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  • At the end of this lesson you'll be able to:

    • Review the future tenses
    • Learn some things about deforestation

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REVIEW OF FUTURE TENSES

1) WILL

Dialog: “Our global climate will get hotter and dryer.”

We use will to talk about predictions/ possibilities of future events and situations.

FORM:
WILL + VERB (infinitive)
• I’ve invited Dan to my birthday party, but I don’t think he’ll come.
• The dog will get the rug dirty if you let him in the house.

• Will she be on the phone long? –No, she won’t/Yes, she will.

2) BE GOING TO

Dialog: “As deforestation continues biodiversity is going to be lost.”


We use (be) going to to talk about a future action we’ve decided to do, or is intended to happen.

FORM:
TO BE + GOING + TO + VERB (infinitive)
• I’m going to spend the holidays at a beach resort.
• The executives are going to have a meeting sometime in August to discuss office policies.
• Are you going to go to the Eco Conference in San Francisco?
-No, I’m not/Yes, I am

3) PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Dialog: “Next month I’m traveling to the Amazon Rainforest.”

We use the present continuous to talk about future events that have been arranged.

FORM:
TO BE + VERB (-ING form)
• I’m having dinner with some friends tonight.
• Mark is meeting with the boss on Friday morning to discuss his promotion.
• Are the professors travelling to Manaus next week? –No, they aren’t/Yes, they are

Sobre esta aula

Endangered species, deforestation, water pollution... we cannot deny the environment is crying for help. Check out as a college student interviews an ecologist about the effects of deforestation for a research paper she’s writing, and learn some new words related to this important subject.

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