TITC

Future simple/Transport and time

How will I get there?

Grammar

Future simple: will

Will or won’t + infinitive = future simple

I
You ‘ll
He/she/it will not catch the train
We won’t
They

Questions: Will you catch the train at 9 o’clock? Yes, I will/ No, I won’t.

Will is used when a decision is made at the time of speaking.

I’ll go to Paris by ferry. I’ll go to see the Eiffel Tower.

Exercises
A Read the extract on holiday itineraries quickly. Which tour takes you to more
parts of Thailand?

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Save money or spend lots in style!

At Somchai Tours, we offer two types of travel for people who want to see Thailand,
“The Land of Smiles”. You will be 100% happy with our service if you choose
Itinerary A or Itinerary B.

Luxury Tour A: £10,000

Day 1 Chauffeur collects you from your home. Leave London at 9:00. Fly for 12 hours to Bangkok. Arrive at 15:00
(local time). Check into Camp David Hotel.

Day 2 Taxi collects you and takes you to the helicopter pad. At 10:00 - helicopter tour of
Bangkok for 1 hour. 12:00 - lunch at The Mango Tree restaurant. 13:00 - V.I.P. coach tour of
HM the King’s palace, the Floating Market and famous temples. 16:00 - speedboat tour of the
“Klong” rivers. 18:00 - Limousine service to Bangkok Fashion show at Chao Praya.

Day 3 Taxi transfer to harbour. Luxury yacht overnight to Phuket Marina.

Day 4 Arrive 10:00. 11:00 – Official full body massage. Speedboat tour of 5 islands –
Mosquito Island, Hong Island, Chicken Island, Bamboo Island and Phi Phi Don. 16:00 -
Scuba-dive trip by boat. Sightseeing tour to visit the “Viewpoint”.

Economy Tour B: £600

Day 1 Local bus to airport. Leave London at 00:10. Stop
overnight in Saudi Arabia.

Day 2 Arrive Bangkok 19:00 - “Tuk-tuk” taxi to hostel. 22:00 - mini-tour of floating market on foot. Stay with a
Thai family.

Day 3 6:00 - motorbike taxi to see “Emerald Buddha” temple. 7:00 - walk to Thai/Chinese restaurant district. 8:00 - walk to Khao San road
market. 12.00 - motorbike taxi to street food seller. 15:00 - underground to cinema for Bangkok Film Festival. 21:00 - bus to Thai family’s home.

Day 4 5.00 - coach service to Nakhon Si Thammarat, cultural centre of the south. 11.00 - full day tour of National Park and Krung Ching
waterfalls. Traditional Thai food picnic lunch. If enough time, visit to the town centre zoo.

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B Read the extract on holiday itineraries again.
You select itinerary Luxury Tour A. In pairs, using the box below, complete
the following sentences using will or won’t:

Example: I will leave London at 9:00.

1. The plane _________ take 100 hours to get to Bangkok.

2. We _________ tour Bangkok by bicycle for one hour at 10 o’clock.

3. We _________ have lunch at the

Lemon Tree restaurant at twelve o’clock.

4. We _________ take the speedboat to see the Klong rivers at 4 pm on the second day.

5. We _________ be picked up by a
chauffeur driven tuk-tuk taxi to go to the
Bangkok Fashion Show at six o’clock on
the second day.

6. I can relax because I _________have an

full body massage on the last day at ten to
eight.

7. On the third day, we _________ stay

on a luxury yacht overnight.

8. We _________ go scuba-diving from the

ferry at half past four on the last day.

9. On the fourth day, we _________ see

four islands.

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C In pairs, mark true or false to indicate if the time of the following events in
Economy Tour B is correct. Write the correct time where the time is false but
the answer is correct:

Example: At 10.00 on the fifth day, we start a tour of

the National Park in Nakhon Si Thammarat.

False. (11:00)

1. We will arrive in Bangkok at 10:00 on the first day.

2. We will take a taxi to the Thai/Chinese restaurant

district at 7:00 on the second day.

3. We will visit the town centre zoo in Nakhon Si Thammarat

on the last day.

4. We will take a bus to the Thai family’s home at 21:00 on the

third day.

5. We will go on foot around the floating market.

D In pairs, make sentences using will or won’t:

Example: Tour B , helicopter
___If I take tour B, I won’t fly in a helicopter.___

1. Tour A, helicopter

_______________________________________________

2. Tour B, Floating Market, VIP coach

_______________________________________________

3. Tour A, Klong River, speedboat

_______________________________________________

4. Tour B, full body massage

_______________________________________________

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Future simple/Transport and time

ENGAGE
Ask students to name some places they would like to go to. Then ask - how will they get there if they go?
Long distance places will normally elicit plane, so focus on local places and places only accessible by other
modes of transport in your Q&A. Ask students about tomorrow. How will they get to school at 9 o’clock? Is
there another way of getting there? Expand on the student’s answers by asking what time of day is best to
travel. This can serve as a revision of telling the time. If want to get there tomorrow, when will you go?

STUDY
Elicit the vocabulary not drawn out in the engage stage. Aim to cover plane; car; ferry; boat; speedboat;
motorbike; walk; bicycle; tram; train; coach; “tuk-tuk” taxi; limousine and chauffeur; helicopter and
underground. The verbs of transport such as walk; catch; take; ride; drive; travel on; and ‘be taken by’
should be covered. Use drawings on the board and mime where appropriate. Demonstrate an example for
each exercise before handing them to students.

Ask students to read the Extract quickly and answer the exercise A question.

A Read the extract on holiday itineraries quickly. Which tour takes you to more
parts of Thailand?
Demonstrate each exercise. Monitor, observe and provide feedback. Feedback should be self-correction,
peer-correction followed by teacher correction.

B Read the extract on holiday itineraries again.

C In pairs, mark true or false to indicate if the time …
D In pairs, make sentences using will or won’t.

ACTIVATE
“Travel Dominoes. Give pairs or groups of students a set of dominoes using the vocabulary covered in this
section. Modes of transport are linked to verbs. The students must put down a domino face up and then the
next student must try to place a corresponding domino next to it. The aim of the game is to have no
dominoes left.

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Materials

Travel Dominoes

ttaakkee bbooaatt ssaaiill bbyy ttrraaiinn

hheelliiccoopptteerr ssw
wiim
m iinn tthhee sseeaa ffllyy bbyy

ttaaxxii ffllyy ccaattcchh aa aaiirrppllaannee

w
waallkk ffeerrrryy oonn ffoooott ssaaiill bbyy

ggoo bbuuss bbyy ssppeeeeddbbooaatt ttaakkee aa

ccaattcchh m
moottoorrbbiikkee ttaaxxii ttuukk ttuukk rriiddee aa

ttrraavveell bbyy hhoorrssee lliim

moouussiinnee rriiddee aa

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