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92 Making-Predictions Can
Making Predictions
Warm-Up
WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN?
1. personal opinions
Question 3
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Grammar Review
A. Using Will and Be Going To
3 Do not use will and going to together. It will probably going to rain. It will probably rain.
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Practice
A. Dialogues
Complete the dialogues, and check your answers with your teacher.
Then practise the dialogues with a partner.
Dialogue 1: Likely
Dialogue 2: Unlikely
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Practice cont.
B. Matching
1. When do you think they will arrive? a) No, I think it will probably be sunny.
3. How much do you think it will cost? c) I think shes going to have a boy.
4. Do you think its going to rain? d) They will probably get here around 7:00 pm.
5. What do you think shes going to have? e) It will likely cost about 25 dollars.
C. Question Formation
Use the future tense to form questions to go with the following points.
Then take turns making predictions with your partner.
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Review
Task 1
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Task 2
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Review
Task 3
QUESTION FORMATION
Use the prompts to ask your teacher or partner five prediction questions.
Prompts
Questions
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Answer Key
LESSON DESCRIPTION: LEVEL: Int / CLB 46
Students review language and useful expressions for making TIME: 1 hour
predictions. They practise common English phrasesandreview
TAGS: functional English, useful expressions, predictions,
how to use the simple future tense with think, bet, probably, and
making predictions, predict, future, probably, likely
likely. They also learn how to avoid some common errors when
makingpredictions.
Discuss together as a class. Read the common questions out loud to yourstudents and have
them respond with a corresponding answer. Then have them say
the questions and you can respond with a corresponding answer.
CLB Skill Competencies
Making a Prediction
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A. DIALOGUES The following three tasks can be used for assessment purposes
and/or review practice. You can save all of the tasks until the
Dialogue 1: Likely Dialogue 2: Unlikely
endorassess your students throughout the lesson.
1. Probably 1. unlikely
2. will 2. wont TASK 1
3. bet 3. bet
Ask your students these questions orally.
Ask them to respond orally or in writing.
B. MATCHING
1. Do you think its going to rain tonight?
1. d 2. b 3. e 4. a 5. c
2. What mark will you get on this task?
3. When will you get home today?
C. QUESTION FORMATION
4. W ill life become more difficult or
Help students form questions. Answers may vary. easier for humans in the future?
5. Which country will become part
1. Who will win the next election?
of the United States in the future?
2. What will the weather be like tomorrow?
3. Which country will be the next to land on the moon?
4. Where will you will live when youre 80 years old? / CLB Skill Competencies
Where do you think you will live when youre 80 years old?
Listening:IV. Comprehending Information
5. What will you be doing 20 years from now?
Speaking / Writing:IV. Sharing Information
6. How many children / nieces and nephews will you have?
Speaking / Writing:I. Interacting with Others Assess your students understanding of common errors.
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Assess your students ability to form questions other English textbooks may differentiate future predictions with
orally in order to get others to make predictions. will vs. be going to in terms of opinion vs. fact, near future vs.
remote future, no evidence vs. evidence, etc.; however, we feel
1. What will the weather be like next week? / these differences are slight, not always true, often ignored by
What is the weather going to be like next week? / native speakers, and potentially confusing for students.
What do you think the weather will be like next week? /
What do you think the weather is going to be like next week? (continued on the next page...)
2. Who will win the Stanley Cup next year? /
Who is going to win the Stanley Cup next year? /
Who do you think will win the Stanley Cup next year? /
Who do you think is going to win the Stanley Cup next year?
3. Will there be another World War? /
Is there going to be another World War? /
Do you think there will be another World War? /
Do you think there is going to be another World War?
4. Who will be your wealthiest friend five years from now? /
Who is going to be your wealthiest friend five years from now? /
Who do you think your wealthiest
friend will be five years from now? /
Who do you think your wealthiest friend
is going to be five years from now?
5. How old will you be when you retire? /
How old are you going to be when you retire? /
How old do you think you will be when you retire? /
How old do you think you are going to be when you retire?
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OVERVIEW
*Note: **Note:
This CLB range is suggested by ESL Library based on PBLA refers to portfolio-based learning assessment in
the descriptors in the Canadian Language Benchmarks theLINC program (though any teacher can use these tasks
guide: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/pub/language- for review or assessment). Visit our Resources section for
benchmarks.pdf Assessment Tools that you can print and personalize for
PBLA: https://esllibrary.com/resources
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PROFILES OF ABILIT Y
Listening
Understand short social exchanges containing casual small talk.
(4)
Reading Understand the purpose, main idea, key information, and specific details in simple,
(4) short texts related to everyday familiar and personally relevant situations and topics.
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