WORKSHEET – UNIT 8
Task 1 –
Identify the following future ‘tenses’:
a) I am going to the theater later this evening.
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Present continuous
b) They’re going to play basketball on Tuesday afternoon.
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Be going + infinitive
c) Jane will have left her job by the end of the week.
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Future perfect
d) The train leaves at 6.00 pm.
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Present simple
e) At this time tomorrow I will be lying on the beach.
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Future continuous
f) Next year, Paul will have been living in Italy for 3
years.
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Future perfect continuous
g) It will probably rain tomorrow.
-
Future simple
Task 2 –
State as many usages as possible of the future tenses below and give one example
sentence of your own for each usage (not a sentence from the unit!):
a) Future simple
1. Future facts – The school semester will end in January.
2. Promises – I promise I’ll bring you to the zoo.
3. Predictions – He will become a very famous person.
4. Unplanned decisions – Please have a seat. I will get the
documents for you.
5. Assumptions/Speculations – After what happened, I think
they’ll sell their car.
6. Threats – I’ll report you to the Headmaster if you don’t
behave.
b) Future continuous
- Future actions in progress – In an hour, I will be enjoying a nice cup of coffee by the terrace.
- Predictions or guesses – I don’t think they will be wrapping up soon.
- Polite questions or enquiries – Will you be leaving for Shanghai tomorrow?
- Future fixed events – The teachers will be attending a conference next Monday.
c) Future perfect
- Completion before a certain time in the future – The party will have started by the time they arrive.
d) Future perfect continuous
- Duration at a certain time in the future – I will have been living in China for 8 years by next year.
- Cause of something in the future – He will be very hungry by the end of this day because he will have been fasting for 14 hours.
e) ‘Going to’ future
- Intentions – I am going to cook dinner.
- Predictions based on present situation – The baby is going to wake up soon.
- Plans – I’m going to attend the Christmas party this year.
Task 3 –
State how the tenses below are formed grammatically. Explain positive, negative and question forms:
a) Future simple
Form: Subject
+ will + verb (present form)
Positive: Subject
+ will/shall + verb
He
will go.
Negative: Subject
+ will/shall + not + verb
He
will not go. He won’t go.
Question: Will/Shall
+ subject + verb
Will
he go?
b) Future continuous
Form: Subject
+ will + be + verb (continuous form)
Positive: Subject
+ will + be + verb + ing
She’ll
be cooking dinner tonight.
Negative: Subject
+ will + not + be + verb + ing
She
won’t be cooking dinner tonight.
Question: Will
+ subject + be + verb + ing
Will
she be cooking dinner tonight?
c) Future perfect
Form: Subject
+ will + have + verb (past participle)
Positive: Subject
+ will + have + past participle
They
will have finished their studies by December.
Negative: Subject
+ will + not + have + past participle
They
will not have finished their studies by December.
Question: Will
+ subject + have + past participle
Will
they have finished their studies by December?
d) Future perfect continuous
Form: Subject
+ will + have + been + verb (present participle)
Positive: Subject
+ will + have + been + verb + ing
He
will have been teaching English for 20 years by next year.
Negative: Subject
+ will + not + have + been + verb + ing
He
will not have been teaching English for 20 years by next year.
Question: Will
+ subject + have + been + verb + ing
Will
he have been teaching English for 20 years by next year?
e) ‘Going to’ future
Form: to
be + going to + base form of the verb
Positive: Subject
+ to be (am/is/are) + going to + verb (base form)
I’m
going to bake a cake this Saturday.
Negative: Subject
+ to be + not + going to + verb (base form)
I’m
not going to bake a cake this Saturday.
Question: To be
+ subject + going to + verb (base form)
Am
I going to bake a cake this Saturday?
Task 4 – Give at least 2 activate stage teaching ideas for
the tenses below and give examples of sentences that you would expect your
students to produce:
a) Future simple
- Going on a vacation – “What will you take?”
Ex: I will take my camera with me.
- Situation cards – “What will you do?”
Ex: I will resign from my job if I
get bored with it.
b) Future continuous
- Future Life – “What will you be doing 10 years from now?”
Ex: I will be running my own
business.
- Setting a date
Ex: Saturday night’s not a good
time because I’ll be hosting a dinner party.
c) Future perfect
- Predicting your classmate’s future
Ex: John will have changed his
hairstyle.
- Alien Invasion – Students talk about the possible scenarios on Earth 5 years after an alien invasion
Ex: Our planet will have run out of
potable water.
d) Future perfect continuous
- How long will you have been (doing something) by 12 midnight?
Ex: I will have been studying for 8
hours by 12 midnight.
- Class Mingle - Future Career by 2030
Ex: I will have been teaching Math
for 25 years by 2030.
e) ‘Going to’ future
- Making holiday plans
Ex: I’m going to visit the
Forbidden City next month.
- Guinness Book of World Records – What unusual things can students do to get into the Guinness Book of World Records?
Ex: I’m going to sleep in a tub
filled with snakes for 1 week.
Task 5 –
Give examples of each of the pairs of tenses listed below and explain the
difference in usage and structure between them as you would do to a low-level
student:
a) Present continuous (with a future meaning) and the
‘going to’ future
i) Explanation of differences in structure:
The ‘be going to’ structure is always followed by a verb.
Present continuous : subject + to be (is/am/are) + verb +
ing
Going to : subject + to be (is/am/are) + going
to + verb (base form)
ii) Differences in usage:
The present continuous is used for definite arrangements while
‘going to’ is used for intentions, predictions, and plans.
iii) Example sentences:
- We are moving to Dongguan next summer. (present continuous)
- I’m going to call you when I get there. (going to)
b) Future simple and future continuous
i) Explanation of differences in structure:
Future Simple : subject + will + verb (base form)
Future continuous : subject + will + be + verb + ing
ii) Differences in usage:
The future simple tense is used for facts, promises,
predictions, spontaneous decisions, and threats while the future continuous
tense expresses an action that is in progress at a particular time in the
future.
iii) Example sentences:
- I’ll bring your car.
- I’ll be listening to a lecture at 4PM tomorrow.
c) Future simple and ‘going to’ future
i) Explanation of differences in structure:
Future simple : subject + will + verb (base form)
Going to : subject + to be (is/am/are) + going
to + verb (base form)
ii) Differences in usage:
The future simple and ‘going to’ are both used for
predictions but the predictions expressed by the future simple are based on
intuition and experience while those expressed by ‘going to’ are based on
present evidence. Additionally, ‘going to’ usually refers to the near future
while the future simple doesn’t refer to any specific moment.
iii) Example sentences:
- She will run her own business.
- I’m pretty sure she’s going to flunk Math.
d) Future simple and future perfect
i) Explanation of differences in structure:
Future simple : subject + will + verb (base form)
Future perfect : Subject + will + have + verb (past
participle)
ii) Differences in usage:
The future simple tense is used for facts, promises,
predictions, spontaneous decisions, and threats while the future perfect is
used to say that something is completed before a certain time in the future.
iii) Example sentences:
- I will learn French.
- I will have learned French by next year.
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