What i mean by flexible is that there are many more ways to describe the future, compared to the past and present. Conversations about the future maree conway thinking futures melbourne, australia 2. When we use the present continuous for future plans we are saying that we know the time and place. Will future simple is used to express future intentions that have been made at the moment of speaking spontaneous offers, decisions and promises. And, more importantly, its a time when we talk at least to ourselvesabout our plans for the new year. Talking about the future and future plans really learn english. The worksheet contains 6 talking activities concerning the will and going to future forms and the scifi topic. Future at a1 and a2 at a1, the corpus evidence we currently have shows that learners can use the affirmative forms will and ll in a limited way, especially when referring to plans and intentions. August 6, 2010 there are several ways of talking about the future in english. In 50 years there are projected to be 10 billion people on the earth. Metaphors of the internet find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The above downloadable worksheet is a great resource for high school and adults at preintermediate a2, intermediate b1 and upperintermediate b2 level. Robovie, a talking robot, helps a 69yearold woman with her supermarket shopping in kyoto, japan. This silly role play will get your students talking about one anothers futures.
Talking about the future 5 posts add message report. The ielts speaking test often has at least one question that asks you to make some guesses about how the future will be different to today. Talking about the future is a matter of discussing what might happen, and. For many many reasons people learn on different levels.
I am going to spend this coming weekend with my grandparents. Talking about the future will we use will when we decide to do something at the moment we speak. If you can, bring in a prop that supposedly has magical powers to predict the future. Apr 29, 2016 cae speaking part 1 future plans in part 1 of the speaking paper its typical for candidates to be asked about their goals and aspirations. Tv programme or train departure personal arrangements predictions when you can see the evidence predictions based on no evidence general future intentions not arranged decisions made at the time of speaking promises decisions already made offers, refusals. Nov 17, 20 future continuous as you can see, all of these forms can be used to talk about planned future events. Talking about your future together september 24, 20 by coach corey wayne leave a comment why you should not talk about your future together, becoming exclusive, getting serious, making multiple dates in the future, etc.
Many students think that we use will to form the future tense, but grammarians often say there is no future tense, only ways of expressing future. People create the future thinking about the future is not a thing it happens in peoples minds. Cae speaking part 1 future plans in part 1 of the speaking paper its typical for candidates to be asked about their goals and aspirations. We also use will to talk about what we think or know will happen in the future. Section 3 talking about the future oxford university press. Come on, do not worry, i will help you study for the test seeing that someone is struggling to understand. If you enjoy this video, or have any questions or comments, please. Learn plans future talking about with free interactive flashcards. What other things will change about life in the future. Something that ive noticed practically every english learner has a lot of difficulty with, at some point, is how to talk about the future if this is the case for you, if youve ever been unsure about whether to use will or going to then be sure to watch this short video and check out the transcript below, too. Amazon has evolved constantly throughout its more than 20year life span, first as a book seller, than an ecommerce giant, and now a cloud computing powerhouse. This is a time of year when everyone looks forward to think about what the new year will hold. Thanks to dln, todays engineers, scientists and researchers are able to communicate oneonone with the nasa s workforce of tomorrow. Talking parents is a free and fully secure coparenting communication tool.
Talking about the future learnenglish british council. This suggests it is your prediction but there is no fact or evidence for it. Upload a photo of yourself, and the software creates an interactive 3d model of how. Describe your future goals in your life and career. In sentences that concern a definite plan or arrangement. Use the correct form of the future tense with going to. Talking about the future in english we can talk about the future using different tenses and auxiliaries.
Future tense with going to what is sara going to do. What past predictions of the future got right duration. These sentences usually contain future words, or the future is understood from the context. Key future technologies automaticrobotic everythmg genetic engineermg before birth 66 increasingly critical human limitations downsides large heavy tender slow physically, mentally require huge logis tic trains i. This is what i used to advocate in the schools for kids, they needed other ways to learn than the standard verbal testing instead of written, removing distractions, when overwhelmed having the student read half a page at a time instead of the whole page, using clear yellow. Chinas and indias populations and economies are growing quickly, what do you think china and india will be like in 50 years.
In english, we can use will, be going to, the present simple or present continuous tenses, phrases like about to, and verbs like aim and plan all to talk about the. In this simple lesson you will allow students chance to speak freely about different aspects of their future life while guiding them with their help to. Be going to i am spending this coming weekend with my. Future tenses be going to im going to interview the mayor. In this case, the time and place of the event are usually decided or mentioned. The purpose of this daylong session was to educate and share knowledge among federal agencies on the use of challengebased open innovation.
