Let's Talk about the Future!

Tuesday 5^th May

Hello! How’s everybody?

I hope you are OK.

I’m a bit disappointed because you continue not doing all the homework I give you!

You did the exercise on prepositions – more or less! You didn’t stu
dy the prepositions, though! As for the reading…only Guille did exercises a,b and c. Alicia did b & c.  Why didn’t anybody do exercise d?

We revised prepositions. AGAIN!

We started talking about the future.

To predict the future we use will/won’t + infinitive. We use this tense to express our opinions.

Affirmative	Contracted form	Negative	Question	Short answers
I will study medicine.	I’ll study medicine.	I won’t study medicine.	Will you study medicine?	Yes, I will. No, I won’t
The Internet watch will be very cheap.	It’ll be very cheap.	The Internet watch won’t be cheap.	Will the Internet watch be cheap?	Yes, it will. No, it won’t.
Cars will fly.	They’ll fly.	Cars won’t fly.	Will cars fly?	Yes, they will. No, they won’t.

What things do people use to predict future events?

They use tarot cards and crystal balls. They read the lines on your palms and they also read tea leaves or coffee grounds…

What do you think about the future?

·         Do you think cars will fly?

·         Will people live on Mars or other planets?

·         Will robots rule the earth? And zombies?

Look at the expressions we use to talk about the future.

·         Zombies will definitely not rule the earth.

·         Robots are unlikely (very improbable) to rule the world.

·         Cars will certainly fly.

·         Cars are certain to fly.

·         Cars will possibly fly.

·         Cars will probably fly.

For homework, do the exercises on the photocopy I gave you. Write the meaning of the words you don’t understand (look them up in the dictionary).And write six DIFFERENT sentences using the expressions on the example above (will definitely not, are unlikely to etc.)

That was all! We’ll talk about the future in our next class. Enjoy your weekend!

           GAME 4

Player 1	4
Player 2	4
Player 3	4
Player 4	4
Player 5	4
Player 6	4

 See you on Tuesday!