Your two against the log
Read out your two errors. Your teacher will say whether each is in the log, and how many times something like it happened.
One question before we open the log.
1. Why is the future harder than the past for a Portuguese speaker?
The log
From Lesson 5 — verbatim
1. I will to check the times.
2. I am going to see the dentist at four, it is booked.
3. We are getting the bus at half past six.
4. Next Saturday I go to Nazaré.
5. I am going to look at the hostel.
6. I will going to book it tonight.
7. Look at the forecast — it will rain all afternoon.
8. Shall I check the return times?
Read all eight aloud before you answer.
1. How many are completely correct?
2. Sentences 1 and 6 fail the same way. How?
3. Sentence 2 is grammatically perfect. Why is it in the log?
4. Sentence 7 says it will rain while looking at a forecast. What should it be?
Four families, four fixes
What went wrong, and the one-line rule that fixes it
| Family | What it sounds like | The rule |
|---|---|---|
| Modal form | Nothing between will and the verb. Same rule as can. | |
| Wrong choice — arranged | Arranged, with a time and another person → present continuous. | |
| Present simple for future | English needs a future form. The present simple is for timetables only. | |
| Wrong choice — prediction | Evidence in front of you → going to. |
The one exception to family 3. The present simple is used for the future — but only for timetables and schedules that are not yours:
The train leaves at six. The film starts at eight. Term ends on the 20th. ✓
Next Saturday I go to Nazaré. ✗ — your plan, not a timetable.
Match each log sentence to its family. Two belong to the same one, and one is not an error at all.
Repair, then produce
The log errors plus four more of the same families. Rewrite each one in full.
1. I will to check the times.
2. I will going to book it tonight.
3. I am going to see the dentist at four, it is booked.
4. Next Saturday I go to Nazaré.
5. Look at the forecast — it will rain all afternoon.
6. She will to help us with the bags.
7. We are going to fly on the 14th, the tickets came yesterday.
8. The train will leave at six, it says so on the board.
No visible errors this time. One or two words per gap — choose the future form from the meaning.
— What (do) at the weekend? — I (see) my sister on Saturday, it is arranged. On Sunday I (going to / paint) the kitchen, or that is the idea. — That sounds like a big job. — It is. It (going to / take) all day. — I (help) you, if you like. — Would you? — Of course. What time (start)? — Nine. The shops (open) at eight, so I can get the paint first.
Plan something else, clean
Task card · Speaking
A different trip, different constraints, ten minutes.
Fewer than three errors from the four families. Your teacher logs again, so the two logs compare directly.
- Arrangements in the present continuous, intentions with going to, live decisions with will.
- Every refusal in three parts, as in Lesson 2.
- Do not slow down. Accuracy at conversation speed is the target.
Stop at five minutes.
1. Which family is still slipping?
2. Compared with Lesson 5?
Two logs
Compare the counts your teacher just read.
1. Did the form errors — will to — go down?
2. And the choice errors?
3. Why would form move faster than choice?
One question to keep
Rebuild the decision, in order.
Before Lesson 7. Next lesson you write a 150-word email proposing a trip to a friend.
Decide tonight who you are writing to and where you are proposing. Write nothing else — an email drafted at home and copied out in class measures your evening.