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The Future Unit: ESL Activities for Teens

Plans, predictions and future jobs: a unit for the two future forms, and for teens to imagine their own lives.

Age
Ages 12–17
Level
A2–B2
Skill
Vocabulary · Speaking
Time
45 min
Format
Teacher guide
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What's in the pack

7 free resources from the site, ready for the board or the printer.

A 45-minute lesson

One way to run the pack as a full lesson. Swap any step for your coursebook's own activity.

  1. 5min

    1. Warm-up

    Show a few space words and ask: 'Will people live on the Moon by 2060?' Quick hands-up vote and two reasons each side.

    Space: words and pictures →
  2. 10min

    2. Present

    Will slides, then going to slides, as a model: students sort sentences into 'prediction' or 'plan'.

    Grammar slides: will (predictions and promises) →
  3. 10min

    3. Practise

    Jobs vocabulary: groups choose three jobs that will disappear and three that will appear.

    Jobs: words and pictures →
  4. 15min

    4. Speak

    The B1 future questions in pairs; partners note one surprising answer.

    Discussion questions: The Future →
  5. 5min

    5. Wrap-up

    Students write one sentence for a class time capsule: 'In five years, I'll…'

Total: 45 minutes

Three extra practice tasks

Written for this theme, no printing needed. Use them as fillers, homework ideas or a second lesson.

  1. 1. Time capsule letter

    Students write a short letter to themselves in ten years: plans, predictions and one question.

    Model languageDear future me, I'm going to finish school next year. Do you still play guitar?

  2. 2. Fortune teller

    In pairs, one is a fortune teller who 'reads' a palm and makes five funny predictions with will.

    Model languageYou will meet a famous chef and you'll open a pizza shop on the Moon.

  3. 3. Future school

    Groups describe a school in 2060: lessons, teachers, travel to school. Present with three predictions each.

    Model languageStudents won't carry books. They'll learn from holograms.