Check students’ understanding of talking about the future by reviewing four future forms: will/won’t, be going to, present continuous, and present simple. Students practice using the different ways to talk about schedules and timetables, decisions made in the moment, planned events, and predictions with and without evidence.
Four Ways to Talk about the Future
Overview
Daily lifeTravelWork
Level
Pre-Intermediate: A2+Intermediate: B1
Included
4 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 90 mins
Language functions Talking about the future
Language forms Future forms
Activities
Gap fillMultiple-choiceQuestions and answersReading
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