6 I’m the next Hydrofoil to Budapest. My aunt is picking me up at the bank in front of the Parliament at 5 p.m. tomorrow. I’m so looking forward to this trip! Hopefully, the weather is warm. 7 My uncle has been to the Philippines several times and he really loves the Habal Habal. He is now creating his own Habal-Habal in his garage. You should see the seating he is making out of wood and steel. When he is finished, all the kids in the neighbourhood will be able to a Habal-Habal ride with him. 8 “Hi Dad, I’m just north to the Athabasca Glacier. This is so exciting! I’m sitting right at the front behind the driver and can see the snow-covered road ahead of me.” … ”No, I’m having dinner with Aunt Rose at 8.00 p.m. I won’t be there sooner. You know, after refuelling, the terra bus does not leave before 6.00 p.m. and it takes 1.5 hours to her place at least …” Arrangements Look at the statements in 2 (p. 94–95) and underline all the verbs in the present progressive and the present simple. Look at sentences 1–10 in the table and answer the questions. A Which two sentences are about now? B Which four sentences are about future arrangements? C Which four sentences are about information in a timetable? Look at the underlined future time expressions in the table. Then add these expressions to the correct groups. Some can go in more than one group. – at on this next in tonight 3.35 Sunday morning afternoon month 3 Grammar Present Tense: arrangements and timetables a b 1 2 What are you doing tonight? When does the monorail leave? 3 4 5 6 7 8 “I’m sitting right at the front behind the driver and can see the snow-covered road ahead of me.” We’re taking the train that leaves at 2.15 this afternoon. “Hi Dad, I’m just travelling north to the Athabasca Glacier. …” My maglev train leaves at 3.35 p.m. I’m visiting my cousin in Havana next month again. We’re going there in December. 9 10 No, I’m not having dinner with Aunt Rose at 6.00 p.m. You know, after refuelling, the terra bus does not leave before 6.00p.m. 1 Grammar reference and practice, p. 171 c 12 March year tomorrow 11 o’clock December evening Language skills Extras Explore 8 Getting around 95 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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