This document provides vocabulary, phrases, and exercises to help English language learners at the A1 level discuss making plans with friends. It includes vocabulary like "dancing", "to a party", and phrases such as "Let's make plans" and "It's a date!". Students practice asking questions to plan events and role play conversations about getting together for movies, meals or other activities. The goal is for learners to feel more comfortable making plans and setting up meetings with new friends in English.

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Speaking & Discussion
Making Plans
Level A1
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Making Plans Outline
Content
• Making plans with new friends can be a bit intimidating! Learn new phrases to
talk about going to the movies or to a concert with friends.
Learning Outcomes
• Learn new vocabulary used to discuss making plans.
• Practice new phrases for making plans and setting up meetings.
• Learn polite ways to ask questions in order to plan events.

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Vocabulary
1) dancing
2) to a party
3) for a drink
4) see a show
5) visit a museum
13) Let‘s make plans.
14) I can meet at 6 o‘clock
15) It‘s a date!
16) sounds like fun
17) Sorry, I have plans
6) to hit the mall
7) to meet up
8) to hang out
11) to get together
12) to come over

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Vocabulary – Let’s go out…
for dinner
to lunch
for a walk
to a party
to see a movie to watch a game
dancing
biking
to see a concert
on a date
shopping
Let’s go out…

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Role Playing
Speaking
Read the dialogue and then create your own.
Person A
Hey Sandra, what are you
doing this weekend?!
I am going out to see a movie
with some friends.
Would you like to come too?
We are going to meet up at 6.
Ok, it‘s a date!
Person B
Nothing much, you?
Sure! That sounds like fun.
What time is good for you?
6 is good for me.
Great! It will be fun to
hang out.

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Vocabulary - My Opposite Sister
I like people to come over
to my house.
I meet up with my friends
and hit the mall all the time.
I go out dancing and
partying every Friday night.
Anytime is good for me.
We are total opposites, but I
still love her.
My sister never gets
together with friends.
My sister never hangs out
with people.
My sister likes to visit
museums alone.
My sister always says,
“Sorry, I have plans.“
Which sister are you like? Why?

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Questions
1) What are you doing this
weekend?
3) What time is good for you?
2) Would you like to go see a
movie on Friday?

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Statement
I have no plans this weekend, but I would
like to go out to see a movie with my
friends. A good time for me would be
after six o‘clock, when I don‘t have work.

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Getting together
What are they saying to each other?
Create a conversation from the picture.

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Exercises
Speaking
Role Play
Invite a group of people
out to watch your favorite
sports team play a game.
Situation 1 Situation 2
Ask your friends to come
over to watch a movie
marathon this weekend.
Someone invites you to go
out to lunch but you are
too busy – ask to change
the date and time.
Situation 3

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Review
Making plans to meet up
1. Question What are you doing this weekend?
2. Answer My friends are coming over to see a movie.
3. Questions Would you like to go out dancing tonight?
4. Answer Sure! Would eight o‘clock work for you?
What are you doing tonight?

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Exercises
Speaking
Role Play
Invite people out
to see a concert.
Situation 1 Situation 2 Situation 3
You are too busy
to go – change
the time.
Try to ask
someone out on
a date.
A. Name B. Name
Text Text Text
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What are they going out to do?

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Exercises
Speaking
Imagine you are making plans for the
weekend with the sister in the picture.
- Hello! What are you doing this weekend?
I‘m...

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Exercises
Speaking
Invite someone and decide a time for the
different events.
1) dancing
2) visit a museum
3) watch a game
4) see a movie
5) biking
6) skiing
Would you like to go out dancing tonight at eight o’clock?

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Exercises
Hi Helen! What are you doing here?
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We should get together soon…
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Speaking
Imagine what they are discussing in the
pictures

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Exercises
Speaking
Answer the questions as true or false
about you!
1. Tonight I‘m going out dancing.
2. Yesterday I visited a museum.
3. I am going out on a date tonight!
4. I hang out with my friends a lot.
5. I like to hit the mall.
6. I don‘t like to go out to shows.
7. I enjoy meeting up with my parents.
8. I often get together with my teacher.
9. On Friday I went out to a party.
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True False

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Exercises
Speaking
Complete the sentences
1. This week, I am going out...
2. On Friday I am going to...
3. Tomorrow I am...
for dinner with a friend – dancing – hit the mall - to lunch –
have my friends come over to my house – going out to a party –
meeting up with friends- to watch a game – to play tennis

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Exercises
Speaking
Where and when would you go out with
friends in your country?
1) Text
2) Text
3) Text
Ex. In America, I go to the mall with my friends on Fridays after school.

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Exercises
Speaking
Fill in the blank
cleats - go watch – game – tickets – visit a museum – see a show
– movie marathon – hang out – come over
Yesterday, my friends Dave, Kris, and I wanted to__ ____ a football
______. Unfortunately, it rained and because the players didn‘t
want to get their _______ wet, they didn‘t play. So, we decided to
go ____ __ _____ at the theater instead. However, when we
arrived all the ________ were sold out! Next, we tried to ______
__ ______ and see some famous paintings, but we were too late
and they were closed. Finally, I invited everyone to _____ _____
to my house and we watched a ______ _______. Despite
everything, it was fun to ____ ____ together.

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Exercises
Speaking
Employ the following expressions
Ten o‘clock works for me.
Come over anytime!
It‘s a date!
go out on a date
go for lunch
hit the mall
hang out
Sorry! I have plans.
Ex. meet up Let‘s meet up tonight and go out to see a show!

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