3.7.1 Present Simple

3.7.1.1 Do you agree that …

A good student …

… always comes to class in time.

… pays attention to the manner of his/her behaviour.

… does homework everyday.

… never interrupts the teacher.

… asks intelligent questions.

… doesn’t forget things.

3.7.1.2 Work in pairs. Choose one of the following and discuss what the person does and doesn’t do. Write a list

a good mother a good father

a good wife a good husband

a good friend a good son or daughter

a good boss a good employee

Discuss your list with other students

3.7.2 Past Simple

3.7.2.1 Listen to the poem and try to write down the verbs

My old dad

We never ……… him in the mornings

And he always ………. home late

Then he ……… and ……… the paper

And …………the crossword while he ……..

He never ………. us with our homework

But he ……… me how to swim

And he ……… to be patient

I guess I …… a lot from him.

My old dad

He was one of the good guys

He was nobody’s hero

But he was special to me.

Every summer we ………. to Blackpool

Except when he ……… unemployed

He …….. to ……… and ……….. the sunset

That ………. one thing we both ………..

He …….. very gentle

Nothing ever ……. him mad

He ……… never rich or famous

But I …… proud of my old dad

My old dad

He was one of the good guys

He was nobody’s hero

But he was special to me.

3.7.2.2 Match the present and past forms of these irregular verbs

go tell can do come hear wake have say know woke could went heard said told came had did got knew

3.7.2.3 Make fifteen sentences about people who lived in Russia 500 years ago. Use didn’t, wasn’t and weren’t

Examples:

They didn’t eat bananas.

They didn’t drink tea.

They didn’t have passports.

Most people weren’t very tall.

There wasn’t any paper money.

3.7.3 Future Simple

3.7.3.1 Write your own “promise” what you will do (not do) when you are old. Use some or all of the following structures

When I am old, I will …

I will …

I will not …

I will (not) be able to …

I will (not) have to …

I (don’t) suppose I will …

I doubt if I will …

I am sure I will (not)

I might …

3.7.3.2 Choose five of the following predictions and say whether or not you agree with them. Add three more predictions of your own

In the year 3000

Everybody will speak the same language.

Books will no longer exist.

There will be no religion.

Most animals and birds will be extinct.

People will be taller and stronger.

People will live much longer than now.

Large parts of the earth will be uninhabitable.

The world will be seriously overcrowded.

Families will be limited to one child.

There will be a world government.

There will be no such thing as money.

There will be no shops.

Private houses will not exist.

Private cars will not exist.

Nobody will work.

Useful expressions and structures:

I don’t think … will …

I don’t suppose … will …

I’m sure \ certain that … will (not) …

It’s likely \ not very likely \ unlikely \ very probable \ possible that … will ..

3.7.3.3 Work in groups. Each group should choose one of the following subjects, and spend a quarter of an hour discussing it. Then a member of each group should tell the class what the group has decided

What will the housing situation be like in 50 years’ time?

What kind of games and sports will people play in 200 years?

How will shopping work in 50 years’ time? Will people still use money? If not, what will they use instead?

What do you think education be like 100 years from now?

What will … be like in 100 years? (Your choice of subject.)