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Future time clauses
Pre-intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will learn how to pair main and subordinate clauses to talk about things which will possibly occur in the future. The lesson begins with presentations of images to illustrate the difference between things that may happen and things that definitely will happen. The latter group includes further distinction between things which will happen at some indeterminate time in the future and this which will happen immediately following another action. We will lead students toward a review of the form of these constructions, and pronunciation drills of the contraction "I'll." Finally, students will produce some of their own examples of future time sentences.

Materials

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Main Aims

  • Future time clases. To guide students to an understanding of the differences in sentences beginning with if, when and as soon as.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To help students more naturally reproduce the "'ll" contraction as used in "i'll," he'll," etc.

Procedure

Lead-in (1-2 minutes) • A brief segue from the reading to the grammar lesson.

Direct attention to text about longevity on Okinawa. Ask students what will happen if they eat a healthy diet and exercise a lot? They will live a long time. What happens if they study grammar all day? They get very bored!

Meaning (2-17 minutes) • To help students discover the meaning of the TL

Look at the first two pictures. What is happening in the first? A fire. What is happening in the second? A person is running away from the fire. Do buildings always catch on fire? No. But when they do, do people always try to run out? Yes. Repeat this exercise for the second pair of images in a similar vein. PW: Ask students to form sentences of their own describing the third pair of images. Check several responses as a class. Move on to the "when/will" images on p.2. What is happening in the first image? Water is boiling. And in the second? The person is pouring a cup of tea. Do we know the water will boil? Yes. Do we know when? No. Repeat for second pair of images. PW: Ask students to form sentences of their own describing the third pair of images. Check several responses as a class. Move on to "as soon as." What happens at 9 p.m.? Class ends. What will happen when class ends? The teacher will sprint for the door. Are we sure class will end? Yes. What will happen then? Teacher will run for the door. Do we know when? Yes, at 9 p.m. Immediately? Yes! Repeat for second pair of images. PW: Ask students to form sentences of their own describing the third pair of images. Check several responses as a class.

Eliciting Form (17-27 minutes) • To help students discover form of TL on their own

Independent work: Students complete future time clauses worksheet. The task is to identify the correct verb forms for each of the clauses in the sentences. Early finishers can peer check, then have them put on example of each on the white board. These examples, corrected, will be used as the templates for the form exercise.

Form (27-37 minutes) • Using student work, we create a frame for TL

Class reviews three answers to exercises written on board by students. We correct any errors as necessary via student feedback. Proceed with framing. Does anyone know what we call words like "if," "but," when" and so on? Conjunctions. What are the conjunctions here? If, when, as soon as. OK, how about the parts of the sentence. How many actions are indicated here? Two. What are they? Draw lines in. What do we call a part of a sentence? Clause. And a clause that can work as a sentence by itself? Main clause. One that cannot? A subordinate clause. Draw in lines.

Pronunciation (37-40 minutes) • To improve pronunciation of the conctraction "I'll" or he'll or she'll.

Chorale drilling, group drilling individual drilling.

Production (40-45 minutes) • To get students using TL with ideas of their own

PW - New pairings. Students ask partners to discuss one of the following questions: What will you do if you win the Lotto or get rich? What will you do when summer begins?: Or: What will you do as soon as you get home this evening? Solicit partner responses if time available.

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