Name: English Way - DVD 03 - Lesson 03 - Holiday plans
Uploaded: 2016-11-24T10:49:22.000Z
Duration: 9 min 12 s
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Well Victor, why don't you go along with them?

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

And where will you be staying? ln a hotel?

Marvellous! l just had another great idea!

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

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

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

You are going to look spectacular on Saturday!

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

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

We're going to see some buildings and galleries.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

Today we are going to study the present continuous tense,

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!

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

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

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

Gabrielle, where are you going next summer?

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

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

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.

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

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

and things that are planned for the future.

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English Way - DVD 03 - Lesson 03 - Holiday plans

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