TUTORING – UNIT 12

Tense review: future with will and first

conditional
Young Connecting 6
(Time Zones 3)

Grammar Guide:
1. Future with will

We use will to make predictions about the future.

Subjects + will (not) + V-infinitive
Questions Answers
What will the future be like? There will be more pollution.
Will there be a lot more people? Yes, there will. The population will definitely increase.

2. First conditional

We use first conditional sentences to talk about a situation that is possible to happen and
its result.
If + S + V (present simple), S + will/ can + V-infinitive
If clause Main clause (result)
S + present simple S + will/ can + V-infinitive
If you buy 2 T-shirts, you’ll get another one free.
If the restaurant doesn’t open today, what will we do?

Note: The main clause can come before or after the if clause.
Ex: You’ll get another one free if you buy 2 T-shirts.

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Practice:
Exercise 1: Choose correct answers.
1. If you _______ to be an astronaut, you’ll need a healthy body.

A. want B. will want C. wants

2. People _______ to Mars someday.

A. are going B. will go C. would go

3. What _______ they do if they see the astronauts?

A. do B. would C. will

4. The Earth will _______ more polluted in the future.

A. gets B. get C. to get

5. How _______ people travel in 100 years’ time?

A. do B. would C. will

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in
parentheses.
0. The Earth _______________ hotter and drier. (be)

1. The presentation _______________ tomorrow. (succeed)

2. If the plan _______________ successful, the trips will last longer in space. (be)

3. What will you do if the museum _______________ today? (close)

4. The astronauts _______________ us a lot of photos and information. (send)

5. If you buy 5 tickets, you can _______________ one free. (get)

Exercise 3: Look at the underlined words. Tick ✔ if they are correct. Cross x if they
are wrong and correct them.
0. What is the Earth like in the future? will the Earth be

1. If I can choose, I will present about Jupiter.

2. They send people to another planet one day.

3. If she will want to be an astronaut, she will learn a lot.

4. There will be more and more people in the future.

5. I think your project is successful.

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Answer Key:
Exercise 1:
1. A. want
2. B. will go
3. C. will
4. B. get
5. C. will

Exercise 2:
1. will succeed
2. is/’s
3. closes
4. will send
5. get

Exercise 3:
1. ✔
2. x will send
3. x wants
4. ✔
5. x will be successful

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