Master the language of professional email etiquette and learn how to reply politely under pressure, resolve conflict and delegate work without sounding rude in Business English.
Main objectives of this material
- Develop natural future-time vocabulary and expressions, including phrases such as be about to, be due to, be bound to, I doubt I'll, by this time next year, and this time next week.
- Learn and practise all six English future forms - will, be going to, the present continuous, the present simple, the future continuous, and the future perfect - and choose the right form for every plan, arrangement, and prediction.
- Improve reading and speaking skills by analysing a real-life dialogue about changing careers and discussing personal plans, arrangements, and predictions for the year ahead.
What students are going to cover
In this lesson, students will explore how English speakers really talk about the future through a dialogue about quitting a job and retraining for a new career. They will discover the difference between plans, arrangements, timetables, and predictions, and practise choosing between will, going to, the present continuous, the future continuous, and the future perfect. Guided discovery tasks, gap-fills, and error correction lead into personalised speaking practice, where learners describe their own year ahead and forecast life in 2040. Natural phrases such as bound to and about to complete this future tenses English lesson plan. By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to describe plans and arrangements accurately, make predictions with the right degree of certainty, and talk about future milestones using the future continuous and future perfect.
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