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youre just
eating all day!
lesson description
You will be able to discuss your plans,
correctly employ in, on, and at, and
use the present progressive form of the
verbs arrive, plan, and leave.
objectives
Make plans for future times, days,
and seasons
Employ prepositions of time
Practice the present progressive
verb tense
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vocabulary
time
am/pm
1
3Su
month
year
calendar
Mo
3
4
March
Tu
We
week
day
8 a.m.
sunrise 7 a.m.
2 2007
Th
Fr
12 p.m.
Sa
morning
WEEK
hour
minute second
Mo Tu We
Th
Fr Sa
Su
yesterday
54
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
8 a.m.
12 p.m.
noon
TOMORROW
12 p.m.
seasons
afternoon
7 p.m.
spring
day
meeting
5 a.m.
7 p.m.
summer
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
appointment
sunset
10 p.m.
fall/autumn
evening 5 p.m.
breakfast
lunch
12 a.m.
night
winter
7 a.m.
6 p.m.
PM
12 a.m.
am
dinner
midnight
verbs
q Infinitive
q Present Tense
q Simple Past Tense
q Future Tense
q Present Progressive
to arrive
you arrive
you arrived
you will arrive
you are arriving
to leave
we leave
we left
we will leave
we are leaving
to plan
I plan
I planned
I will plan
I am planning
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conversation
Read the following conversation
out loud five times.
Mack: Already planning for your upcoming
annual save the planet fundraiser?
Alexis: Its semi-annual.
Mack: Ah. No wonder it always seems like
you guys are doing it twice a year.
Cindy: If we eat breakfast after meeting
with the president of the committee,
then we can sleep in later.
Alexis: Cindy, the planet is counting on us,
and youre worried about sleep?
Mack: This sounds fun already.
Cindy: If we have dinner at sunset, that
Bonus Feature: Watch the English Highway video to follow along! (Lesson ID: #0340)
would be nice.
Alexis: We could have dessert after
midnight!
Mack: When do you actually save the
Cindy: Well be saving the planet at 3 P.M.
planet? Sounds like youre just
in the afternoon.
eating it all!
key phrases
your turn
page 3
prepositions of time
your turn
before
before
The meeting is
before noon.
after
during
by
Remember to
cancel the meeting
by 5:00 P.M.
for
a span of time
during
after
by
for
For example:
Winter comes after fall.
1. You should eat breakfast ________ lunch.
2. The boy rode his bike home ________ school.
3. Spring comes ________ summer.
4. We have school ________ eight hours.
5. Dont come over ________ 5 P.M. Ill be busy.
6. The students were playing ________ recess.
7. Dont forget to brush your teeth ________ bed.
8. You should not snack ________ dinner.
9. The meeting should last ________ six hours.
10. Please remember to return the video _________ midnight.
your turn
Fill in the blank with the best answer.
1. She left _________ the summer to go on vacation.
a. during
b. at
c. now
2. Jane drove home _________ the meeting.
a. at
b. for
c. after
3. There are 12 _________ in one year.
a. months
b. day
c. weeks
c. afternoon
c. days
c. semi-annual
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I am on the bed.
I am in the bed.
I am at the bed.
I am at the pool.
I am on the pool.
I am in the pool.
I am at the refrigerator.
I am on the refrigerator.
I am in the refrigerator.
I am at my friends house.
I am on my friends house.
I am in my friends house.
I am at the car.
I am on the car.
I am in the car.
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answer key
1. am arriving
2. is leaving
3. are planning
4. are arriving
5. Are, leaving
6. are arriving
7. are planning
8. am planning
9. is arriving
10. are leaving
1. before
2. after
3. before
4. for
5. before/after
6. during
7. before
8. before
9. for
10. by/before
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
a
c
a
c
a
b
X
X
X
XX
XX
I am on the refrigerator.
I am on my friends house.
I am on the car.
I am in the refrigerator.
I am on the pool.
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