Step 18: Plans for the Weekend
Making plans — Present continuous for future plans
📖 Read — Weekend Plans
This weekend is busy! On Friday, I am visiting my grandmother. On Saturday, we are travelling to the sea. My friends are meeting us there. We are having a picnic on the beach. On Sunday, I am staying at home. I am studying English — step by step!
🧩 Grammar — Present continuous for future plans
For plans we are sure about (arranged plans), we can use the present continuous with a future time: I am visiting her on Friday. We are travelling on Saturday. Always add the future time word.
- I am visiting my grandmother on Friday.
- We are travelling on Saturday.
- They are meeting us there.
- I am studying on Sunday.
🏗️ Key structures
- On + day, I am + verb-ing — On Friday, I am visiting my grandmother.
- We are + verb-ing + place — We are travelling to the sea.
- Are you + verb-ing + this weekend? — Are you coming with us?
⭐ Idiom & natural phrases
The trip is on Saturday — I can't wait!
🔤 New words
go to see a person or place
I am visiting my grandmother.
go to other places
We are travelling to the sea.
see a person at a place and time
They are meeting us there.
a fun time with friends and food/music
There is a party on Friday.
a short journey
A trip to the sea.
food you eat outside
We are having a picnic.
a place where you watch films
We are going to the cinema.
be in a place and not leave
On Sunday I am staying at home.
🎧 Say it with me
On Friday I am visiting my grandmother, and on Saturday we are travelling to the sea.
🎤 Your turn to speak
Say your real plans for this weekend: 4 sentences with am/is/are + verb-ing + day.
Say it out loud three times. Even better: record it on your phone and listen — your ear is your best teacher.
✍️ Your turn to write
Write your weekend plan: 4 sentences.
See a model answer
On Friday I am playing football with my friends. On Saturday we are visiting my uncle. On Sunday morning I am studying English. In the evening I am watching a film.
Self-check: capital letters? Full stops? Did you use the grammar of this step?
📝 Quick check
Go deeper
This step is a doorway — the full lesson goes much further:
Present Continuous: Now & Future Plans — full lesson + 50-question quiz
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