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What Are You Going to Do?

The following is a summary of terms (Key Vocabulary and Expressions) taught in this unit. Puzzles use these words as answers. (See Puzzle Corner in Resources.)
 
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KEY VOCABULARY

Nouns
Months of the year
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Other
birthday
gym
mashed potatoes
parade
party
picnic
plans
present
turkey

Pronoun
anything

Adjectives
Ordinal numbers (1–31)
See Exercise 1 on page 66.
Other
different
embarrassing
holiday
next
same
special
unusual

Verbs
ask (= invite)
celebrate
end
go out
have (a party/a picnic)
invite
order
see (a movie)
stay (home)
take (someone to a restaurant)
think about

Adverbs
around (midnight)
tonight

Preposition
for (Thanksgiving/your birthday)

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EXPRESSIONS

Talking about future plans
Are you going to do anything exciting this/next . . . ?
    Yes, I am. I'm going to . . . .
    No, I'm not. I'm going to . . . .
What are your plans?/Any plans?
    I'm going to . . . .
What are you going to do?
    I'm going to . . . .
Where are you going to go?
    I'm going to go to . . . .
Who's going to be there?
    . . . is/are going to be there.
When are you going to go?
    We're going to . . . .
How are you going to get there?
    We're going to . . . .

Talking about dates
When is your birthday?
    It's August ninth.

Talking about holidays
What are you going to do for Thanksgiving?
    I'm going to have dinner at my parents' house.

Greeting someone on a special day
Happy birthday!
    Thanks.
Have a happy Thanksgiving/. . . .
    Thanks. You, too.

Asking for more information
What about you?

Expressing an opinion
Hmm. That's unusual.
(That) sounds like fun.

Giving a positive reaction
Fabulous!
Nice!

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