Step 36: Travel Plans
Trips — Future forms review; holiday vocabulary
📖 Read — The Millers' Road Trip
The Miller family is planning a road trip! “We're leaving on Friday at six in the morning,” says Dad. “We're driving to Nashville first. We're going to visit the music museum, and we're going to eat at Grandma Rose's house on Saturday.”
Mom is packing the suitcases. “I think it'll be sunny in Nashville,” she says. “But I'll take a jacket, too.” Ethan is excited. “This is going to be the best trip!” Dad laughs. “Okay, team — let's hit the road!”
🧩 Grammar — Future Review — Three Ways to Talk About Trips
Three future forms, three jobs: present continuous for fixed arrangements with a time (tickets, plans in the diary): We're leaving on Friday at six. Going to for intentions and plans: We're going to visit the museum. Will for predictions and hopes: I think it'll be sunny.
- We're leaving on Friday at six.
- We're going to visit Grandma Rose.
- I think it'll be sunny.
- The train is arriving at nine tonight.
🏗️ Key structures
- We're leaving on ___ at ___ — We're leaving on Saturday at seven.
- We're going to ___ — We're going to drive to Nashville.
- I think it'll ___ — I think it'll rain tomorrow.
⭐ Idiom & natural phrases
It's six o'clock — let's hit the road!
🔤 New words
a long trip from one place to another
The journey to California takes two days.
a big bag for your clothes when you travel
Mom is packing the suitcases.
the official book that shows who you are when you travel
Don't forget your passport!
a building where travelers pay to sleep
We booked a hotel in Nashville.
arrange to have a room, ticket, or table before you go
Did you book the hotel?
something you take photos with
Ethan takes his camera everywhere.
dark glasses that protect your eyes from the sun
I need my sunglasses for the beach.
a picture of a place that shows roads and cities
Let's look at the map.
🎧 Say it with me
We’re leaving on Friday at six. We’re going to drive to Nashville, and I think it’ll be sunny!
🎤 Your turn to speak
Talk about a trip you want to take: say when you're leaving (continuous), one plan (going to), and one prediction (I think it'll…).
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 4 sentences about a trip plan. Use all three future forms.
See a model answer
We're flying to Boston on Saturday at ten. We're going to visit my cousin and see the city. I think it'll be cold, so I'll take my big jacket. It's going to be fun!
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:
Future Forms: 'is coming' for Fixed Plans — full lesson + 50-question quiz
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