future tense review
New Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 5
Part One: Tense review
Say one thing about your past, present or future without using a full sentence, e.g. “Do taekwondo” and your partner will try to guess which time you are talking about. When they have guessed correctly, they will try to make a true sentence in the right tense, e.g. “You often do taekwondo”, “You used to do taekwondo when you were a kid” or “You’d like to start doing taekwondo”. If they can’t guess, tell them the true sentence, then take turns doing the same.
Possible topics
- Accommodation
- Family and friends
- Food and drink
- Foreign languages
- Free time
- Hometown
- Meetings, appointments and dates
- Shopping and other purchases
- Special occasions, e.g. celebrations and festivals
- Studying, exams and qualifications
- Technology
- Travel, holidays and living abroad
- Weekends
- Work
Part Two: Future tense presentation
Your teacher will tell you about three future changes or events in their life. Try to put each one in the correct different future tense.
Check as a class.
Why are different tenses used each time? What do the three different tenses mean, and when are they used?
Part Three: Future tense practice
Play the same game with different kinds of future events. Say one thing about your future without using a full sentence, e.g. “Get my hair cut”. Your partner will try to guess if that is an arrangement (e.g. you have an appointment), a plan (= you have decided to do it) or just a prediction (= your picture or imagination of the future). When they have guessed correctly, they will try to make a true sentence in the right tense, e.g. “You are getting your hair cut sometime this week”. Then take turns doing the same.
Part Four: Discussion questions
Ask and answer questions about your future work and studies in pairs.
Take turns asking each other about topics from this list:
- Days off
- Economy of your country
- English level
- English tests
- Five years’ time
- Holiday
- Next public holiday
- Politics
- Promotion
- Purchases
- Retirement
- Savings and investments
- Skills and qualifications
- Sports, clubs and hobbies
- The distant future
- The environment
- The near future
- The weekend
- This evening
- Volunteering
- Where you live
- World economy
Continue, but asking questions about different topics
Part Five: Have you got what it takes?
Remembering your partner’s answers from Part Four above, discuss which of you is more ambitious, more motivated, a better planner and more organised.
Has your partner got what it takes to be a success in their future studies and/ or career, e.g. do they have the right personality, skills and attitude?
Part Six: Questionnaire
You are going to answer questions to see “Have you got what it takes?” (New Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 5) You and your partner will be given different questions. First answer the questions you have for yourself, then your partner will ask you the questions they have. You can then add up the scores from the two sets of questions to see your assessments.
When you have seen the assessment, discuss if you agree or not, and whether it matches what you talked about in Part Five above.
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