2 Dec 2010

Talking about the future: Will / Going to


Plans: Going to

WILL / GOING TO EXERCISES.

Visit the following links to practise future tenses:

Simple Future (WILL)


Going to


Thanks very much to Isabel Pérez for preparing these Hotpotatoes exercises and sharing her work with others.

Whatever Will Be, Will Be. Doris Day



Kim Possible and Ron's Future

You have probably seen the Kim Possible cartoons on TV.
What do you think her life will be like in the future?
Tell your partner and listen to what he/she thinks.
Then watch the following video.



Were your predictions right?
Write a short paragraph (using OpenOffice Writer) telling what will happen to Kim Possible.
Use the following vocabulary:
fall in love - get married - study at university - find a job - be unemployed - get pregnant - have a baby -
get divorced - buy a house - go on honeymoon
Save your work and then share it with your teacher in GoogleDocs.

Future Predictions

What do you think the future will be like?
Talk to your partner about it and then see the following videos.

The last 100 years and the next 100 years?



The world 2050

Microsoft's Future Vision 2019

Microsoft's Future Vision 2019 (PARODY)


BBC Planet Earth: Saving the world

Now write about your future vision (using OpenOffice Writer).
Talk about the following: housing, education, health, work, the mass media, means of transport, environment, overpopulation, genetically modified vegetables...
Save your work and then share it with your teacher in GoogleDocs.