FUTURE TIME EXPRESSIONS / WOULD LIKE

FUTURE TIME EXPRESSIONS / WOULD LIKE

Prepared by: Madam Nurhafizah

Time expressions + will,

when + will

When we make predictions about the future with will, we often use time expressions like:

tomorrow next week this summer soon one day

Example

I'll be rich one day!

We use phrases with when like this:

When I go shopping, I'll buy some new shoes. √

When, I'll go shopping, I'll buy some new shoes. X

In sentences about the future,

which tense do we use after when?

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Activity 1:

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in bracket.

1) When we .......... (be) in Paris, we ........... (going) shopping.

Use comma to write your answer.

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2) I .......... (try) lots of different clothes on, but I ........... (not buy) them all!.

Use comma to write your answer.

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3) When we .............. (feel) tired, we .............. (find) a cafe.

Use comma to write your answer.

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4) I ............ (have) a drink and a sandwich.

Open Ended

Activity 2:

Make predictions about your future. Use these phrases to help you.

1) get a job

2) go to university

3) buy a car

4) travel around the world

5) get married

6) learn to drive

Would like

• We use would like to mean want.

• We use infinitive with to after it.

Affirmative

I'd like to borrow your book.

Tom would like to go to the concert.

Negative

I wouldn't like to borrow your book.

Tom wouldn't like to miss the concert.

Questions

Would you like to take the dog for a walk?

Would you like to help me to clean the dishes?

Short answers

Yes, I would.

No, I wouldn't.

Activity 3:

Study the table. Write sentences using would like (✔) or wouldn't like (X).

Example:

I / forget your birthday. (X)

I wouldn't forget your birthday.

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1) He / have short hair. (X)

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2) Sarah / play the guitar. (✔)

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3) Mrs Smith / go on a rollercoaster. (X)

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4) Neil and Liz / get married. (✔)

Activity 4:

Grammar in context

Read the maths problems and choose the correct answers for 1 - 8.

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A. Bananas are 1.20 euros a kilo, apples are 2.50 euros a kilo, and pears are 2.20 euros a kilo. You are going (1) a buy / to buy / buying half a kilo of bananas, a kilo of apples, and a kilo of pears. Will a five euro note (2) it is / it be / be enough to pay for them?

Use comma to write your answer. No need to put numbers.

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B. Sue gets 100 euros for her birthday. She (3) will to / going to / 's going to spend 36.99 euros on a camera and 12.50 euros on a DVD. How much change (4) she will have / will she have / will have she?

Use comma to write your answer. No need to put numbers.