Back to the future

English VI
GOAL:

To talk about promises and plans

using future tense.
STARTING:
Read and think. Answer the questions below:
1.- ¿Qué promesas has hecho antes?
Visitar machu pichu en este año
2.- ¿Te enojarás si alguien rompe su
promesa?
Si y también no le tendría mucha
confianza
1. What promises have you done
before?
Complete the English course
satisfactorily
Visit Machu Picchu this year
2. Will you be angry if someone
breaks his / her promise?
3. Yes and I also wouldn't have much
confidence in him.
 VIDEO TIME:
1. Watch the video and answer the questions: 1.- ¿Qué hará Mark la próxima semana?
1. What will Mark do next week? 2.- ¿Dónde van a hacer la fiesta?
2. Where are they going to have the party? 3.- ¿Qué pasará si llueve?
3. What will happen if it rains?
4. How many people are going to the party?
4¿Cuántas personas van a la fiesta?
5. Who is going to make the cake? 5¿Quién va a hacer el pastel?

2. Look at some sentences from the video:
1. What are you going to do today?
2. I am going to stay home and study hard.
3. We aren’t going to have so much fun.
4. Will you come to my house to play chess?
5. I will let you know.
6. We won’t miss the concert!
¿Qué vas a hacer hoy?
Voy a quedarme en casa y estudiar mucho.
No nos vamos a divertir tanto.
¿Vienes a mi casa a jugar al ajedrez?
Te lo haré saber.
¡No nos perderemos el concierto!
 Exercises:
1. Will: 2. Going to:

1. They _________ back by 6:30 pm. (be)
2. _________ you _________ me? (help)
3. When _________ I _________ you again? (see)
4. His parents ______________ him for being late.
(not/ punish)
5. _________ they _________ the contract tonight?
(sign)
Will:
1. I _ Going to _ borrow (borrow) some books from the
library today.
2. He __________________ (not pay) your money back.
3. The drone is out of control. It __________________
(crash)!
4. They aren't playing well. They __________________
(not win) the match.
5. We Going to have a picnic tomorrow.

S + will + verb (B.F.) + complement.

S + won’t + verb (B.F.) + complement.
Will + S + verb (B.F.) + complement + ? Going to:

S + verb to be + verb (-ing) + complement.

S + verb to be (not) + verb (-ing) + complement.
Verb to be + S + verb (-ing) + complement + ?
 LISTENING:
Listen to 4 conversations and select the correct answer:

What’s Ken going to do on the weekend?

Example

a) He’s going to go ice skating.
b) He’s going to go to Nick’s party.
c) He’s going to stay home.
1. Who is Luke?
a) He’s a boy that goes to Lily’s school.
b) He’s Lily’s boyfriend.
3. What prediction does Sophie make about
her life ten years from now?
a) She’ll be married.
b) She’ll be a fashion designer.
c) She’ll be famous.
4. Ben and Ferry are having a baby. If the

c) He’s Lily’s Math teacher. baby is a boy, what will they call him?
a) They’ll call him Jack.
2. What does Katie want to be when she
b) They’ll call him Bennedict.
leaves school?
c) They’ll call him Kyle.
a) She wants to be a psychologist.
b) She wants to be a nurse.
c) She wants to be a teacher.
 READING:
Read and answer the questions:

I think people will live on Earth, the

moon and Mars in the year 2200. The air
will be clean everywhere and the
weather will be good. People will fly from
Earth to the moon and to Mars in very
fast spacecrafts.
1. Will people live on our planet in the year 2200?

In other ways, their lives won’t be very Of course people will live on Earth, the Moon

different from our lives today. People will and Mars

still go to school and to work. They’ll 2. What transport will people use?

enjoy sport and music. They will like People will use very fast spaceships

fashion from the 21st century, but they’ll 3. How will people feel about life?

have some new styles, too. People will 4. People will enjoy life in the year 2200.
enjoy life in the year 2200.
COLLABORATIVE WORK:
Predicting the future. Imagine you are a fortune-teller, predict the future of your classmate(s).

Student A: Hey you, would you like to know about your future?

Estudiante A: Oye tú, ¿te gustaría

Student B: Sure! I would love to. saber sobre tu futuro?
Estudiante B: ¡Claro! Me
Student A: Ask me any questions. What do you want to know? encantaría.
Estudiante A: Hazme cualquier
pregunta. ¿Que quieres saber?
Student B: Will I finish my career? Estudiante B: ¿Terminaré mi
carrera?
Student A: Yes! You will finish your career in 4 years!
Estudiante A: ¡Sí! ¡Terminarás tu
carrera en 4 años! Estudiante B:
(continúa…)
Student B: (continue…)

Ask and answer 4 more questions.

 REVIEW

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a2/will-vs-be-going-to/
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