Plans arrangements and predictions

New Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 5

Part One: Personalisation

Tell your partner about one of your plans or arrangements, and they will predict something about it. Tell them how accurate you think their prediction is.

Examples

“I’m going to move to England”

“You’ll hate the weather”

“I think you are right/ You could be right/ Actually, I love the rain”

“I’m going on a blind date”

“I think you’ll be quite nervous”

“I’m sure I’ll be VERY nervous”

Possible plans and arrangements to talk about

Cinema

Shopping/ Purchases

Meeting people

Business meetings

Dates

Appointments

Eating out

Going out

Exercise

Travel

Study

Work

Weekend

Evening

Birthday and other celebrations

Homework

Housework

Possible predictions about those things

Success/ failure

Feelings

Length of time

Amount of money

Conversations

Part Two: Big life changes- Speaking and listening

You are going to listen to three people who have made changes in their lives:

 Clare changed from being a geography teacher to being a plumber

 Kevin changed from being a factory supervisor to being a house husband and looking after the kids while his wife goes back to work

 Lorna and Ian gave up their jobs in the City to run a small hotel in the country

How do they feel about their new lives (as compared to their old lives), and what might they do in the future?

Listen and check. Which of your predictions were correct?

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