Chapter

2
Be Futuristic

A. Expressing Future Activity

B. Paired Conjunction

English Skills for the Future 1

for Senior High School/Madrasah
Aliyah Grade X
 Look at the picture

What do you think about the picture above?

Brainstorming
Most people in the world have a dream for their future. What is a dream?
Dream is a wish to have or be something. Everyone ought to have a dream.
Even a city has a dream to be more futuristic in future. You can see it from
how the city is developed and designed. That includes the technology,
architecture, environment, landscape, urban planning, etc.
How about you? What do you have in mind? What if you’re not sure
whether you have a dream or not? What will you do?
 A. Expressing Future Activity
Common ways to talk about
future activities or plans are …

1. Future Tense

We use Future Tense when we:

• decide to do something at the time of speaking
• want to express our opinion about the futures
Examples:
a. I think we will go right now.
(I just decided this right now)
b. I will call you later.

Do Activity 1-3 page 42-44

and Practice 1-2 page 43-45,
English Skills for the Future 1
for Grade X
2. to be going to Click the icon to read
about Expressing
Future Activity
The expression to be going to means that the
action is planned but not arranged.
Examples:
a. I am going to the theatre
b. ‘Garry called when you were out.’ ‘Yes I
know.’ ‘I am going to phone him later.’
3. Present Continuous Tense

When we say ‘I am meeting my friend

tomorrow’ it means that we have already
decided to meet tomorrow and arranged it.
Example:
He is playing tennis on Monday Do Activity 4-7 page 46-51
afternoon. and Practice 3 page 47,
English Skills for the Future 1
for Grade X
4. Future Continuous Tense

• Future Continuous Tense is used to talk

about an action that will already have started
and will still be happening by a certain time
in the future.
• We use time expressions such as for 30
minutes and since early morning to describe
the length of time the activity has already
gone.
• To form a sentence in the future perfect
progressive use will + have + been verb -
ing (present participle) form of the verb.
Examples:
a. By the time you get here, we will have
been remodeling the house for a month.
b. By 2018, my father will have been
teaching for more than 30 years.
5. Future Perfect Tense

• Future Perfect Tense is used to explain an

activity that will be completed by a certain time
in the future.
• We add time expressions such as by the
time, by then, by the year 2020, by March
25th to describe these kinds of activities.
• To form the future perfect simple, use will
have + V3 (past participle) form of the
verb.
Example:
a. By the end of this weekend, I will
have completed my lessons.
Do Activity 8-11 page 52-54
and Practice 4 page 53,
English Skills for the Future 1
for Grade X
 Exercise

Personal Task.
Do the following tasks.
Character’s
 Mention and describe people or thing Corner
inspire you to reach your dream. What goes around
comes back all the way
 Write it down on your paper. around. In this world
Use the future simple, future perfect, or there are consequences
for what happen.
future perfect continuous on your Something impacts
writing. something else.
Learning expressing
 Collect and present your work in front of future activities helps us
the class. communicate much
better when we deal
with future plans.
 B. Paired Conjunction

Paired conjunctions connect two

balanced clauses, phrases or words.
They come in pairs. You have to use
both of them in different places in a
sentence.

For instance:
both … and; neither ... nor; not only ...
but also ....
These conjunctions connect two
balanced clauses, phrases, or words.

Do Activity 1-3 page 56-58

and Practice 1-2 page 56-57,
English Skills for the Future 1 for Grade X
Here are a few example sentences
containing pair conjunctions:

1. both . . . and
 Both football and badminton are popular in
Indonesia.
 Both English and Chinese are learned in our
school.

2. not only . . . but also

 He is not only a professional footballer,
but also a successful businessman.

Do Activity 4-8 page 59-63 ,

English Skills for the Future 1 for Grade X
3. either . . . or
 We can go either to Yogyakarta or Bali for
our holiday.
 It’s my final offer – you can use either my car
or motorcycle.

4. neither . . . nor
 Neither fish nor penguin is mammal.
 Drugs is neither much nor less poisonous.

Do Activity 9-11, page 63-65

and Practice 3 page 64
English Skills for the Future 1 for Grade X
5. not . . . but Click the icon to read
 There are not two but three Baltic states: the material about
Paired Conjunction.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
 In sport, what counts is not the winning, but
the taking part.

6. whether . . . or
 Whether you love them or hate them, you
have to admit that Manchester United are very
popular.
 I’m totally confused – I don’t know whether
I’m coming or going.

7. no sooner . . . than
 No sooner had I finished washing my car
than it started raining.
 Exercise

Personal Task.
Do the following tasks.
 Find a figure whose life inspires you the
most. The figure can be your parents,
teacher, friend, an artist or actor, etc.

 Write down in a paper about the

things that make you adore him or
her.
 What will you do if you become one
of them in the future?
 Summary
A. Expressing Future Activities

Expressing future activities or events can be

conducted by using:
• Future tense To be going to
• Present Continuous Tense
• Future Continuous Tense
• Future Perfect Tense

B. Paired Conjunction

Paired conjunction used to link two ideas that

are considered similar. It always comes between
the words or clauses that join them. Some of
paired conjunctions you have learned are:
both ... and ...; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...;
not only ... but also ....
 Quiz
1. What do you know about
expressing future activities?
2. Make some sentences using Present
Continuous Tense and Future
Continuous Tense.
3. What is paired conjunction? Make
some example.

Do Chapter 2 Review page 68-70,

English Skills for the Future 1 for Grade X
 Thank You

Never let your fear decide your

future.
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