Back to the future

Upper-Intermediate level

Task 1. Lead-in

Discuss the question: What do you think life will be like in

2050? Make notes.

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Task 2
Read the dialogue
Marcy: Hi, grandma! What are you watching on TV?

Grandma: Oh, Marcy! It is a documentary about climate change. They say

that by 2035 the ice in Antarctica will have melted! I’m so worried!

Marcy: Don’t be, grandma! I’m sure that by that time scientists will have
already found some other planet for people to move to! We will be fine!

Grandma: Oh, Marcy! You’ve always been dreaming

about the future!

Marcy: Yes, future! I’ve just remembered, that they

are showing Back to the Future on Channel 3
today! Where’s the remote control?

Grandma: Relax, the film won’t have started until

8 p.m.

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Task 3. Grammar

Learn the rule.

Future perfect
Will+have+V3
Affirmative Negative Interrogative

The ice will have She won't have Will the ice have
melted by 2035. melted by 2035. melted by 2035.

to speak about actions that will be completed before a stated time

in future

Markers: by tomorrow/next week, by this time, by then, before, till, until

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Task 4. Grammar. Open the brackets
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1.
By the end of this week we (move) to our new house.

2.
Mary (not/pass) her exams by June, 25.

3.
By this time tomorrow we (leave) the country.

4.
(you/finish) your report by tomorrow?

5.
The forecast says that it (stop) snowing by tomorrow.

6.
We (not graduate) from school by this time next year.

7. Her plane (land) by 6 p.m.

8. (you/clean) the house by the time your parents arrive?

9. Mother (cook) breakfast by the time her children wake up.

10. People (colonize) Mars by the end of this century.

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Task 5. Grammar
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Complete the gaps with a suitable verb in Future Perfect

meet, finish, overcome, invent, invade, choose, get

1.
By the end of 2020s people the poverty.

2.
By 2300 aliens the Earth.

3.
By the time I leave school I my future job.

4.
She not married before she graduates.

5.
By the end of this century scientists the cure for cancer.

6.
I know I my future wife by the end of this night!

7. Jim not his hometask until his mom comes home.

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Task 6

Play the game.

Tell your partner 3 things about what you will have done by the end
of the day.

Two sentences must be true and one — a lie.

Your partner will try to guess the lie.

Example:
By the end of the day I will have walked my dog.

By the end of the day I will have finished reading

a book.

By the end of the day I will have watched 500

TikToks.

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Task 7. Discussion

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1.
Have you watched this film?

2.
What is the plot of the film?

3.
When was the film made?

4. What year did Doc Brown and

Marty travel to?

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Task 8

Match the words with their definitions

1.
A hoverboard
a) Trainers with the laces that

can tie themselves

2.
Biometric identification

b) A technology that recognizes

3.
Videoconferencing

your fingerprints or face

4.
Smart glasses

c) A device which help you see in

augmented reality

5. Self-lacing sneakers

d) A technology which helps you

talk to people and see them,

when they are far away

e) A flying skateboard

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Task 9
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Watch the video and say which of these things the film
predicted

Yes No
Virtual reality games

Videoconferencing

Biometric identification

Gyroscooters

Smart glasses

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Task 10. Speaking

We are in the 80-s. Doc and Marty have just come back from
the future. They are on TV giving the interview. Role-play the
interview. Use Future Perfect and new vocabulary.

Interviewer: Doc Brown and Marty:

Ask questions about future Answer the questions.

inventions. Give details.

Will we have invented … by 2015?

What else will we have invented

by 2015?

Ask for additional information.

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Task 11. Writing

What about you?

Make some future resolutions and send them to

your future self.

Use the Future Perfect tense:

By 2050 I will have…

Scan me!
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