Les 5: the future

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

The Future Perfect & future Continuous

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What is the difference in meaning between the following sentences:
1. Next week we will have learned the future perfect.
2. Next week we will be learning the future continuous.

Future Continuous

Je praat over iets wat enige tijd gaat duren in de toekomst. Je zegt dan dat je in de toekomst iets aan het doen bent/je bent er dan mee bezig.

Next Friday I will be finishing the report.

Examples:

- This time tomorrow we’ll be sitting on the beach. I can’t wait!

- Don’t ring at 8 o’clock. I’ll be watching Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

Future Perfect

Je vertelt dat je op een bepaald moment in de toekomst iets gedaan zult hebben. Je bent er dus mee klaar.

By next Friday I will have finished the report.

Examples:

  -  I promise I’ll have done all the work by next Saturday.
-  I think astronauts will have landed on Mars by the year 2020.

By 2050
Many people ... on the moon

1. will be living
2. will have lived

By 2050
The polar icecaps ... completely.

1. will be melting
2. will have melted

By 2050
All marine life ...

1. will be dying
2. will have died

By 2050
we ... all our shopping online

1. will be doing
2. will have done

Today is Monday. I am doing my driving test next Thursday.
"By Friday I ... (do) my driving test."

You always have dinner at 8 p.m. What about tonight?
"... at 8 p.m. tonight?"

The film starts at 7.30. We haven't arrived yet.
"The film ... by the time we arrive"

We are living in this house now. We're moving in February.
"Next year, we ... out of this house."

Future perfect

Questions:

Will you have finished this task by tomorrow?

Negations:

I won't have finished this task by tomorrow.

Future continuous

Questions

Will you be doing the test on Monday?

Negations

I won't be doing the test on Monday.

Creative letter writing

Your class will be divided into pairs.

Write a letter to the person you were matched with. +/- 350 words

Include the following:

• Some personal details (who are you, where do you live, hobbies)
• What do you feel is important in life?
• Do you have any resolutions for this school year?
• What would you like to know about te classmate you're working with?
• Pay attention to form, spelling, capital letters, proper start and ending.
• Read the letter that was written for you. 
• Hand in the letter that you wrote through Teams, so your teacher can read it.

Creative letter writing - follow up

Speaking assignment

• Give your classmate two sincere compliments about the letter they wrote.
• Answer the question(s) that your classmate asked you in the letter.

Speed dating

Preparation

Write down 5 things that you can tell about yourself in English.

Write down 3 questions that you can ask anyone.

Make an inner circle + outer circle

45 seconds each: Talk about yourself. The other person can ask question. 

Aims: 1. getting to know your classmates better

2. Getting used to speaking English again.