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Activity 14

14. Listen to Track 17 and identify the verb forms which indicate future tense.
14. Listen to Tr ack 17 and identify the v erb f orms w hich indicate futur e tense . • The purpose of this activity is
that students get the gist that
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• Read the following sentences in future tense from the previous activities.evious activities.
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▲ We shall have a mostly sunny afternoon. session 6 although there are two ways T
● I’m going to teach him or her how to play soccer.
to express future (shall-will/
■ You’ll soon have things to do.
session 6
TRACK 17 going to) they are not the rack 17
15. With your teacher's help, define which sentence from Activity 14 same. Help them identify that
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is the most appropriate for each of the following statements. going to is mainly used for
• Write the corresponding icon in the space provided. Look Remember events to which we have some
at the example. The apostrophe (‘)
indicates a kind of evidence and events
a) Express a planned future situation. ●
change in the
●
b) Express intentions or plans. pronunciation in the near future; will is used
of certain words.
c) Express a future situation.
▲
In the example for sudden predictions and
d) Express an instant decision about above, ‘ll stands
▲/■
the immediate future. for the verb will, long term future and shall has
so that, you will
e) Express a future situation when Sentences expressing future situations. Negative expressions the same uses of will, but only
becomes you’ll.
the subject is I or we. These combined in British English and for first
▲/●
▲
f) Express predictions based on evidence. words are called
contractions. person (I /we).
▲/■
g) Express predictions or expectations.
●
h) Express strong intentions or promises. • Foster in your students to
get assertiveness to express
For our forecast themselves in English.
16. Write sentences to answer the questions you wrote in Activity 13. In order • Help your students to
to do so: distinguish the changes
a) Check if the answer needs to be in the past, present or future. Go back to between contracted and full-
Activities 11 and 12 if needed. fledged forms of future tense
b) Identify the meaning of the sentence to use the adequate verb tense. If you
need to, go back to Activity 15. Look at the example. when listening to them.
• Make your students aware
Questions Forecast of the fact that contracted
What new developments will be The sports park they’re building right now
will be finished shortly.
achieved? forms are more expected
when talking; thus, provide
Meaning: Prediction opportunities to your students
to listen to contracted forms
in different contexts. You may
use other tracks contained
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within the CD to focus on
these forms.
Activity 15
• Take your time to contrast what these distinctions entail. Mastering the subtleties behind these distinctions
for a non-native speaker is quite complex (and not expected at this level), but if students want to improve,
this kind of distinctions are essential to build upon on their knowledge and use of future forms.
• When preparing these activities for their product, consider the following options: going back to check
what they did; stop and help them consolidate while making the necessary corrections for their dialogue;
and assess whether or not go on.
Activity 16
• Mind the order of presenting this activity. First they want to identify the intention/ meaning of what they want
to say; then choose a form and the go back to check whether or not they chose the most adequate form.
• Remind your students the planning, since this activity is the basis for the dialogue, which, in turn, will be
useful for their forecast.
• Since learning is done while doing things, it is good to return, because it is done to reflect upon what you
are doing (one of the basis of learning to learn).
• Remind your students that it is important to give their best when doing these products, since if something
is not well done, the final product will be affected.
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