Lesson-0006: “Tomorrow’s Plan”

Talking about the future is something that is done very frequently. Whether we are talking about our dreams or simply telling someone what we will do tomorrow is all spoken in the future tense.

Here are a couple of examples:

"I'm going to see Hisbu tomorrow"
"I'm going to meet Ann at the airport at 6 O’clock tonight"
"I'm going to go home in an hour"
"I'm going to go to the bus stop right after class"
"I'm going to do that tomorrow"

When using ‘going to’ after ‘I am’ it is important that a future indicator is present. For example, if I say, ‘I am going to meet Ann’, this can also be present tense that we practiced previously. But if you add a future indicator like ‘at 6 O’clock tonight’ then it becomes future tense.

Other future tense indicators are:

‘going to go’
‘going to be’
‘I will’
‘I have to’

Practice asking questions:

"What are you going to do tonight?"
"What are you doing next week?"
"When do you plan on doing your homework?"
"When are you going to eat dinner?"
"What time do we have to leave for the airport?"
"What should we do tonight?"


Example Conversation:

Let’s use this time to incorporate what we have learned so far.

A: "Bob is in the hospital, did you get a chance to visit him?"
B: "I’m going to see Bob tomorrow"
A: "I thought you had to meet John tomorrow?"
B: "I’m going to meet John at the airport at 6 O’clock tonight"

A: "I’m going home now, do you want to head out together?"
B: "No Thanks. I’m going to go home in about an hour"
A: "Didn’t you need to buy a present for you brother’s birthday?"
B: "I’m going to do that tomorrow"

A: "I’m going to go to the bus stop right after class, so I won’t have time to meet you"
B: "That’s OK. We can always get together tomorrow."

A: "Why do you look so stressed?"
B: "I’m going to be dead if I don’t finish this project by tomorrow"
A: "I thought you had 2 weeks to finish this project"
B: "I don’t have time to explain now. I’ll talk to you later."

A: "Since we are done with school, when are you going back home?"
B: "I’m going to go home next week"
A: "Me too. Do you want to meet at the train station on Sunday?"
B: "Sure. I’ll meet you there at five"


Practice-I

A: “Do you have any plans tonight?”
B: “I have class until 5 O’clock, but I'm free after that.”
A: “Do you want to grab dinner?”
B: “I don’t have any dinner plans so that sounds great.”
A: “What time should we meet?”
B: “I need to go to the book store first, so let’s meet at 6 O’clock.”


Practice-II

A: “Let’s go to Al-Razid Mall next week”
B: “I can’t. I’m way too busy.”
A: “What are you doing next week?”
B: “On Monday, I’m going to meet my professor. Tuesday, I have a job interview. Wednesday, I’m going to the dentist. And on Thursday, I have to go visit my parents.”
A: “Why are you so busy?”
B: “I've been procrastinating for a long time.”


Practice-III

A: “What are you doing over the weekend?”
B: “I'm going to exercise, meet some friends, and then watch TV.”
A: “Who are you going to meet?”
B: “My friend from middle school is visiting, so we are going to have dinner on Saturday.”
A: “How long is he going to stay?”
B: “He is only here for a day.”
A: “Where are you going to eat dinner?”
B: “I plan on taking him to an Italian restaurant.”

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