INTRODUCTION

SYLLABUS

UNIT 9
OUR FUTURE

OUR
FUTURE

LESSON

13
OBJECTIVES
MONTHS OF THE YEAR

To talk about dates, holidays and celebrations.

To ask and give information about future plans.
To say what you are going to do in the coming
future.
To explain a common celebration in your
country.
To express necessity and suggestions in a real
situation.

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BEFORE LISTENING
AND SPEAKING
WARMING UP

Find the words about the months of

the year. Go across and down!

m t

k g m v w n

m n t

g p n k k

d d m b t d w g

m e

b l

b f

m p y

b r

y t

g b e
k w m

m l

w w j z

d e

o b e r

d t

w r

r y

x k

m r

g r

k f

h j

n e a

g t

z l

p m l

h e

m j

p a

m k

n f

h n

b m e

u q m u

r n l

p c p a

d r

k y

e d j

m w p q m b b t

s u g u a

3.PERSONAL WORK

1.PAIR WORK

LISTENING

SPEAKING
Show the picture given by the teacher and
introduce it to your partner.

Listen to the following dialog and ll in the

blanks.
Maria Cristina and Silvia are discussing their
plans for the upcoming ________, in few days.

January
April
July
October

February
May
August
November

March
June
September
December

Maria Cristina: What are you going to (1)

_____ next holiday, on November 12th?
Silvia: I am going to (2) ______ to San Gil.
Maria Cristina: Great! And where are you
going to (3) ______?
Silvia: We are going to stay at my husbands
mom (4) _______, it is ve minutes before
the town. How about you?
Maria Cristina: We are going to spend the
holiday in the (5) ______, at La Mesa de los
Santos. My husbands (6)

2.PERSONAL WORK
WRITING
Complete the sentences by using the months
of the year.
1. We start classes in F
2. We celebrate the Holy Week in A
3. We give presents to our Mom in M
4. We give present to our father in J
5. The Independence of Colombia is in J
6. A
is the month of the kites.
7. S
is the month of love and
friendship in Latin America.
8. A lot of people celebrate Halloween in
O
.
9. Mexicans celebrate the Day of All Souls in
N
.
10. Christmas is in D
.

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LESSON13

has a beautiful farm, and he invited us to

spend it in (7) ________.
Silvia: How nice! And are you going to travel by
(8) _____ or by bus?
Maria Cristina: By car, a friend of my husband
has a big jeep. What are you planning to do in
(9) _____?
Silvia: Oh, we are planning to practice
extreme (10) ________ : rafting and climbing.
What about you?
Maria Cristina: Well, we are planning to have a
barbecue, to (11) _______, listen to music
and go (12) ______.
Silvia: Good, I expect you are going to have a
good (13) ______. Bye.
Maria Cristina: You too. See you next Tuesday!
(14) _______ your holiday.

4.PERSONAL WORK
READING COMPREHENSION
Read the dialog once more, and answer the
following questions.

QUESTIONS
1

What is Silvia going to do?

Where is Silvia going to stay?

What is Maria Cristina going to

do?

How is Maria Cristina going to

travel to La Mesa de los Santos?

5.PAIR WORK
SPEAKING
Now prepare a similar dialog by taking into
account your personal information and the
underlined words. Once you have nished, be
ready to act it out in front of the class.

6.PERSONAL WORK
READING: FUTURE PREDICTIONS

What is Silvia going to practice?

Are Cristina and her family

going to eat meat?

Where would you like to go?

Why ?

What are the seven days of the

week? Write them down.

ANSWERS
1
2

THE FLYING CAR

Do you sometimes arrive late to school or to

work? Dont worry! You wont have this trouble
anymore because American and Japanese
companies are manufacturing ying cars in the
near future. They will be activated by buttons,
and the car will change into an airplane, easy
to avoid the trafc jams. They will come in
different colors and sizes, and they will have
different prices. You will be never late to work,
to school or to any place.

7.PERSONAL WORK
WRITING

Based on the previous text, write a paragraph

about one of the following topics.
If you need the dictionary, use it!

4
5

Flying shoes - Discovery of a vaccination

for AIDS and cancer - Clone famous people

6
7

A cell phone and TV - A trip to the Moon

The ying motorcycle - A smart TV

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QUESTION

8.PERSONAL WORK
READING
Now, read the trext below and answer the
following questions.
A SPECIAL FESTIVAL IN GIRON
SAN BENITO OF PALERMO FESTIVITY
Every year on December 28th, people in Girn
town celebrate the San Benito of Palermo
Festivity, by painting their faces with black
color, in honor to his Saint Benito of Palermo,
who worked in favor of the slaves, and poor
people of the Villa.

