Language Feature: Talking about the Future
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Warmer/FillerCommunicative Language Learning: Future Plans
Get your students talking about their plans for the new year, next weekend, or an upcoming holiday.
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ArticleImagine: Future perfect
Students write predictions about their partner. They use language such as ‘In ten year’s time’, ‘By this time tomorrow’ and ‘By 2050’ in order to practise the future perfect.
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ArticleHoliday game: Future of can/can't
An activity where students receive an exciting holiday and must list all the things they will and won’t be able to do on their given holiday practising the future of can and can’t.
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ArticleMingling activity: Future continuous
A whole-class mingling activity at intermediate level to practise will be + -ing.
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ArticleGrammar: The past and future forms of 'be able to'
Provide students with the tools to explain reasons for absence clearly and politely.
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ArticleFuture in the past: was going to
A matching activity for small groups that practises the use of was going to.
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Teaching toolGrammar Cards: Conditionals
Boost your students’ vocabulary with this useful collection of prepositional phrases.