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  • Elena has a big date next Saturday!

  • Oh really?

  • l'm. . . l'm meeting my classmate.

  • Yes, her classmate Chang is in London!

  • Does he look like Bruce Lee?

  • Chang? No, not really.

  • Well Victor, why don't you go along with them?

  • Yes, you can come too!

  • l can't, sorry. l'm going away for the weekend.

  • You are?

  • l am.

  • Where are you going?

  • l'm going to Boulogne.

  • Where is Boulogne?

  • lt's in France on the west coast.

  • Who are you going with?

  • l'm going with my classmates

  • Harry and John and Sam if he's better.

  • When are you leaving?

  • We're flying Friday night.

  • That will be nice!

  • And where will you be staying? ln a hotel?

  • No. Harry's mother has a house there.

  • Well, l hope you have a good time.

  • Thank you, Agatha. l'm sure we will.

  • When are you coming back?

  • We're coming back on Sunday afternoon.

  • Marvellous! l just had another great idea!

  • What is it?

  • Well, why don't you bring Elena along too?

  • She can still get a cheap ticket.

  • But it's impossible.

  • Yes, impossible.

  • Why is it impossible?

  • You'll have a lovely time - lots of fun!

  • l have to work on Saturday. And l am meeting Chang, too.

  • Oh that's right! Drat! l forgot. What a pity!

  • Yes. Sorry Elena.

  • lt's okay.

  • Well, maybe next time.

  • You are going to look spectacular on Saturday!

  • Just spectacular!

  • Thank you.

  • Victor, can you buy me some of that lovely Brie in Boulogne?

  • There's this enormous market there. . .

  • Of course. Anything else?

  • Well, actually. . .

  • No, no, no, l won't have much time for shopping.

  • What else are you going to do there?

  • We're going to see some buildings and galleries.

  • And if the weather's nice, l'm going to do some drawing.

  • l want to see your drawings!

  • Sure. l can show you the ones from school today.

  • Tomorrow, please. l'm very tired now.

  • Sweetheart! Go and get some rest.

  • lt's a big day tomorrow.

  • Yes, if you like, l can take you to school in the morning.

  • Thank you, that is very kind. Okay... Bye!

  • Don't you say anything. . .

  • l can't believe. . .

  • Hello? Hello Harry! lt's Harry. Hello sweetheart!

  • Goodnight, Agatha.

  • Hello there!

  • How are you?

  • l hope you are ready to speak some English today!

  • So, in our story Elena and Victor are talking about their plans

  • for the weekend. As usual, Agatha is trying to get them together!

  • Better luck next time Agatha!

  • Today we are going to study the present continuous tense,

  • like: 'l'm having my afternoon tea'

  • We'll look at how it is formed and how it is used.

  • Then we'll look at ordinal numbers first, second, third. . .

  • ls this your first lesson? So you are a new student!

  • Welcome to this English lesson with Gabrielle!

  • Sounds good? Let's get started.

  • ln the sitcom, Agatha said 'l'm meeting my classmate'

  • and Victor said

  • 'l'm going away for the weekend.'

  • These are both examples of the present continuous tense.

  • lt is used to talk about definitive future plans,

  • when you've already decided something for the future.

  • We form the present continuous with the verb to be

  • and then the verb + ing.

  • We often contract the verb to be so 'l am going' becomes 'l'm going'.

  • Gabrielle, where are you going next summer?

  • l'm going to Greece with Dylan,

  • Jade and some other friends. l can't wait!

  • See? This is a plan l have for the future.

  • ls he eating at Sam's house tonight?

  • Yes, he is or no, he isn't.

  • This is one reason we use the present continuous.

  • The other reason is to talk about something that is happening now,

  • in the moment. l am talking. You are listening.

  • We're talking. We aren't singing.

  • Well, that could be a good idea actually. . .

  • Are we studying Japanese? No we aren't!

  • So it's very important to remember

  • we use the present continuous to talk about things that are happening now

  • and things that are planned for the future.

  • Now, when we write verbs with -ing,

  • we sometimes have to change the spelling of the verb.

  • For example sit becomes sitting and stop becomes stopping.

  • lf a verb ends in a consonant plus a vowel and another consonant,

  • you have to double the final consonant

  • Make becomes making because if a verb ends in e,

  • you have to remove it when adding -ing.

  • For example leave - leaving

  • l'm leaving in the morning for Copacabana!

  • Wouldn't that be lovely?

  • Right, now l'd like to know something about you,

  • l told you a lot about me, my family, my future plans. . . so,

  • what do you normally do during the day?

  • Ok, first you wake up. . . morning!

  • Second you get up; third you get dressed; fourth you have breakfast

  • or maybe the other way around;

  • fifth, you probably go to work or. . . maybe you do the shopping. . .

  • So, did you notice?

  • We are looking at the ordinal numbers.

  • First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh etc.

  • These are very easy, you simply add -th after the number,

  • with just a few exceptions, first,

  • second and third while five, becomes

  • So we can say seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth,

  • twentieth, twenty-first,

  • thirtieth and so on!

  • Easy right?

  • Finally l want to look at dates.

  • We say June the second or June second.

  • May the eighth or May eighth. My birthday is on July the thirtieth.

  • When is Christmas Day?

  • December twenty-fifth.

  • When is New Year's Day?

  • January first.

  • l wonder if you can say the date today!

  • l bet you can!

  • Ok, well that's it for today.

  • Well done and l'll see you very soon.

  • Have a good time

  • whatever you are going to do! Bye!

Elena has a big date next Saturday!

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