TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S This time next year...

Activity Type Introduction

Grammar and Speaking In this future continuous vs. future perfect activity, students make
Activity: sentence predictions about what life will be like a year from now.
completion, guided
discussion, freer practice Procedure
(group work)
Give each student a copy of the worksheet.

Focus Tell the students that they are going to make predictions about
what their lives will be like this time next year using the future
Future continuous continuous and future perfect.

Future perfect Students then complete the sentences with their predictions.

Predictions When the students have finished, divide them into groups of three
or four.
Aim In their groups, the students talk about their predictions and
To make predictions discuss what their lives will be like a year from now.
about what your life will
be like this time next Finally, have a class feedback session to find out about the
year using the future students' predictions.
continuous and future
perfect.

Preparation
Make one copy of the
worksheet for each
student.

Level
Intermediate (B1)

Time
30 minutes

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 FUTURE CONTINUOUS VS. FUTURE PERFECT

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S This time next year...

A. What will your life be like this time next year? Make predictions with the future
continuous and future perfect.

This time next year, I'll…

have gone ...................................................................................................................

have seen ...................................................................................................................

have been ...................................................................................................................

have finished ...............................................................................................................

have bought ................................................................................................................

have had .....................................................................................................................

be enjoying .................................................................................................................

be planning .................................................................................................................

be learning ..................................................................................................................

be thinking ..................................................................................................................

be feeling ....................................................................................................................

be living ......................................................................................................................

be practicing ................................................................................................................

be preparing for ...........................................................................................................

B. Now, work in groups of three or four. Talk about your predictions and discuss what
your life will be like a year from now.

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