Exploring the Future: Vocabulary and Grammar
Exploring the Future: Vocabulary and Grammar
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Exploring the Future: Vocabulary and Grammar
Learning Objective
At the end of the lesson you will be able to use 'will' and 'going to' for future predictions and plans, and expand your future-related vocabulary.
What do you already know about predicting the future?
Watch this AI's prediction of the future.
Do you think the events in the video will happen? Why? Why not?
Vocabulary: Future Terms
Learn new words:
prediction, forecast, expectation, innovation, potential.
Do you know what these mean?
What does prediction mean?
An educated guess about the future.
A fact.
An opinion on current events.
A random guess about the past.
What does 'forecast' mean?
To predict future events
A financial report
To make new items
To create a plan
What does 'expectation' mean?
A type of food
A belief about something in the future
A feeling of happiness
A new object that was invented
What does innovation mean?
Avoiding risk to make new products
Improving existing products or services
Using an invention that exists
Following trends to make products
What does potential mean?
being able to perform a task
Immediate success guaranteed
Possibility for future development
being the best at something
Grammar: 'Will' for Predictions
'Will' is used for predictions. Example: It will rain tomorrow.
Make 10 predictions for next week. Use ''will''
Grammar: 'Going to' for Plans
'Going to' is for plans. Example: I am going to visit London next month.
Plan your future: write about the next year, using ''going to''
Grammar Quiz
Choose the correct form: 'will' or 'going to'.
I think it _____ rain tomorrow.
will
is going to
She told me she _____ visit her grandmother this weekend.
will
is going to
They _____ start a new project next month. They talked about it today.
are going to
will
He believes it _____ snow later.
will
is going to
We just decided we_____ have a picnic this Saturday.
are going to
will
Reflection and Wrap-Up
Reflect: What did you learn about the future today?
Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.
