Sport and Leisure
Future Forms
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a) Look at the picture A and say what kind of work is being done.
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B b) Listen to the text about the preparations for the Olympic Games 2012. Complete the sentences with the phrases from the box.
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The Olympic Games 2012 (1) … in London. All the preparations (2) … by December 2011. Now the construction work on the Olympic Stadium is being completed. The Olympic Stadium site (3) … canals. The stadium (4) … a capacity of 80,000 and (5) … to convert into a 25, 000-seat venue once the event is over. The Olympic Village (6) … 2, 800 apartments accommodating participants and officials. Soon the company (7) … building work on The Aquatics Centre, which (8) … the ‘gateway’ to the Olympic Park. The Park (9) … a 50m competition pool, a 25m competition diving pool, and a 50m training pool. VeloPark (10) … a 6,000-seat velodrome for indoor cycling events and a BMX circuit.
9.
Read the information.
Future Forms
Future actions in English can be expressed with the help of different tense frames. Tense/Form
Usage
Example
Future Simple (Active) will+ verb
decisions made immediately, hopes, fears, threats, offers, promises, warnings, comments etc; actions/predictions which may happen in the future; things we are not sure about or we haven’t decided yet
I’m hungry. I’ll cook something. I promise I’ll eat. / She’ll come soon. Summer will be here soon. Perhaps we’ll win./I’ll think about that.
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