Grammar The future 1 Read these texts. What life changes are the people talking about? 2. Which people seem happiest about the future? Why? 3. How many different ways of talking about the future can you find in the texts? Check your ideas below. 1 Look at these ways of talking about your future. 3 Correct the mistakes in these sentences. Are they followed by a verb, an ing form, or a noun? They're hoping get married soon. want to+ He not want be doctor, Ve like to+ —__ I'd really like taking up the piano. 1 2 3 4 ‘like to travel the world next year. 5 'mlooking forward to go to Brazil, 6 7 8 Shope to /'m hoping to + J plan to 'm planning to-+ {I'm looking forward to + 1 11m going to-+ She wants be an engineer. We're planning start @ business. | don't going to have any children 2. How do we make negatives and questions with these forms? ENEEING3 hope to... and plan to formal than I'm hoping to planning to | hn ain ‘can you remember ..? + five important life events + three multsnord verbs: + how to is pronounced a and’m Practice 1 Look at these sentences. What can you say about each person? How old are they? I'm going to go on a diet. 2. rmlooking forward to retiring 3 Im going to give up my job 4 dike to hitchhike across the States. 5 I want to be a racing driver when | grow up. 6 7 8 11m never going to get married again. 1'm hoping to study modern languages. ‘We're planning to sell the house when the children grow up and leave. 2 Now listen to the sentences. 1 What happens to to? 2. What happens to going to and want to? 3 Repeat the sentences. Try to sound exactly the same. 4 (@: Against the clock |Sififlt#8) Look at Angela and Janet. Make as many sentences about their futures as you can. She's looking forward to going round the world. She doesn't want to work in an offce for ever. $ Compate your sentences with the rest of the class, Can they tell you which person each sentence is about? speak out EEE 1 In pairs. Make sentences about your future. Use the forms in this lesson, finish university have children (how many?) have my own place got married live abroad (where?) ta ke exams gohome have my own business "°"* ‘travel the word have a party work (asa...) P@LIPE doa parachute jump 2. Compare your sentences with another pair. Do you have the same ideas abour the future? Ask more questions. A Id ike to get marred. B Who to? When? Why? 3. Have you gor a ‘life plan’?