Alfred Utton Alfred Utton

TP4
Upper Intermediate level

Description

Ss will encounter the future perfect and future continuous in a text with predictions about life in 20 years. After activities exploring meaning, form, and pronunciation of the form, they will engage in controlled, semi-controlled, and free practice.

Materials

Abc "How will we be living in 20 years' time?" graphic
Abc 1a GRAMMAR future perfect and future continuous
Abc 1b GRAMMAR future perfect and future continuous
Abc Whiteboard, markers, eraser
Abc Utton TP4 Handout

Main Aims

  • To introduce and practice the use of future perfect and future continuous

Subsidiary Aims

  • To develop reading, listening, and speaking

Procedure

Lead In and Exposure (10-12 minutes) • To introduce the topic and provide context for the target language through a text or situation

LEAD IN Ss predict how life will be different in 20 years EXPOSURE Ss notice target grammar while searching "20 years" graphic for answers to TF questions in Reading activity: Decide if the questions are true or false. If they are false, correct them to make them true. 1. _____ Few people will have installed solar panels or wind turbines on their houses. 2. _____ People will be recycling nearly 50% of their waste. 3. _____ All shops and cafés will have stopped using plastic bags and single-use containers. 4. _____ Governments will have invested little money in public transport. 5. _____ Everyone will be cycling, walking, or using the bus and train. 6. _____ Farmers will have stopped producing vegetables commercially. 7. _____ Many ski resorts will have closed because of a lack of winter snow. T elicits answers

Clarification (10-12 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

MEANING Ss pair work first of two Learning activities; they decide whether the sentences from the Reading activity are a) an action or situation that will be finished in the future or b) an action or situation which will be in progress in the future. T elicits answers FORM Part A: Ss pair work the second Learning activity: Use the choices below to fill in the blanks and answer the questions. 1. How do we form the future perfect? S + _____+ _____+ _____ 2. How do we form the future progressive? S + _____ + _____ + _____ Choices a) be b) have c) past participle (ends in –ed for regular verbs) d) present participle (ends in –ing) e) will T elicits answers FORM Part B: Ss pair work deciding which of the 3 timelines on the board demo the target grammar; T elicits answers PRONUCIATION Ss pair work Speaking activity: Which words in a sentence are stressed when we are using these tenses? Draw a dot above the stressed words. 1. Most people will have installed solar panels or wind turbines on their houses. 2. People will be recycling nearly 100% of their waste. T elicits answers

Controlled Practice (6-8 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Ss pair work Practicing Part A in which the complete the first of 4 questions from workbook activity 1a; Ss decide which of the target grammar structures is best used in the sentences. T elicits answers.

Semi-Controlled Practice (6-8 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

Ss pair work Practicing Part B in which they decide which of the tenses is required by the sentence and fill in the blank with the correctly formed verb phrase. Complete the sentences with the future perfect or future continuous form of the verb in brackets. 1. By the end of this month, we'll have moved (move) ____________________ house, so you can come and stay. 2. This time tomorrow, my parents (fly) ____________________ over the Atlantic on their way to Boston. 3. My exams are in May, so I (do) ____________________ them all by 1st June. 4. Don't call me tomorrow morning, because I (drive) ____________________ to Manchester. T elicits answers

Free Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

Ss discuss whether life in Mexico will be similar to book predictions; T facilities as needed

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