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Futures - making arrangements I
 
Simple gapped dialogue for making arrangements - will / going to / present continuous
 
 
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Will vs going to dominoes
B1-B2
20 mins
groups: 3-4
 
Sixteen dominoes with simple utterances illustrating will for spontaneous decisions and predictions; and going to for plans / intentions and strong predictions based on evidence.
 
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