FCE Part 1: 5.2.- Future forms

If you got a grant or scholarship for an academic exchange programme abroad, where would you like to go and why?

Exam task on page 40

Exercise 1 on page 41 about identifying future forms

🕒 B2 Grammar Chart: Future Tenses (Job-Training Context)

Future Form	Structure	Main Use	Typical Clues	Example (Job / Training Context)
Will	will + base verb	Predictions (opinion/guess), instant decisions, promises/offers	I think, probably, I’m sure, maybe	I think you will learn* the new system quickly.*
Going to	am/is/are + going to + base	Predictions (based on evidence now); plans/intentions already decided	Look at…, based on…, it’s clear that…, I’ve decided	Look at the error messages — the system is going to crash* if we don’t restart it.*
Present Continuous	am/is/are + -ing	Fixed future arrangements	Time/place mentioned	I’m meeting* my trainer at 10 a.m. tomorrow.*
Present Simple	base / -s	Timetables, schedules	Official schedules	The induction course starts* on Monday at 9.*
Future Continuous	will be + -ing	Action in progress at a future time; polite enquiries	This time tomorrow, at 3 p.m.	This time tomorrow, I will be working* with my supervisor.*
Future Perfect	will have + past participle	Completed before a future time	By, before, in two weeks	By Friday, I will have completed* the safety module.*
Future Perfect Continuous	will have been + -ing	Duration up to a future point	For, since	By July, I will have been working* here for six months*

Collaborative Online Exercise of B2-level:

Individual Online Exercise of B2-level future forms:

Possible Topics for a six-question interview about a classmate's future:

 Future job and career

 Future studies and education

 Place to live in the future

 Lifestyle and daily life in the future

 Travel plans and dream destinations

 Personal goals and ambitions

 Skills to learn in the future

 Family and relationships in the future

 Hopes and dreams

 Fears or worries about the future

 Technology and the future

 Life in 10 years

 Definition of success in the future

Closing Speaking Practice about the Future Forms

Exercises 2 and 3 on page 41