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Unit 2 Tenses
Future (pages 24 and 25)
Lesson length 60 minutes
Preparation Photocopy one set of the cards from Worksheet 1 for each group of three or four
students in your class. You will need this for the Explanation. You will need the same
number of copies of Worksheet 2 for Exercise 18.
Explanation Distribute the sets of cards from Worksheet 1 that you prepared before the lesson. In
groups of three or four, students must try to match the forms of the future to the
rules of use and example sentences.
The answers are as follows:
will and shall 1 A, 6 H, 9 K, 13 G
Future Continuous 2 C, 3 B
Future Perfect 4E
Future Perfect Continuous 5D
going to 7 F, 8 J, 12 I
Present Simple 10 N, 14 M
Present Continuous 11 L

Exercise 16 (individuals)
Ask your students to complete Exercise 16 on page 25 of the book and then extend the
practice by writing the following on the board.
next year  during the summer  for five years  10 p.m.
Ask students to form at least one sentence using one of each of the following: will, will
be and will have been, using the time expressions above.
Monitor your students and correct any mistakes they make. Make a note of any good
examples and common mistakes and provide feedback to the group on the board.

Exercise 17 (individuals or pairs)

Ask your students to complete Exercise 17 on page 25; then extend the practice with
the following exercise.
Write the following sentences on the board and ask the students to complete them using
will, be going to or the Present Simple:
1 I ____________ go on holiday but my boss wouldn’t let me take the time off.
2 She ___________ her new job on Monday.
3 I’ve decided I ____________ Paris for the summer.
4 They ____________ spend half the night outside tonight. They always do because
they smoke so many cigarettes.
5 Ronaldo has scored ten more goals than everyone else and there are only two
games left this season. He ____________ the top goal scorer.
6 Our flight _______ at 10 a.m.

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The answers are as follows:

1 was going to 4 will
2 Present Simple (starts, begins, etc.) 5 is going to be
3 am going to 6 Present Simple (leaves, departs, arrives, etc.)

Exercise 18 (groups)
Put students into groups of three or four. Give one copy of the Worksheet to each group.
• Ask one student in the class to look at the first sentence and decide if it is correct
or incorrect (students should put a tick in box 2 or box 3 as they think appropriate).
• Ask the student how sure he or she is, from 1% to 100%. Put their answer into
pounds in the fourth box, e.g. 80% = £80.
• Tell the student if he/she was right or wrong. (The right answer is that the sentence
is incorrect.) If the student was wrong, put their money into box 5 as a negative
amount (e.g.-£80).
• If the student was right, ask him/her to correct the sentence (The correct answer is:
Please stop making so much noise or I will report you to the supervisor). If they do
so correctly, put their money from box 4 into box 5 (e.g. +£80). If the student knew
it was an incorrect sentence, but couldn’t correct it, put half of their money in box
5 (e.g. +£80 +£40).
• Ask students to work together to spend money on the sentences. Remind them that
if they think a sentence is incorrect, they need to correct it on the worksheet.
• When groups have finished they should give their worksheet to another group.
Go through the answers on the board with the whole class and get groups to
correct the worksheet they have. At the end, find out which group made the most
money and which made the least.
The answers to this exercise are as follows:
1 Please stop making so much noise or I will report you to the supervisor. INCORRECT
2 As I was about to leave his office, Bob said, ‘Let’s get together for lunch sometime,
shall we?’ CORRECT
3 They came and asked for people to help immediately, so Jenny said, ‘I’ll do it!’
INCORRECT
4 When he is released next week, Pat Maguire will have spent almost five years in prison
for a crime he didn’t commit. CORRECT
5 I’m was going to work on the report at home last night, but I had left all my notes in
the office. INCORRECT
6 It’s probably too late to phone Margaret. Do you think she’ll go have gone to bed
already? INCORRECT
7 I’m not certain, but I guess it’s raining going to rain later this afternoon. INCORRECT
8 Forthcoming books are those that we think to will be available soon. INCORRECT
9 I can’t believe that you’ll sit be sitting on a plane to Malta while I’m driving to work
tomorrow morning. INCORRECT
10 If I finish before you, I’ll wait for you outside. CORRECT
11 Will Stefan get these boxes later or is to shall we take them now? CORRECT
12 I must get to the post office before it’ll close it closes or the parcel doesn’t won’t
arrive in time for Joy’s birthday. INCORRECT
You could set Exercise 15 on page 24 for homework as revision of the lesson. from
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Worksheet 1

Future Future Perfect

will and shall Future Perfect
Continuous Continuous

Present
going to Present Simple
Continuous

1 2 A B
Promises, requests, Future actions We will help you I’ll be sending in
threats in progress at a clean up. my application
particular time tomorrow.

3 4 C D
Plans or To say that Next week at this On the tenth of this
intentions something will be time, you will be month, I’ll have
completed by a lying on the beach. been living here for
particular time exactly two years.

5 6 E F
Looking ahead to A prediction based By next summer I Oh, no, I think I’m
a future time and on past experience will have finished going to be sick.
imagining an action or knowledge my degree.
lasting from a point
before that time up G H
to that future time. If you eat too As soon as the
much ice cream, victorious British
you’ll be sick. team lands at
7 8 Heathrow,
A prediction based A decision made thousands of fans
on what we feel or already will start
think now celebrating.

9 10 I J
A decision made Future events When I was a Her parents have
at the moment of in a schedule or teenager, I thought said they’re going to
speaking timetable I was going to be pay for her tuition.
a rock star and I
11 12 would never have to
Future action that A past prediction work.
is planned or about the future K L
arranged That’s the phone I’m seeing the
ringing. ~ I’ll get it. doctor on Friday.
13 14
Used in predictive Future clauses M N
conditionals after subordinating I’ll see you when I The new course
clauses get back. starts in January.

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Worksheet 2
You have a maximum of £100 to spend on each sentence.
How sure are
Win (£+)/
Sentence Correct Incorrect you? (20% = £20,
Lose (£-)
100% = £100?)
1 Please stop making so much noise
or I report you to the supervisor.

2 As I was about to leave his office,

Bob said, ‘Let’s get together for
lunch sometime, shall we?’

3 They came and asked for people to

help immediately, so Jenny said, ‘I
do it!’

4 When he is released next week,

Pat Maguire will have spent almost
five years in prison for a crime he
didn’t commit.
5 I’m going to work on the report at
home last night, but I had left all
my notes in the office.

6 It’s probably too late to phone

Margaret. Do you think she’ll go to
bed already?

7 I’m not certain, but I guess it’s

raining later this afternoon.

8 Forthcoming books are those that

we think to be available soon.

9 I can’t believe that you’ll sit on a

plane to Malta while I’m driving to
work tomorrow morning.

10 If I finish before you, I’ll wait for

you outside.

11 Will Stefan get these boxes later or

is to take them now?

12 I must get to the post office before

it’ll close or the parcel doesn’t
arrive in time for Joy’s birthday.

Grand total (winning total minus losing total) =£

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