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Lesson 25 – Planning the Future

Learning ObjectivesAfter this lesson, students will be able to:

• Use action verbs to talk about one’s planned activities in a timetable.

• Complete sentences with the form of be going to.• Identify what plan is.• Arrange one’s plans for the next holiday.• Practice pronunciation of consonants /f/ and /p/

Learning Objectives 2

Lesson 25. Planning the Future

Warm Up 3

How are you going to use English in the Future?


Your Schedule 4

Fill the table below with your activities today and for the coming days.

Time of the day

TOMORROWTHIS

WEEKENDNEXT WEEK

NEXT MONTH

NEXT SUMMER

MORNING

AFTERNOON

EVENING


Be going to 5

The Future – am/is/are going to + verb

When I grow up I _______(to be) a footballer – a really good one. I’m in the school team and Iplay three times a week. But I _______(to train) very hard, every day, so I can be really, reallygood. First I _______ (to play) for Manchester United, then Inter Milan, and then Real Madrid.Those are my favourite teams. I _______(to travel) all over the world and I _______(to be)famous. I _______(not to marry) until I’m very old – about 25. Then I want to have two sons.I_______ (to play) football until I’m 35 – that’s a very long time. And I_______ (to teach) mysons to play. I want them to be famous footballers, too!

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs.

When I retire next year … I_______ (to retire) early … I _______(not to stay) at home and watchTV. I_______ (to try) lots of new things. First I want to go mountain-climbing. In fact, I want toclimb Mount Everest, so I_______ (to train) very hard for that. I_______ (to learn) to scuba-dive, too, because I want to go scuba-diving in Australia. There are so many things I want to do!I _______(to travel) all over the world, then I _______(to write) a book about my adventures. Iwant to call it ‘Life begins at 60!’ In my book, I _______(to tell) other retired people to try newthings, too. You are only as old as you feel!


Reading Exercise 6

Hi, my name is Rosie. I am 17 years old. I am going to be a doctorwhen I am older. I love to study and will go to medical school when Iam 20. Before this I am going to travel abroad, to Africa and Indiaand work in hospitals to get some experience. I want to be the best!

When I am older I am going to travel more. I came to the UK fromItaly when I was five and I will return there one day soon. As I amgoing to travel I will learn as many new languages as I can while I amat school. My classmate is very good at Chinese and Russian. He isgoing to help me learn them. Sorry I forgot to say, my name isLaurent and I hope to meet you on my travels in the future!


Reading Comprehension 7

1. Who is going to be a doctor?2. Who is going to learn Chinese and Russian?3. What similar activity are they going to do? 4. Who is going to help Laurent learn languages?5. What is Rosie going to do in Africa?


Planning a holiday 8

A plan is typically any list of steps with details on how todo something in the future.

Plan your next holidayPlace to go

Things to bring

People to be with

How long

Food to try

Activities to try


Sentence Building 9

1. rain / later / will / it2. to / be / you / going / late / are 3. birth / soon/ she / give / will4. are / married / get / to / going / they5. you / are / shopping/ going / go / to6. When / you / will / go / abroad7. study / What / going / you / to / are8. be / Will / the / you / party / at9. going / date / are / you / Who / to


Speaking Drill 10

1. Are you going to meet anyone at the weekend?2. Are you going to watch television tonight?3. What book are you going to read next?4. What hairstyle are you going to have next?5. What are you going to do on your next birthday?6. How are you going to get better at speaking English?7. Who are you going to text or send an e-mail today?8. What mobile phone are you going to buy next?9. What are you going to eat in your next meal?10. When are you going to retire?11. How old are you going to be in 2050?


Pronunciation Drill 11

fast past

foot put

fork pork

fan pan

feel peel

fee pee

fine pine

fill pill

fair pair

fail pail

Minimal Pairs /f/ and /p/


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