 The teaching idea we'll use for the present continuous use for future arrangements is nearly identical to the activity used for the future continuous. Again we'll give our students diaries, we'll pair them up and between the two of them they have to ask each other questions and find the day upon which both of them can meet. The big difference here will be that we'll ask our students to form their questions and their answers in the present continuous tense. So this student may hear a question such as what are you doing on the 14th? This student would respond with I'm attending a conference. This will occur until the students find the day upon which they can meet. As you may have noticed there are quite a few activities which utilize a planner. These planners or diaries are particularly useful for practicing the future tense and the past tense. Of course for the past tense we would use planners or diaries from the week previous and for the future tenses we'll use planners and diaries for next week or next month.