It provides students with listening practise by watching a video. Warmer on the board, write a few questions about the future in general e. Talking about the future by chris green introduction. Aug 17, 2016 ways to talk about the future with your partner in a way that isnt scary. How will medicine and health care change in the future. If you print this page or save as pdf, this note and all headers and footers will be stripped out. If there is a topic of conversation that stresses couples out, the future is it. Meet a busy businessman and a girl who plans to travel the world as we practise six ways of talking about the future. It is intended as a revision hour, maybe useful ahead of a programme of study.
Talking about plans, expressing opinions with i think. Most times we talk about the future we do not use will, and many of the times we. Talking about what comes next frameworks institute. Future tenses to make a prediction when there is present evidence that something is going to happen. Oh, and hear about finns curry in 6 minute grammar. Here, we share three ways to approach talking about the future. Future self meet and talk with yourself from 20 years in.
Choose from 500 different sets of plans future talking about flashcards on quizlet. In english we can talk about the future using different tenses and auxiliaries. In a recent post, i told you about the four present tenses and their ten uses. Since this tense is mostly used to talk about things that are happening now, to make clear we are talking about the future and not the present, we must use a future time expression to say when that thing is going to happen or we already know from the context.
We usually use the present continuous when the plan is an arrangement with someone else. Wyatt and others published talking about the future. Conversations about the future linkedin slideshare. When talking about plans, we use the present continuous. After that, i told you about the nine ways you can use the four past tenses. Feb 11, 2014 future tenses be going to im going to interview the mayor. Want to learn some cool new expressions for talking about the future in english. Write down the letter for the right tense see exercise 1. The present continuous is usually used to speak about peoples future plans. Students take turns to roll a dice or flip a coin, and move their counter along the board. The future of work is an incredibly popular topic these days. We can use will be with an ing form instead of the present continuous or be going to when we are talking about plans, arrangements and intentions.
The forms with will are mainly used to make simple predictions about the future. Future in english how to talk about the future youtube. These questions are usually in part 3 but sometimes part 1 or part 2 have questions about the future. If there is a topic of conversation that stresses couples out. Note that many languages use a present form to talk about the future in cases where english doesnt. Show that you re responding to the momentnot taking advantage of it.
Cars will fly and everyone will live in glass houses by 2040. Mar 29, 2018 describe your future goals in your life and career. Future tenses future plans or intentions im going to work for a charity. In english, the future tense is more flexible than the past or present tenses. Apr 04, 2014 something that ive noticed practically every english learner has a lot of difficulty with, at some point, is how to talk about the future if this is the case for you, if youve ever been unsure about whether to use will or going to then be sure to watch this short video and check out the transcript below, too. Chat with your future self in this trippy ad campaign twenty years from now, ill be a silverhaired fox and speak with a british accent, judging from this future self campaign created by publicis conseil and jam3 for european telecommunications giant orange. Give out the sheet and have students ask and answer the typical questions, then have them test each other on the expressions. My dp and i were talking about a friend who died 4 years ago this month and talking about her funeral, when a song came on his i tunes it was changes by black sabbath he said this is what i will play at your funeral. Future tense with going to discussing future plans choose the correct word from the list below to complete the following sentences. There are several ways of talking about the future in english. Talking about your future together enlightened selfhelp. Lesson plan jessica rundell wins the lesson share competition with a lesson on future forms and how to choose the right one in conversation.
It is aimed at consolidating future simple vs future continuous and future tenses in english, and is useful for developing your class listening, speaking and reading skills. Bring two students to the front of the classroom for a creative role play. The present continuous tense is mainly used to talk about arrangements in the near future. This great debate is also introducing new phrases to define specific components of how we. What do you think the world will be like in 50 years time. Aug 06, 2010 there are several ways of talking about the future in english. Nobodyat least, nobody i know ofcan say for sure what will happen in the future. We can, for example, use the simple future tense, the going to form or the simple present tense. The simple future tense is used to talk about things which are beyond our control. In english, we mainly use two different structures to talk about the future. How to talk about the future of your relationship with your. Talking parents is available on all mobile and touch screen devices, so you can communicate with your coparent anytime. Nasa s digital learning network isnt exactly a time machine.
Talking about planned future events english grammar. Section 3 talking about the future page 25 language notes the differences between the structures used to talk about the future are complicated, and mostly not very important at this level. There are three main ways of talking about the future. We help coparents communicate and avoid disputes by maintaining an unalterable record of all conversations, important dates, and shared files.
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