A glimpse of the FUTURE!

Future Simple and Future Continuous

Prepare:

Tell your students they are going to watch a video made by microsoft predicting what the world will be like in the near future.

Practice:

After watching the video, show the future simple and future continuous structure:

Future Simple

Subject	+	Auxiliary verb	+	verb
I He/she/it We/you/they		Will		Be Have Work

e.g.: Houses will be sustainable. 

        People will have internet connection everywhere.

Future Continuous

Subject	+	Auxiliary verb	+	Auxiliary verb	+	Verb + ing
I He She it We you they		Will		Be		Working Going making

e.g.: People will be living in sustainable houses;

        Schools will be virtual.

Tell students to sit in pairs and write future simple and future continuous sentences about the video’s predictions for the future. 

According to the video, what will this these things be like in the future? 

• Homes;
• Schools;
• Transportation;
• The use of technology: tools and devices (cell phones, tablets and lap tops);
• Languages;
• Communication (text messages, instant messages, news and magazines);
• Jobs and work place;
• The environment;
• Energy;
• GPS (global positional system);              

Write some future adjectives on the board to help their thoughts:

Personalize

Finally, ask the students to predict the future by reflecting and answering the questions below.

Are your predictions similar to those in the video?

What else do you think will be invented?

How smart do you think home appliances will get?