SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING HANDOUT

ENGLISH IV
SIMPLE FUTURE

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Themes: Making a difference, talents and abilities, describing things.

Topics: simple future for predictions and unplanned decisions, probability modals,
word families, offering help, going to, plans and intentions, abilities and talents, asking
for language help, superlative adjectives, describing size and dimensions, comparing
experiences.

Competencies

Students are able to make express future plans and intentions.

Students are able to describe people, animals and objects using a wide range
of vocabulary.
Objectives
To talk about future plans and intentions
To talk about abilities and talents
To identify and use specific vocabulary related to size and dimensions.

Grammar hints
Future Simple
We use the future simple for:
Decision made at the moment of speaking (It’s cold in here. I’ll turn off the air
conditioner)

Predictions about the future, based on what we think, believe or imagine, using
the verbs think, believe, expect, etc., the expressions be sure, be afraid, etc.,
and the adverbs probably, certainly, perhaps etc. (You will probably catch a
cold)

Promises, threats, warnings, requests, hopes, and offers (Will you help me
translate this letter?)

Actions, events, situations which will definitely happen in the future and which
we can’t control (Eric will be twenty years old in May)
Predictions made on what we can see or what we know (The sky is very dark.
It’s going to rain)

NOTE: The time expressions we use with the future simple and be going to are:
tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, tonight, soon, next week/month/year/summer etc., in
a week/month etc.
 I
You

WIL
He
She
It +WILL+(not)+verb

L
We
They
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
We use Will(short We use:
form):’ll Will not=won’t
to express :
QUESTION
Future:There will be For example:He is a
good manager. He won’t Will you come to my
skycars.
make any mistakes. house ?
Decision:The phone is
Short answer:
ringing.I will answer it.
Yes, I will.
Offer:I’ll post the
No, I won’t.
letter for you.
Will she make the bed?
Yes,she will.
No, she won’t.

Finish the sentence with a suitable verb:

will+ verb
*I am too tired to walk home. I think I
will get a taxi.
*I don’t know how to use this phone. OK.
I…… ………. you.
*Goodbye ! Have a nice holiday. Thanks
…….. ……….. you a postcard.
*Are you coming with us?
No, I think I ……. ……… here.
*We haven’t got any cheese.Oh, haven’t
we. I ……. ……… and get some.
*Thank you for lending me your book.
I …….. ………. it back to you on Friday.
*There is someone at the door. OK. I ……
……… it.
*What would you like to eat?
I…… ……… a spaghetti bolognese.
*The phone is ringing.
Right, I …… ………. it.
Will or won’t
My parents ………go to the market. (Get some
vegetables).
(Dennis doesn’t find his toothbrush.)He
……..brush his teeth.
There………..be tennis match because my friend
hurt her knee.
Finish the sentence :
In the future I think________________
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What does WILL mean in the sentences?
a) future b) offer c) decision
The weather will be changeable. ____
They will help you arrange the room. ____
I am very bored. I’ll drive to the hills. ____
I ‘ll have this skirt, please. ____
Don’t cry darling. I’ll buy an other dog for you. ____
 ACTIVITIES

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate verb forms.

1. The plane ——————– at 4.30 pm.

a) arrive
b) arrives
c) will arrive
d) has arrive

2. I will call you when I ——————- back.

a) will come
b) comes
c) come
d) had come

3. We ——————– the Smiths this evening.

a) visit
b) visits
c) are visiting
d) have visited

4. Look at the sky. It ——————– rain.

a) is going to
b) will rain
c) would rain
d) was going to

5. The train ———————- before we reach the station.

a) arrives
b) arrive
c) would arrive
d) will have arrived

6. Perhaps we ——————— our grand parents this week.

a) will visit
b) visit
 c) visited
d) would have visited

7. The next term ———————- on 16th September.

a) begin
b) begins
c) will begin
d) has begun

8. I am sure he ——————

a) come
b) comes
c) will come
d) will come

9. I ——————– you one of these days.

a) will have seen

b) will be seeing
c) see
d) would see

10. Hurry up! The program ———————

a) will start
b) is about to start
c) would start
d) is starting

Cities create environmental problems, but they can also create

solutions.
Soon, more of us will be living in cities than in rural areas. Population experts at the United Nations had
thought that would happen by this year. Lately, their estimate is that in 2008, for the first time in history,
more than half of the world population will be in urban areas.

The United Nations Population Fund just released its yearly “State of World Population” report.
Researchers say three-and-a-third billion people will be living in urban areas next year. By 2030, the
estimate is almost five million. The fastest growth will be in Asia and Africa.

Poor people will make up most of the urban growth. And natural increase will be the main cause of that
growth, not migration from rural areas. The report says mega-cities of more than ten million people have
not grown to the sizes once expected. Most growth is expected instead in smaller towns and cities.

The experts urge governments to improve social services and city planning policies. For example, the
report calls for better land use so poor people do not have to live in slums. Today, an estimated one
billion live in these often polluted and dangerous environments. Ninety percent of the people are in
developing countries.

The report says the possible good of urbanization far outweighs the bad. The task is to learn how to
make the best use of the possibilities. For example, cities can have a lot of poverty, yet they also
represent the best hope for poor people to escape poverty, it says. “Cities create environmental
problems, but they can also create solutions.”

The United Nations report says climate change will affect poor countries, cities and individuals more
severely. Yet many fast-growing cities are more concerned with economic growth than with protecting
themselves against climate change.

On a separate issue, Chin last week denied a newspaper story about a World Bank report on the cost of
pollution in that country. The Financial Times reported that Chinese officials persuaded the bank to
remove information they thought could cause social unrest.

The information reportedly said air and water pollution caused about seven hundred fifty thousand early
deaths in China each year. A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said there was no issue involving a request
from China. She said the report has not been completed yet. The World Bank said the final version will be
released as a series of papers. And that’s the VOA Special Development Report, written by Jill Moss.
Source: VOA – Voice of America.

Respond the following questions:

a. Where will the fastest urban growth be? …………………………………………………..

b. Who will make most of the urban growth? …………………………………………………

c. Why will it be necessary to make better use of land? ……………………………………..

d. Why do cities represent hope for people? …………………………………………………..

e. What will be affected by climate changes? …………………………………………………

References

Just Right Pre-Intermediate. Student’s Book. Just

Right Pre-Intermediate. Workbook.

http://www.cuentoseningles.com.ar/ecology/environment/index.html