Future forms: present continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome to English class, h2en1

Find your seat and work in silence:

Read your book or  Wimpy Kid or

study the wordlist (A, B, C & D) of Theme 5.

   

At the end of this lesson:

• You can use present continuous to talk about the future
• You can determine the purpose of a text
• you can use irregular verbs in six sentences

will or going to?

Remember?

Will/Shall

• aanbod / belofte
• aankondiging / besluit
• voorspelling zonder bewijs

We will win this match. I can feel it.

They will buy a new house if they can afford it.

I will clean up the mess today. Shall I clean up the mess?

The janitor will help you carry the heavy bags upstairs.

Shall I? Shall we? = vraagzinnen  I & we!

To be going to...

• van plan zijn om te gaan ...
• voorspelling met bewijs
• afspraak/zekerheid

I'm going to visit my grandparents tomorrow.

We are going to buy a new bike in the afternoon.

It's going to rain in a few minutes. Look at the clouds!

She's going to hit that truck. I've seen this film before.

One more way to refer to future

Is het zeker? *, ** of ***

There will be sunshine this weekend. (*)

I'm going to play an important match this weekend. (**)

&

She is driving me to the cinema tonight. (***)

(present continuous)

Present continuous: when? 

Afspraken 

in nabije toekomst

tijd en/of plaats staan al vast.

to be & infinitive & -ing.

am/is/are (not) & ww & -ing.

Examples present continuous

I am taking the five o'clock train.

They are seeing that film next week.

My parents are buying me a dog tomorrow.

We aren't meeting him at five. He has to work.

Is she running a marathon next month?

fill in the future tense:

I ______ Bruno Mars later this year.

1. will see
2. am going to see
3. shall see
4. is going to see

Fill in the future tense:

Look at those clouds! it __________ rain

1. is going to
2. will

Fill in the future tense:

My grandfather ... his operation this afternoon.

1. is having
2. will have

Stepping Stones page 76, Candles…

Before you start reading: All texts have a purpose: 

• to inform
• to instruct
• to convince

The kind of text tells you something about the purpose.

What kind of text is this: article, letter, website, advertisement?

What do you think the purpose is here?

Read paragraph 1: What fits best?

De schrijver:

• vertelt een leuke anekdote om het artikel in te leiden.
• geeft zijn mening over kaarsen speciaal voor mannen.
• vat de informatie uit het artikel alvast samen.

Read the rest of this article and start doing exercise H: 18, 19 & 20 online.

Finished? Remember the assignment for Friday: write six sentences with irregular verbs.

Irregular verbs: past simple / present perfect

Practise the use of present perfect/past simple & irregular verbs:

• Write six sentences, using a different irregular verb in each.
• Use the past simple (3x) and present perfect (3x).
• Try to make it a story about shopping.
• Check de lijst met irregular verbs voor Theme 5 & 6 
• or check Wednesday’s LessonUp!

Difficult? For example:

I haven't been shopping for a long time. (to be, present perfect)

I saw a nice pair of sneakers in the shop window. (to see, past simple)

The sneakers were a bit tight. (to be, past simple)

I have left them on the shelf. (to leave, present perfect)

Have you ever bought shoes that didn't fit, because you fell in love with them? (to buy, present perfect, to fall, past simple)

• Write six sentences, using a different irregular verb in each.
• Use the past simple (3x) and present perfect (3x).

What did you learn today?

Homework for Friday

Do G and finish H (Stepping Stones online) exercises 16 - 20

Study wordlist G, H & I

Write the six sentences, see assignment in Classroom.

At the end of this lesson:

• You can use present continuous to talk about the future
• You can determine the purpose of a text
• you can use irregular verbs in six sentences