation in Activity 1.
Teacher How about Sunday?
3. Elicit the answer to the question, Where and when Student Fine. Shall we meet at 2pm?
are they meeting? Write the answer on the board: Teacher Perfect. Let’s meet outside the cinema.
Student Ok.
They are meeting at Leicester Square tube
Both See you then!
station at 7pm on Saturday.
10. Ask the students to recall the conversation and
4. Focus on the table in Activity 2. Tell students to
write it on the board. Underline the phrases of
discuss in pairs the meanings of the phrases. Tell
suggestion and ask students to substitute each
them to try to work them out from the text rather
of them with another. Highlight that the initial
than using a dictionary.
suggestion should start with Do you fancy …?
Key: 1. How are you?; 2. Thanks.; 3. What’s Also elicit other ways of responding positively; for
wrong?; 4. What are you doing …?; 5. Would you example, great, good idea.
like to …?
11. In pairs, students should now perform the two
5. Ask students to complete Activity 3a. conversations on the sheet.
Key: Do you fancy …?; How about …?;
Activity sheet 2
Shall we …?; Let’s …
12. Elicit from the class some activities in the area/city
6. Now ask students to complete Activity 3b.
where they are. These could be general activities,
Key: followed by an infinitive – Shall we …?; Let’s such as go to a restaurant or more specific
… followed by –ing form or noun – Do you fancy activities, such as go to the Tate Modern.
…?; How about …?
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 13. Hand out one copy of Activity sheet 2 to each
student. Tell students to choose three things they
would like to do this weekend and write them next
to the bullet points.

14. Go through the rules on the activity sheet with

the students. These rules are so that the students
move around and don’t just arrange all their
activities with the same person.

15. Do an example by writing three activities you’d

like to do on the board and following the example
conversation on the activity sheet with a student.
Highlight how to politely refuse somebody if you
are busy and show how we generally tell the other
person what we have previously arranged, e.g. I’m
sorry, I can’t. I’m going to the cinema with John.

16. Give the activity a time limit; for example, 15

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minutes. Monitor to check they are using the target

language correctly. At the end of the activity, elicit
some arrangements from students. Ensure they
give correctly formed sentences by writing an
example on the board:

On Saturday, I’m going to the cinema with John.

We are meeting at 7 o’clock outside the cinema.

17. Finally, ask a few students what they are doing this
weekend (in real life!).

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 Activity 1
It’s Friday afternoon. Two English teachers are in the staff room. They have finished
lessons for the week.
Ann Hi Jane. How’s it going?
Jane Good, cheers. You?
Ann Not bad.
Jane You sound a bit down. What’s up?
Ann Nothing. I’m just a bit tired.
Jane What are you up to this weekend?
Ann Not a lot. You?
Jane Not much. Do you fancy going for a drink?
Ann Yeah, that sounds good. When?
Jane How about Saturday evening?
Ann Good idea. Shall we meet at 7pm?
Jane Excellent.
Ann Let’s meet at Leicester Square outside the tube station.
Jane Great. See you there!

Activity 2
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Complete the table with the meanings of the phrases.

phrase meaning
1. How’s it going?
2. Cheers
3. What’s up?
4. What are you up to ...?
5. Do you fancy …?

Activity 3
a. Underline the phrases in the conversation (Activity 1) used to make suggestions.
b. Put the phrases in the correct column.

followed by an infinitive followed by –ing form or a noun

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 Activity sheet 1: Student A

Example

A Suggest: B Respond: A Suggest: B Respond:

SUNDAY
And ask: And suggest:
‘What day?’ meet / 2pm

B Respond: Both:
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And suggest:
meet / outside

Conversation 1

Suggest: B Suggest: B Respond: B Both:

SATURDAY
And suggest:
meet / outside

Conversation 2

B Respond: B Respond: B Respond: Both:

And ask: And suggest:

‘What day?’ meet / 8pm
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 Activity sheet 1: Student B

Example

A Suggest: B Respond: A Suggest: B Respond:

SUNDAY
And ask: And suggest:
‘What day?’ meet / 2pm

B Respond: Both:
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And suggest:
meet / outside

Conversation 1

A Respond: A Respond: A Respond: Both:

And ask: And suggest: And suggest:

‘What day?’ meet / 6pm meet / 6pm

Conversation 2

Suggest: A Suggest: A Respond: A Both:

WEDNESDAY
And suggest:
meet / King’s Head
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 Activity sheet 2:
Write down three things you’d like to do this weekend.
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Find somebody to do each activity with. Arrange a time and a place to meet.
Write the arrangement in your diary below.

Saturday Sunday
morning morning
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afternoon afternoon

evening evening

Rules
Only one other person can come with you.
If you are free, you must agree with someone else’s suggestion.
You can only do one activity with the same person.

Example conversation

A What are you up to this weekend?

B Not much.

A Do you fancy going to the cinema?

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B Yes, great. What day? B Sorry, I can’t. I’m …

Arrange a time and a place to meet.

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