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Future tenses,

conditionals
Future tenses
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Present Continuous
for fixed arrangements

We are leaving tomorrow.


John is staying in New York for a week.

Present Simple
for timetables, schedules

The bus leaves at 10 am tomorrow.


The film starts at 7 pm.
Practice
1. Hanna, you must take an umbrella. It _____ (rain).
2. Attention, please! On your marks. The next race _____ (start) at 9.30.
3. I _____ (go) to the cinema with Sarah tonight. We already have tickets.
4. Why are you leaving? Have you finished work? No, I haven't. But I _____ (have) a rest now.
5. Paul can give the book to Marion. He _____ (go to see) her in the leisure centre this afternoon.
6. The flight number BA 308 from London to Los Angeles _____ (leave) at 11.15.
7. We have no plans for the summer. Perhaps we _____ (stay) at home all the time.
8. I'm sorry, I can't eat anything today. I _____ (have) an appointment at the hospital tomorrow.
9. Madam, wait a minute. I _____ (help) with your luggage. It's too heavy.
10. Have you heard the news? Our boss _____ (promote) Irene to a group manager next month.
Future time clauses

- No future tenses (the words refer to the future)


- when, if, as soon as, by the time, once, after, before, while

NEGATIVE WORDS ---- the sentence has to be positive

- Until we can do this project, we'll need some extra time.


- Unless you are 18, you can't enter this club.
Finish the sentences about yourself

1. After I finish high school …


2. As soon as I get my language exam...
3. When the summer holiday comes...
4. If I get older...
5. Until I finish my high school studies...
Practice
Speaking

1. What are your plans for this year?


2. What are you doing tomorrow?
3. What are your plans after you finish / have finished high school?
4. How do you think the world will look:
a. technology
b. healthcare
c. transport
Conditional
sentences

Important!

2nd conditional with "be": always


WERE ("was" is old-fashioned but
correct)

If I were you, I'd study more.


If she were cleverer, she could get to a
good university.
If he were married, he would be happier.
Practice

0. facts
If+present ---- present

1.future consequences
If+present ---- will/can + inf.

2.unreal in present
If+past ---- would/could + inf.

3.unreal in past
If+past perfect ---- would/could
have + V3
Speaking

What would you do if...


1. you had three wishes?
2. you found a wallet in the street with 500,000 Forints in it?
3. you met aliens?
4. you won the lottery?
5. you could become invisible for a day?
6. you were in a famous person's body?

What would you have done if...


7. you hadn't gone to your current school?
8. you had been on the Titanic?

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