WARM-UP: Find these 12 words in the word square.
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A S
L I
G N
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N M
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R E
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L R K
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UNIT 10: COMMUNICATION
Part: A CLOSER LOOK 2

GRAMMAR
Future continuous:
review

I. FORMATION

a) Affirmative:

S + Will be + V_ing

Ex: I will be playing tennis at 10am tomorrow.

b) Negative:

S + Will not be + V_ing

Ex: They won't be watching TV at 9pm tonight.

c) Interrogative:

Will + S + be + V_ing..?

Ex: Will you be doing at 10pm tonight?

II. USES: We use the Future Continuous tense to
Express action that is in progress at a
particular moment in the future.

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Example:
Tonight at 8.30 p.m. Mai will be
watching Frozen again at home. She
loves it!
(She will be in the process of watching
the film at 8.30 p.m.)

1. Listen again to part of the conversation in
GETTING STARTED. Underline the future
continuous tense and answer the questions.
Phuc: … How about this Sunday afternoon at
2.30 p.m.? There's Superman 3.
Nick: Great…, but I'll be having my Vietnamese
class then. Let's go for the 4.15 p.m.
show. I'll need to take the bus to Nguyen
Du and it's quite far.
Phuc: But it's not Galaxy Nguyen Du! We'll be
seeing it at Galaxy Nguyen Trai ...

Phuc: … How about this Sunday afternoon at 2.30
p.m.? There's Superman 3.
Nick: Great…, but I'll be having my Vietnamese
class then. Let's go for the 4.15 p.m. show.
I'll need to take the bus to Nguyen Du and it's
quite far.
Phuc: But it's not Galaxy Nguyen Du! We'll be
seeing it at Galaxy Nguyen Trai ...
1. What will Nick be doing at 2.30 p.m. this Sunday?
He will be having his Vietnamese class.
2. What will Phuc and Nick be doing at about 4.15
p.m. this Sunday?
They will be watching a film at the cinema.

2. Complete the sentences with the future continuous.
1.
____ he still (sleep)
this time tomorrow?
be ___________
sleeping
Will
- No, he (study)
in the library.
will______________
be studying
will be
2. She's now in Ho Chi Minh City but she (have)______
having
_______a holiday in Da Nang at the end of this month.
be eating
3. They (eat)will
_______________
dinner at 8 p.m.
Will
4. ___ she (stay)
in her classroom
be __________
staying
during the break today?
- Yes, she (write)
an email to her friend.
will_____________
be writing
will_____________
be playing
5. Mona says the children (play)
in
the garden when you arrive.
will
be learning
6. This time next year Phuc (learn)
______________
a
new language.

3. Look at the years provided. Work in groups to
predict when the following may happen in the future.
Then compare your answers with other groups.

2030
1. We won't be using landline telephones in _______.
2030
2. We will still be sending snail mail in _______.
3. We will be communicating with telepathy devices
2114
in _______.
2214
4. We will still be using art to communicate in _______.
2214
5. We won't be working F2F any more in _______.
2114 but the signs
6. We will be using signs in _______,
will be more interactive

GRAMMAR
Verb + to-infinitive

4. Look at the conversation in GETTING STARTED
again and write down all the verbs that are
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followed by to-infinitive that you can find.

Ex: I also wanted to call you.
Verbs + to-infinitive
If we want to follow a verb with another action, we
must use either a gerund (Unit 1) or an infinitive.
Ex: They want to see Superman 3 this Sunday.
* Some common verbs followed by to-infinitive
• Verbs of thinking: choose, decide, plan
• Verbs of feeling: love, hate, prefer
• Other verbs: try, want, need

5 Choose the best answer.
1. We've decided _______ in Ho Chi Minh City for
three more days.
a. stay b. staying c. to stay
2. Do you want _______ a mobile phone battery that
uses solar energy?
a. having
b. to have c. has
3. They chose _______ the bus there.
a. to take
b. will take
c. taking
4. I tried _______ you lots of times but couldn't get
through.
a. called
b. call
c. to call
5. I think in the future many people will prefer ______
by using social media.
a. to communicate b. will communicate
c. communicate

6. The Dream List. Imagine we are in the year
2050. Work in pairs and select three ways of
communication that you think will be most
common. Then make the list longer by
sharing your ideas with another pair using
full sentences.
Example:
We'll be using video conferencing in every
meeting.

Model list:
- We will be using video conference in every
meeting.
- We will be using telepathy devices regularly.
- We will be using the interactive signs.
- We'll using video chatting in every talking.
- We'll using social media as Facebook and
Twitter allow users to communicate with
networks of people.
- We'll using voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) in
several communication products and services.

- Review the grammar points: The
Future continuous tense
& Verb +
+
to-infinitive.
- Prepare for the next period.

Goodbye!
See you again!