Inside Out Upper Intermediate Unit 12
Choose one of the plans below (either a real plan of yours, or an imaginary one), and make statements about what you will be doing at certain times in the future with “I’ll be …ing (…) at (this time)…” until your partner guesses which plan it is:
OR
Tell your partners that one of the things below is your plan. They should then take turns making positive and negative predictions for what you will be doing and how you will be feeling at certain times in the future before, during and/ or after that planned event, e.g. “This time next week you’ll be longing for a cigarette, but at this time next year you’ll be feeling the best that you have for years”.
You’re going to give up smoking/ give up drinking/ give up fizzy drinks/ give up…
You’re going to invest your money in property/ in shares/ in commodities/ in…
You’re going to start jogging every morning.
You’re going to take up taekwondo/ kendo/ fencing/ archery/ self-defence/ juggling/…
You’re going to move to the UK/ to the USA/ to Japan/ to Italy/ to…
You’re going to open a shop/ open a restaurant/ open a café/ open a…
You’re going to start decorating your house/ renovating your house/ … your house.
You’re going to start looking for a new house.
You’re going to move to the countryside.
You’re going to start going to casinos/ going to the races/ going to betting shops.
You’re going to start night school.
You’re going to enter a television talent show.
You’re going to start looking for your biological parents (because you were adopted).
You’re going to take a year out and go backpacking.
When your teacher stops you, discuss what will be happening at certain points from the final decision above.
How do you think the reality of backpacking is different from people’s imagination?
Read the texts in Inside Out Upper Intermediate Unit 12 and check.
———————————————————————-
PDF for easy saving and printing:
Related pages