What is the name of the festivity?

When is it celebrated?

In honor to whom and why?

What do people do?

What are the suggestions

the author mentions?

ANSWER
1
2
3
4
5

9.PERSONAL WORK
People go to the Central Park to see a Catholic
Church parade, and the rework exhibition,
which is one of the best of the area. Many
visitors and tourists from many different
cities and towns come to Girn; this is the
opening of the New Years Eve. Later, people
go home and share some drinks and food in
family.
You need to go to this town to see the
happiness of this holiday, and the peoples
enthusiasm. You should go by car but very
early, if you want to get a parking lot place.
You must not drive and drink because the
police are very strict during that celebration.
You ought to wear casual clothes, and be
ready to enjoy this festivity. You should not
miss it.

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LESSON13

WRITING & SPEAKING

Choose one of these events and write a
paragraph to be reported in front of the
class.

Christmas - The Candles Night,

December 7th

New Years Eve, December 31st - Mothers day - Halloween, October 31st
A fest in your city - Friendship and love Day.

10.PERSONAL WORK
LISTENING
Sentences

Listen to Pedro talking about his new job, and tick the correct
column.What is this job? Make full sentences about it.

Must/have to Can/cant

Dont have to Should

Need to

Ought to

Be polite
and happy
Wake up
early
Wear
expensive
clothes
Wear formal
clothing
Wear a tie
Be very
clean and
neat
Can eat
Work extra
time
Think about
working
extra
Drive a car
Be careful
Have special
training
Have military
experience

BONUS QUESTION: What is Pedros job ?

He is a ____________

11. PAIR WORK

SPEAKING
Now prepare a similar dialog by taking into account the vocabulary you need such as:
occupations, modals, places, greetings, etc. Once you have nished, be ready to act it out
in front of the class.

GRAMMAR BOX
TO BE GOING TO VERB: TO EXPRESS NEAR FUTURE AND PLANS
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

Subject

To Be verb

I
We
Pedro
QUESTIONS

Going to

am
are
is

going to
going to
going to

Subject

Wh word / To be

Going to

you
your mother

Are
What is

Verb (base form)

watch TV
eat out
play soccer

Complement
tonight.
next week.
next Friday.

Verb (base form)

going to
going to

study English
cook for lunch

Verb / innitive

Complement
tomorrow?
tomorrow ?

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

Subject

To be in negative

Going to

They
I

are not
am not

going to
going to

travel
work

Complement
tonight.
next Sunday.

WILL: PREDICTIONS IN THE FUTURE

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
We
I

will
will

travel
graduate

to the USA next year.

next term.

will not/wont
will not/wont

learn
go

how to drive.
to the country next
month.
your studies
next semester?
next season?

NEGATIVE SENTENCES
She
They

QUESTIONS
Will

you

nish

What wiil

you

study

Can

Possibility, ability

Must

Strong obligation

Have to/has to

Middle obligation

I can swim.
I must wear a
seat belt when
Im driving.
We have to do
the homework.
Peter has to work
on Saturday .

She cannot ride a

bike.
I must not (dont
have to) wear a
uniform in my job.

Can he speak
French?
Must you pay
your taxes?

We dont have to
study this Friday.
He doesnt have
to come.

Do you have to
wake up early?
Does he have to
take the exam?

GRAMMAR BOX

OUGHT TO

Middle advice

SHOULD

Advice

NEED TO

Express
necessity

They ought to
We ought not go Ought Rachel to
visit their friends. to the supermarket. be here very early?
She should go to He shouldnt get Should you pay
the ticket?
the doctors.
the medicine.
I need to apply
for the test
.

She does not

need to buy it.

Do you need
to?
Does he need
to?

HOW TO SAY DATES

ON / Days of the week

On Monday, I go to the mall.

She does not study ON Sunday.

IN / Months of the year

I will travel to Bogota In June.

In December, we celebrate Christmas.

First month, and then the day in ordinal

Today is October 30.

Take the rst two digits, and then the others

I was born in 1985.

It was celebrated in 1810.

When is your birthday?

It is on July 8th.