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Unit 17: Endangered animals
Talking about the future

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  1. 1Pop-ups
  2. 2Hidden talents
  3. 3Can't buy me love
  4. 4Travellers' tales
  5. 5The colleague from hell
  6. 6Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
  7. 7Career changes
  8. 8Art
  9. 9Project management
  10. 10The dog ate my homework!
  11. 11The diary of a double agent
  12. 12Fashion forward
  13. 13Flat pack skyscrapers
  14. 14Extreme sports
  15. 15Food fads
  16. 16Me, my selfie and I
  17. 17Endangered animals
  18. 18A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
  19. 19I'm really sorry...
  20. 20Telling stories
  21. 21Fakes and phrasals
  22. 22Looking to the future
  23. 23Becoming familiar with things
  24. 24From rags to riches
  25. 25Against the odds
  26. 26Our future on Mars?
  27. 27Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
  28. 28Dodgy dating
  29. 29Annoying advice
  30. 30I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks

Session 2

Meet a busy businessman and a girl who plans to travel the world as we practise six ways of talking about the future. Oh, and hear about Finn's curry in 6 Minute Grammar.

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Activity 2

Helga hits the road

Round the world trip

It's now time to try out all those ways of talking about the future.

This time let's imagine a girl called Helga. She's just graduated from high school and plans to go to university, but first she wants to travel round the world. Here are a few notes from her diary:

Places to visit: Japan, Australia, Chile... maybe more

Where to stay: Three weeks with the Matsumoto family in Tokyo to begin with, hotels and guesthouses in the other places

Itinerary: Booked the 6am flight to Tokyo tomorrow! Volunteering in a orphanage in Thailand... and booked a one-month Spanish language course in Santiago

Don't forget: Uncle Jason is coming this afternoon to lend me his Japanese phrasebook

 

ፅሁፉን ያንብቡና ቀጣዩን ክንውን ይሞክሩ

To do

Can you use the words provided to make sentences about Helga's story? This will test your knowledge of form, meaning and use of our six ways of talking about the future.

Helga's adventures

6 Questions

Read Helga's diary notes. Then make sentences using the words provided.

እንኳን ደስ ያለዎ ሙከራውን አጠናቀዋል
Excellent!Great job!መጥፎ እድል ነጥብ አስመዝግበዋል :
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Next

In 6 Minute Grammar we'll hear Finn and Catherine give a summary of all these ways of talking about the future. We'll also find out about Finn's dinner plans... he likes curry!

የሰዋሰው ክፍለ ጊዜ

  • 1) Will - for statements and predictions about the future, and when making instant decisions made at the time of speaking

    • In 100 years' time, everyone will have an electric car.
    • Sorry, I'm in a hurry. I'll take the car and you walk.

    2) Be going to - for intentions, arrangements and present situations that extend into the future

    • The government is going toraise fuel taxes.

    3) Present continuous tense - for plans and arrangements

    • I'm cooking for six guests next week.

    4) Present simple tense - for timetabled future events

    • The meal starts at six.

    5) Be about to - for the near future

    • Quick, the film is about to start!
    • We're about to leave. Get on the bus.

    6) Certain verbs + to + infinitive - to indicate plans and intentions for the future

    • I planto study photography next year.
    • We aimto finish by 8pm.
    • Mark intends to move to Berlin.
    • We've arranged to meet next Monday.
    • She decided to take the train tomorrow.
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Session Vocabulary

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