50 Places to Go

The Warehouse MadridPre-Intermediate Class

How long is your journey to school or work?

• It takes me 50 minutes to get to school.• It takes me ___________ minutes to get to

school.

Have you ever been on a business trip?

• I’ve never been on a business trip.• Yes, I have been on ______ business trips.

• Where did you go?• What did you do there?• Did you enjoy yourself?

Did you travel a lot last year?

• Yes, I did.• No, I didn’t.

• Where did you travel to?• What did you do there?• How long were you there?

Have you ever been on a bus tour of a famous city?

• Yes, I have.• No, I haven’t.

• What city was the tour in?• What did you see?• Would you recommend it to others?

What’s the longest journey you’ve ever been on?

• It took me 18 hours to get to my apartment in Ohio, from Madrid, once. I fly from Chicago to Madrid and then drove from Chicago to Bowling Green for 5.5 hours.

Have you ever been on a package tour?

• Yes, I have.• No, I haven’t.

• Where did you go?• Was a package tour the way to go, or do you

wish you would have chosen to go without a package tour?

50 Places to go before you die

• Top 5 holiday destinations:

• The Grand Canyon, USA• The Great Barrier Reef, Australia• Disney World, Florida, USA• The South Island, New Zealand• Cape Town, South Africa

Present Continuous (Future Arrangements)

• For definite future arrangements:– They´re going on holiday for two weeks.

– We know when they are happening, usually– Things you´d write in a diary, you write with

present continuous

Present Continuous

• Subject + be + verb+ing

What goes with it?

• Present continuous with future arrangements– Usually has some type of future time phrase

– Next weekend– Next week– Next year– In two weeks

To ask about people´s arrangements?

• Megan, when are you going to the U.S.?• Clara, when are you leaving for Sevilla?• Arantxa, when are you coming back from your

trip?

With future arrangements…

• It doesn´t have to be in the near future…– We´re getting married in July next year. (reception

hall is booked and it´s in her diary)