Lesson 1A Vocabulary and Grammar – Future Forms
📚 Exercise Contents
📝 1. In pairs, choose the adjectives that best describe a person who does well in exams.
🎯 Correct Answers:
📚 Dedicated
🎯 Determined
🌟 Eager to learn
💫 Gifted
💪 Hard-working
🎨 Inventive
💭 2. How do you feel before exams? Choose the sentence that is most true for you.
2. I enjoy exams. I think it's exciting to have a chance to show everything I've learnt.
3. I get butterflies in my stomach, I can't sleep the night before and I'm sure I'm going to fail.
Answers: Students' own answers
🎧 3. 5.1 Read and listen to the dialogue. Then match the speakers to sentences 1–3 in Exercise 2.
📖 Dialogue:
Mazen: OK, a I'll get the tickets … What? Oh, yeah, I'll ask them but b I don't think they'll come. Bye!
Mazen: What are you two doing after the exam? c I'm meeting Faisal at Ali's and then we're going to see a movie. Do you want to come?
Sami: No, thanks. After this exam, d I'm going to lie down.
Mazen: Well, I guess you were up all night. What about you, Ziad?
Ziad: What time does the film start?
Mazen: e It starts at six.
Ziad: Oh, I'm meeting Hani at the library at seven.
Mazen: Why are you going to the library?
Ziad: To study.
Sami: Are you going to revise for the Maths exam?
Ziad: No, I don't need to. I'll definitely pass Maths. I'm going to study Biology.
Mazen: Any last-minute predictions?
Sami: Yes, I'll fail, f you might pass and …
Mazen: What do you mean I might pass?
Ziad: Well, I'm sure you won't fail. You never fail.
Sami: Well, I'm not going to pass this exam.
Teacher: OK, g the exam is about to begin.
Mazen: Oh no! I wasn't expecting this topic! h I'm going to fail!
👨🎓 Ziad – 2
I enjoy exams. I think it's exciting to have a chance to show everything I've learnt.
😰 Sami – 3
I get butterflies in my stomach, I can't sleep the night before and I'm sure I'm going to fail.
😐 Mazen – 1
I usually feel confident that I'm going to pass, but occasionally I get a horrible surprise.
🔍 4. Match the underlined sentences a–h in the dialogue to explanations 1–8.
2 □ That's my plan.
3 □ That's what the website says.
4 □ I promise to do that.
5 □ It's not impossible but it's not guaranteed.
6 □ I've seen the questions, I know I can't pass.
7 □ It's going to start very soon.
8 □ We've arranged to do that.
🎯 Correct Answers:
1 b - I don't think they'll come
2 d - I'm going to lie down
3 e - It starts at six
4 a - I'll get the tickets
5 f - you might pass
6 h - I'm going to fail
7 g - the exam is about to begin
8 c - I'm meeting Faisal at Ali's
✅ 5. 5.2 Complete the conversation with the correct future form of the verbs in brackets. Then listen and check.
💬 Conversation:
Amal: Please can you help me study for the Physics exam? I'll buy you cake.
Rola: I can't. I 1 'm going (go) to my gran's. Do you want to come along?
Amal: I don't think we 2………………. (study) much at your gran's. And if I don't study, I 3……………….. (fail)!
Rola: Well, on Friday I 4……………….. (visit) my cousin who just had a baby.
Amal: How about Saturday? My sister might 5………………….. (go shopping) with me in the morning, but I 6………………… (not/do) anything in the afternoon.
2 're going to study
3 'll fail
4 'm visiting
5 be going shopping
6 'm not doing
WATCH OUT!
We often use think and be sure before will: I'm sure you'll enjoy that. In negative sentences I don't think they'll come is more usual than I think they won't come. The adverbs definitely, probably and certainly come after will but before won't: It will probably happen. It probably won't happen.
1. I think I'll pass all my exams but I think I'll pass most of them.
Answer: I don't think I'll pass all my exams but I think I'll pass most of them.
2. I'll probably start studying seriously next weekend. I've got too much to do.
Answer: I probably won't start studying seriously next weekend. I've got too much to do.
3. I think I'll go to university when I leave school. I want to get a job.
Answer: I don't think I'll go to university when I leave school. I want to get a job.
Practice speaking with your partner using the future tense forms learned in this lesson.
📚 Additional Information
💡 Future Tense Tips:
Remember the differences between "will" for spontaneous decisions and predictions, and "be going to" for plans and intentions.
Present continuous is used for fixed arrangements in the future.
⬆️ Back to Top🎯 Exam Success Strategies:
Effective exam preparation involves regular study, understanding concepts rather than memorizing, and managing time well.
Positive mindset and stress management techniques can significantly improve exam performance.
⬆️ Back to Top🔗 Reliable Sources & References
🌐 Trusted Educational Sources:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar - Future tense explanations
https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english - Study resources
