Functional Language Practice:
8 Making arrangements
1 Put the sentences in the correct order to make a dialogue.
Alex Great! I’ll book the tickets today.
Alex I don’t really fancy doing that. I want to go running on Saturday afternoon. I’d rather watch a match in the
evening.
Alex Hi, Simon. Yes, I am. But I don’t know which one to watch.
Alex I’d rather not. I don’t think it will be an exciting match. I think Germany and Spain on Sunday would be better.
Simon OK. That sounds good.
Simon I’m going to watch Sweden play France at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Do you want to come?
Simon OK. What about Belgium and the USA? It starts at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
1 Simon Hi, Alex. Are you going to watch any of the World Cup matches this weekend?
2 Work in pairs. Act out the dialogue.
3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Make a dialogue. Use the dialogue in exercise 1 to help you. Practise your dialogue and then
perform it to the class. Choose one of the following plans:
•• go to the cinema
•• play sport
•• go to a concert
•• watch a sporting event
Ask B about plans for the weekend.
Tell A your plans.
Suggest something to do together.
Reject the suggestion.
Suggest an alternative.
Reject the suggestion.
Suggest another alternative.
Agree to A’s suggestion.
Say what you will do now.
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8 Functional Language
Practice: Making
arrangements
Aims: To review and practise language for future
arrangements, rejecting suggestions and suggesting
alternatives. This draws on the language in lessons 8B and
8G.
Time: 15 minutes
Materials: 1 handout for each pair of students
Exercise 1
• Give each student a handout face down and explain
that they are going to do the first exercise in pairs as a
race. Tell them to start. The first group to finish should
put up their hands. Ask them to swap their handout
with another team and go through the answers as a
class.
KEY
Simon Hi, Alex. Are you going to watch any of the World
Cup matches this weekend?
Alex Hi, Simon. Yes, I am. But I don’t know which one
to watch.
Simon I’m going to watch Sweden play France at 3 p.m.
on Saturday. Do you want to come?
Alex I don’t really fancy doing that. I want to go
running on Saturday afternoon. I’d rather watch
a match in the evening.
Simon OK. What about Belgium and the USA? It starts
at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
Alex I’d rather not. I don’t think it will be an exciting
match. I think Germany and Spain on Sunday
would be better.
Simon OK. That sounds good.
Alex Great! I’ll book the tickets today.
Exercise 2
• Students practise the dialogue in their pairs.
• Set a time limit of three minutes. Then swap roles.
Exercise 3
• Students work in pairs and make a dialogue following
the flow chart. They should also use the dialogue in
exercise 1 to help them.
• Set a time limit of at least five minutes and give
students plenty of time to practise the dialogue.
• Fast finishers should swap roles.
• With a stronger class, encourage students to cover the
dialogue and do it from memory.
• Ask a few pairs of students to perform their dialogues in
front of the class.
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