A1
English Speaking Exercises for A1 – Making arrangements
11 ejercicios
1. Complete the dialogue with the questions below.
- how about 2.30? do you fancy going bowling on Saturday?
- shall I come to your house and pick you up on the way?
- what about Sunday? what time?
- Max Hi, Daisy. 1)
- Daisy That’s a great idea. But I’m afraid I can’t. I’m busy on Saturday. I’m going shopping in London with my sister.
- Max Well, 2) Are you free then?
- Daisy Well, I’m going to the cinema in the morning, but I’m free in the afternoon.
- Max OK, why don’t we go after lunch then? 3)
- Daisy Great idea. 4)
- Max 5)
- Daisy Cool. See you at my house at 2.30.
2. Complete the table with the words below.
- the beach a café cards computer games dinner football
- friends ice skating swimming a walk
| Free-time activities | |
| play | 1 / tennis /2 / 3 |
| go | Bowling / 4 / dancing / rollerblading / 5 |
| go to | The cinema / 6 / 7 |
| go for | 8 |
| have | lunch / 9 |
| meet | 10 |
3. Complete the suggestions below with five different activities from exercise 2. Use the correct form of the verb (-ing form or the infinitive without to).
- 1)Do you fancy this evening?
- 2)Shall we tomorrow night?
- 3)Why don’t we at the weekend?
- 4)How about on Sunday?
- 5)Let’s tomorrow morning.
4. Put the phrases below into the correct groups.
- Cool I’m afraid I can’t Great idea No, thanks
- Sorry, but I’m busy That sounds fun Yes, I’d love to
- Agreeing to a suggestion
- 1)◻
- 2)◻
- 3)◻
- 4)◻
- Declining a suggestion
- 1)◻
- 2)◻
- 3)◻
5. Listen to a dialogue. Choose the correct answers.
Audio
- 1)Sam doesn’t want to go ice skating because
- ◻ he’s busy. ◻ he doesn’t like ice skating.
- 2)Sam is free on
- ◻ Saturday morning. ◻ Saturday evening.
- 3)They agree to meet at 10.30 at
- ◻ the café. ◻ the cinema
- 4)They agree to have lunch
- ◻ before the film. ◻ after the film.
6. Listen again. Tick the phrases in exercise 4 that you hear.
Audio
7. Which tense do we use for future arrangements? Choose the correct answer.
- the present simple ◻
- the present continuous ◻
8. Write notes about your future arrangements.
- 1)What are you doing this evening?
- 2)What are you doing tomorrow morning?
- 3)What are you doing on Saturday?
9. Now act out a dialogue to make arrangement using your notes from exercise 8.
Extra exercises
10. Read the Strategy. Then match sentences 1-5 with responses A-E.
Strategy
In a guided conversation make sure you respond to your partner before moving on to a new point.
- 1)Do you fancy going for a walk?
- 2)It’s a lovely day.
- 3)Are you free this weekend?
- 4)Is that new restaurant expensive?
- 5)I think we should stay in tonight.
- A I don’t think so. Let’s look at the website.
- B Great idea. Where shall we go?
- C I agree. Shall we watch a DVD?
- D Sorry, but I’m busy. How about next weekend?
- E You’re right. Let’s go to the beach.
11. Decide who is Student A and who is Student B. You have to do a project together for homework. Make an arrangement to work on the project together. Follow the prompts below.
Cómo Practicar
- 1Lee cada pregunta cuidadosamente
- 2Escribe tu respuesta o selecciona la opción correcta
- 3Haz clic en 'Mostrar Respuesta' para verificar tu trabajo
- 4Revisa cualquier error e intenta ejercicios similares
- 5Pasa al siguiente ejercicio cuando estés listo