Oh really?

l'm. . . l'm meeting my classmate.

Yes, her classmate Chang is in London!

Does he look like Bruce Lee?

Chang? No, not really.

Well Victor, why don't you go along with them?

Yes, you can come too!

l can't, sorry. l'm going away for the weekend.

You are?

l am.

Where are you going?

l'm going to Boulogne.

Where is Boulogne?

lt's in France on the west coast.

Who are you going with?

l'm going with my classmates

Harry and John and Sam if he's better.

When are you leaving?

We're flying Friday night.

That will be nice!

And where will you be staying? ln a hotel?

No. Harry's mother has a house there.

Well, l hope you have a good time.

Thank you, Agatha. l'm sure we will.

When are you coming back?

We're coming back on Sunday afternoon.

Marvellous! l just had another great idea!

What is it?

Well, why don't you bring Elena along too?

She can still get a cheap ticket.

But it's impossible.

Yes, impossible.

Why is it impossible?

You'll have a lovely time - lots of fun!

l have to work on Saturday. And l am meeting Chang, too.

Oh that's right! Drat! l forgot. What a pity!

Yes. Sorry Elena.

lt's okay.

Well, maybe next time.

You are going to look spectacular on Saturday!

Just spectacular!

Thank you.

Victor, can you buy me some of that lovely Brie in Boulogne?

There's this enormous market there. . .

Of course. Anything else?

Well, actually. . .

No, no, no, l won't have much time for shopping.

What else are you going to do there?

We're going to see some buildings and galleries.

And if the weather's nice, l'm going to do some drawing.

l want to see your drawings!

Sure. l can show you the ones from school today.

Tomorrow, please. l'm very tired now.

Sweetheart! Go and get some rest.

lt's a big day tomorrow.

Yes, if you like, l can take you to school in the morning.

Thank you, that is very kind. Okay... Bye!

Don't you say anything. . .

l can't believe. . .

Hello? Hello Harry! lt's Harry. Hello sweetheart!

Goodnight, Agatha.

Hello there!

How are you?

l hope you are ready to speak some English today!

So, in our story Elena and Victor are talking about their plans

for the weekend. As usual, Agatha is trying to get them together!

Better luck next time Agatha!

Today we are going to study the present continuous tense,

like: 'l'm having my afternoon tea'

We'll look at how it is formed and how it is used.

Then we'll look at ordinal numbers first, second, third. . .

ls this your first lesson? So you are a new student!

Welcome to this English lesson with Gabrielle!

Sounds good? Let's get started.

ln the sitcom, Agatha said 'l'm meeting my classmate'

and Victor said

'l'm going away for the weekend.'

These are both examples of the present continuous tense.

lt is used to talk about definitive future plans,

when you've already decided something for the future.

We form the present continuous with the verb to be

and then the verb + ing.

We often contract the verb to be so 'l am going' becomes 'l'm going'.

Gabrielle, where are you going next summer?

l'm going to Greece with Dylan,

Jade and some other friends. l can't wait!

See? This is a plan l have for the future.

ls he eating at Sam's house tonight?

Yes, he is or no, he isn't.

This is one reason we use the present continuous.

The other reason is to talk about something that is happening now,

in the moment. l am talking. You are listening.

We're talking. We aren't singing.

Well, that could be a good idea actually. . .

Are we studying Japanese? No we aren't!

So it's very important to remember

we use the present continuous to talk about things that are happening now

and things that are planned for the future.

Now, when we write verbs with -ing,

we sometimes have to change the spelling of the verb.

For example sit becomes sitting and stop becomes stopping.

lf a verb ends in a consonant plus a vowel and another consonant,

you have to double the final consonant

Make becomes making because if a verb ends in e,

you have to remove it when adding -ing.

For example leave - leaving

l'm leaving in the morning for Copacabana!

Wouldn't that be lovely?

Right, now l'd like to know something about you,

l told you a lot about me, my family, my future plans. . . so,

what do you normally do during the day?

Ok, first you wake up. . . morning!

Second you get up; third you get dressed; fourth you have breakfast

or maybe the other way around;

fifth, you probably go to work or. . . maybe you do the shopping. . .

So, did you notice?

We are looking at the ordinal numbers.

First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh etc.

These are very easy, you simply add -th after the number,

with just a few exceptions, first,

second and third while five, becomes

So we can say seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth,

twentieth, twenty-first,

thirtieth and so on!

Easy right?

Finally l want to look at dates.

We say June the second or June second.

May the eighth or May eighth. My birthday is on July the thirtieth.

When is Christmas Day?

December twenty-fifth.

When is New Year's Day?

January first.

l wonder if you can say the date today!

l bet you can!

Ok, well that's it for today.

Well done and l'll see you very soon.

Have a good time

whatever you are going to do! Bye!