Unit Social Settings. Lesson Meet New People (speaking)

foursome [fɔ:səm] – 1) dördlük 2) dörd nəfərdən ibarət kompaniya 3) iki cütlük arasında oynanılan qolf oyunu

Vocabulary Practice:

Task: Type the appropriate word or phrase into each blank line: (almost impossible, exclusive, get together, head office, just in case, networking system, packing, rain gear, regards, tee time)

1. 
   Bring a warm coat with you _____ it gets cold.
   
2. 
   It’s _____ to put six people in this small car.
   
3. 
   I decided to wear my _____ because I don’t want to get wet.
   
4. 
   Let’s _____ for dinner tomorrow. Meet me at the restaurant at 7:30.
   
5. 
   She went to the _____ to meet with the company president.
   
6. 
   Have a great trip, Jim and please give my _____ to your wife.
   
7. 
   We have a 7:15 _____ tomorrow – see you at the golf course!
   
8. 
   Are you _____ a camera in that bag?
   

Grammar:

The Simple Present and the Present Progressive for the Future.

In the e-mail message that you read, you saw Steve use the following present tense forms:

I’m leaving Tokyo on the 15^th to go to the head office. I start there on the 21^st.

The verbs in hold are in the present tense form, but they do not refer to present time. They refer to future time. Why is that?

Very often, when you refer to a future event that is planned and scheduled to occur in the near future, you use the present progressive.

Thus, in the sentense above, I’m leaving does not mean that Steve is leaving at this moment. It meansthat his plansfor the 15^th are already made and set.

Similarly, in the second sentence, I start does not indicate that Steve regularly starts working on the 21^st of every month. In this case, the simple present is used to refer to an official scheduled event. Steve will start work at the head officeon the 21^st.

Both of these forms can refer to future scheduled events and are frequently used when talking about travelling.