Students speak about the future, using the modal verb will with a variety of verb forms/aspects. Students practice using the future perfect and future continuous forms with will to talk about future events and activities.
Talking about the Future
Overview
BusinessWork
Level
Upper-Intermediate: B2Advanced: C1
Included
3 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 120 mins
Language functions
Asking and answering questionsTalking about the future
Language forms
Continuous formsFuture formsModal and auxiliary verbsPerfect forms
Activities
ConversationGap fillQuestions and answersSentence completionTrue or false
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