theme 4: future

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

vocabulary of Units 1 and 2

present and past tenses: present simple, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, and past simple, past continuous, past perfect (p. 5)

question tags (p. 9)

future forms for predictions: future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous (p. 19)

future forms ii: present simple, present continuous, future simple, be going to (p. 25)

Reading text

Which forms of the future tense do you remember?

Which sentence fits best?

1. I think it will rain in a couple of minutes.
2. It looks as if it is going to rain soon.
3. It is raining in 5 minutes.
4. It rains every day.

why?

Which sentence fits best?

1. Trump will not build a wall.
2. Trump is not building a wall.
3. Trump must not build a wall.
4. Trump is not going to build a wall.

why?

Which sentence fits best?

1. We're going to hit that horse!
2. We're hitting that horse!
3. We will hit that horse!
4. The horse will hit us!

why?

... I give you a hand?

1. will
2. am ..going to
3. do
4. shall

Het is een beslissing die je op dit moment maakt. Daarbij hoort het gebruik van will.

Why is shall the right answer?

Work

Do assignments 4, 5, 6, 7 on page 25

Done? Look at the grammar pages 172-174 then check your answers

Next lesson:

Look at the future forms for predictions: future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous (p. 19)

Future forms

In three years' time...

1. I'll still be living at home with my parents.
2. I won't be living at home with my parents.

In three years' time...

1. I'll have moved to another part of the country.
2. I won't have moved to another part of the country.

In three years' time...

1. I'll have been studying at university for a year.
2. I won't have been studying at university for a year.

Translate the sentences to Dutch

At 11 a.m. tomorrow, I'll be doing an exam.

By 11 a.m. tomorrow, I'll have done an exam.

By 11 a.m. tomorrow, I'll have been doing an exam for an hour.

Choose the correct options in the story

Part 1

In a few weeks' time, the Franklin family will be embarking on a three-year sailing voyage. We asked the children how they felt about the adventure.

Mandy (aged seventeen) said, 'We'll ... missing a lot of school,

1. 'll
2. be
3. been
4. have

but I think that by the end of this trip we'll ... learnt more than in a classroom.

1. 'll
2. be
3. been
4. have

We'll have ... travelling for three years

1. 'll
2. be
3. been
4. have

and we ... have seen places with our own eyes.

1. 'll
2. be
3. been
4. have

We won't just ... read about them in books.' Mandy had a few worries:

1. 'll
2. be
3. been
4. have

'The worst thing is that I'll ...
spending three years in a small space with my untidy brother.'

1. 'll
2. be
3. been
4. have

Jake (twelve years old) was less keen than his sister: 'By the time we go, I'll have ... playing basketball for my school team for two years, and I want to become a professional in the future.

1. 'll
2. be
3. been
4. have

I'll ... practising whenever I can, but it's not easy on a boat.'

1. 'll
2. be
3. been
4. have

Fill in the gap

Part 2

Complete with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Continuous, Future Perfect Simple or Future Perfect Continuous.

Eileen Franklin told us 'We're not in a hurry, so after leaving San Francisco we will be travelling (travel) down the coast of Mexico for a few weeks. After that, we ...(sail) across the Pacific and we ...(end) our journey in Indonesia.

It's a long voyage, but by the time we leave we ... (plan) for several years, so I think we're as prepared as we can be.'

'Yes', added Bob. 'And by the time we set off , we ... (do) everything possible to make this a safe trip:

Jake ... (improve) his swimming and Eileen ... (do) an advanced first-aid course.

On the boat, we ... (use)
top-of-the-range technology to chart our route.

It's the trip of a lifetime, so we ... (not take) any chances!'

Make the following sentences more polite using the future continuous.

Are you going home straight after school?

Are you doing anything interesting this evening?

Who do you plan to see at the weekend?

When will you go on your next holiday?

Are you going to have a party for your eighteenth birthday?

Do you think you'll leave home permanently before you're twenty-five?

How are the future tenses going so far?

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Homework / to do

Make a summary of the grammar - you will be using this when studying