Stages of life Lesson 2 2 Grammar builder: future progressive vs. future simple a Look at the sentences. Which ones are about: • a complete, defined activity in the future • an open-ended activity taking place at a certain time in the future? 1 2 3 4
He’ll be playing for a famous football team when he’s 21. She’ll go to college after she leaves school. She’ll be teaching science in a few years time. When he’s eighteen he’ll apply for a job with a software company.
b What is the difference in the verb structures in sentences 1–4 in exercise 2a? c Complete the sentences with the more appropriate structure: future progressive or future simple. 1 We ____________________ (wait) for you at seven o’clock. Don’t be late. 2 3 4 5
They ____________________ (paint) the house while we are away. They can finish in that time. I ____________________ (pay) them when we get back. In ten years, we ____________________ (live) in a bigger house with a nice yard, I hope. I ____________________ (work) when you arrive, so wait for me in the café across from my office.
d Complete the sentences, using information about yourself. 1 This time next week, I ______________________________________________________________________. 2 When I’m 20, I ____________________________________________________________________________. 3 At 10 o’clock tomorrow evening, I ____________________________________________________________.
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4 Speaking a Complete this table with your expected situations five and ten years from now.
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