FUTURES
Cut up the sentences in the box and ask sts to match each sentence to its function.
Discuss tenses, forms and usage.
Then ask sts to write sentences for each of the following
1. A plan they have for the future (it may or may not happen).
2. An arrangement for the future.
3. An activity that will be in progress at some point in the future.
4. Something that will have done by some time in the future.
5. A prediction.
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1. I’m going to stop smoking
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2. We’re meeting next week to discuss the launch.
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3. This time next week I will be lying on the beach.
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4. By summer I will have finished my English course and I will have passed my exams.
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5. Real Madrid will win the cup.
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6. The plane leaves at 3 pm on Saturday.
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a. Something that will be in progress at a definite time in the future.
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b. Something that will be completed by a specific time in the futures.
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c. An arrangement.
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d. A plan or intention.
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e. A programme or timetable in the future.
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f. A prediction.
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Key: 1d, 2c, 3a, 4b, 5f, 6e
FUTURES
Complete the following conversation using one of the future forms you have seen.
Jane Where ____ you and John _____ (go for your holidays?
Helen Greece. We __________ (Spend) 2 weeks in Crete.
Jane That _______ (be) lovely. When _____ you _________ (go)?
Helen On Saturday night. Our plane ________ (leave) at 10 and we _________ (arrive) at 4 in the morning.
Jane You _________ (need) a holiday after that!
Helen I don’t mind. Just think, this time next week we____________ (lie) in the sunshine.
Jane ______ you _______ (stay) in a hotel?
Helen Yes, near the beach. And what about you?
Jane Our holiday _______ (not be) until next month. We ________ (go) to tour Scotland by car. The weather ________ (not be) as good as in Greece but it _______ (be) fun.
Helen How long ______ you ________ (go) for?
Jane Ten days.
Helen _____ you ________ (take) your caravan?
Jane No we _________(find) hotels as we go.
Helen We ________ (be) back from Greece before you go, and I ______________ (forget) my holiday.
Jane Have a good time!
Key (There may be more than one possibility for some)
Jane Where are you and John going for your holidays?
Helen Greece. We are spending 2 weeks in Crete.
Jane That will be lovely. When are you going?
Helen On Saturday night. Our plane leaves at 10 and we arrive at 4 in the morning.
Jane You will need a holiday after that!
Helen I don’t mind. Just think, this time next week we will be lying in the sunshine.
Jane Are you staying in a hotel?
Helen Yes, near the beach. And what about you?
Jane Our holiday isn’t until next month. We’re going to tour Scotland by car. The weather won’t be as good as in Greece but it will be fun.
Helen How long are you going for?
Jane Ten days.
Helen Are you taking your caravan?
Jane No we will find hotels as we go.
Helen We will be back from Greece before you go, and I will have forgotten my holiday.
Jane Have a good time!
