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Activities: “How to talk about the future with the present simple and the present continuous in English?”
By: revel arroway
Activity 1: Identify why!
Take a look at these future sentences that use the present continuous and the present simple. Can you identify which one is used and why?
Mary is sharing an apartment with a friend next semester.
Classes start the week after orientation.
Mary is doing her graduate studies when she starts school in September.
Mary is doing her graduate studies when she starts school in September.
Mary’s parents are flying to Cancun over Thanksgiving.
Mary is visiting her friend Maggie for Thanksgiving.
Maggie will be working while Mary is studying for school.
Mary’s homework will get harder as the end of term gets closer.
If she earns good grades, Mary will buy herself an ice cream sundae.
Mary leaves to study abroad at the end of the semester.
Mary hopes she gets straight As this term.
Activity 2: Which future is best?
Mary
Mary is doing her graduate work as a Physical Education teacher at the University of North America in Buffalo, New York. She's got a lot of plans, and so she has written a letter to her friend Patty.
Look at the ways Mary talks about the future. Can you find her eight errors?
Just click on them to highlight them.
Hey there Patty!
I can’t wait until the school year begins this fall. I continue my PE teacher studies at the grad school at UNA, here in my hometown, Buffalo!
I’m taking a lot of special classes next semester. The dance department offer several new classes this year, so I’m signing up for ballet and jazz dance. Since I love trekking, I’m looking at a special adventure training course. This semester, the course concentrate on how to prepare for intense hiking. I’m really looking forward to this course!
I’m moving out of my parents’ house this year too. I share an apartment with my friend Jenny. She’s enrolling in the graduate program for American History. Like me, she wants to be a teacher, so she looks at education classes next fall.
The semester begins in late September. Classes start after the orientation week. I has vacation time for Thanksgiving, of course, and I’d love to drop in to New York City to see you. My parents fly to Cancun on Black Friday, so I can travel that same day. Usually, the train to New York is leaving early in the morning, so we can spend all weekend together. What do you think?
See you soon!
Mary
I can’t wait until the school year begins this fall. I continue my PE teacher studies at the grad school at UNA, here in my hometown, Buffalo!
I’m taking a lot of special classes next semester. The dance department offer several new classes this year, so I’m signing up for ballet and jazz dance. Since I love trekking, I’m looking at a special adventure training course. This semester, the course concentrate on how to prepare for intense hiking. I’m really looking forward to this course!
I’m moving out of my parents’ house this year too. I share an apartment with my friend Jenny. She’s enrolling in the graduate program for American History. Like me, she wants to be a teacher, so she looks at education classes next fall.
The semester begins in late September. Classes start after the orientation week. I has vacation time for Thanksgiving, of course, and I’d love to drop in to New York City to see you. My parents fly to Cancun on Black Friday, so I can travel that same day. Usually, the train to New York is leaving early in the morning, so we can spend all weekend together. What do you think?
See you soon!
Mary
Activity 3: Tell us your plans!
You’ve been accepted to the University of North America. To help you start your studies, the university has sent you this survey to fill out, talking about the plans you have for your future.
Most of the questions can be answered using the present continuous, but some should use other verb forms.
Write complete sentences. Here are some verbs you can use in your answers:
When will you graduate from high school?
When are you arriving on campus?
Where are you going to be living?
What courses are you planning to take in the first semester?
What extracurricular activities do you plan to do?
When will you graduate from high school?
