The future; reading practice online

Hello everyone!

How is the weekend? :)

Last week was very short because we only had one day of class. We played a game where you had to guess the definition of some words (foggy, staycation, guffaw and gobsmacked), and the winner had a prize that I hope you liked! :p

The word staycation is not in the dictionary because it is a very new creation. It refers to a new trend where people stay at home for their holidays, because (i) they don't have enough money, (ii) they want to help the environment or (iii) they want to know their country better. Have a look at what wikipedia says about this.




We talked about this new phenomenon and we also read a text where 6 people gave their opinion. Finally, we learnt how to talk about our plans and predictions for the future with the expression (be) going to + infinitive (remember that the verb be changes according to the person).

Here you have some links to practise this:

Exercise 1: Very basic exercise to practise the structure in (+) affirmative sentences.
Exercise 2: Here you have to answer questions using the future.
Exercise 3: Here you have to form negative sentences.
Exercise 4: And, finally, ask questions in the future.

Some people asked me to post readings with exercises to practise at home. I found this link where you can find a lot of readings from different topics (temas). The majority of them have comprehension exercises, and some of them also have the possibility of listening (audiotexts). Of course, only do the ones from the easy level.

For homework, I want you to do exercises 1a and 1b on pages 82 and 83. Please, also complete Grammar Banks 7C and 7D at the end of the book.

See you tomorrow / Tuesday!