The environment
Smoke
humo
Toxic waste
Residuos tóxicos
landfill
Oil spill
Fuga de petróleo
vertedero
Litter
basura
Deforestation
Exhaust fumes
Gases de escape
Global warming
Calentamiento
global
Match the words to their meanings
deforestation
global warming
toxic waste
exhaust fumes
landfill
a place for rubbish
smoke from cars
poisonous rubbish
cutting down many trees
increase in the Earth’s temperature
Circle the words which are “positive” for the environment.
Underline the words which are “negative” for the environment.
pollutants
• recycle
• exhaust fumes
• smoke
• toxic waste
renewable energy
• environmentally-friendly
• global warming
• conservation
Choose the correct answer.
1. Thousands of fish and water birds died as a result of the oil spill / landfill.
2. We should buy cars that use less petrol / smoke.
3. Many people are trying hard to put an end to global warming / environmentally-friendly
4. Every family can try to reduce the amount of rubbish / smoke that they throw out.
5. We show that we care about / harm our environment by recycling.
6. Some farmers use chemicals / landfills to make fruit grow bigger.
7. By using recycled paper, we can help prevent deforestation / pollutants.
8. Pollution combined with toxic waste could lead to ecological disaster / conservation
FUTURE
PRESENT
SIMPLE
Para acontecimientos en el futuro de los que conocemos horario.
The concert starts at 7:00 p.m.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Para hablar de algo que ya ha sido organizado, y que va a ocurrir con certeza.
(A menudo se menciona “cuando” o “donde”).
(En español solemos usar el presente de indicativo)
I´m having dinner with my boyfriend tonight (Esta noche ceno con mi novio)
No expresa una intención, como be going to, sino algo que ha sido programado
con antelación y que va a pasar con seguridad.
He is going to sign a contract next month ( Él va a firmar un contrato mañana)
He is signing a contract tomorrow ( Él firma / firmará el contrato mañana)
TO BE GOING TO + INFINITIVO
( Futuro de intención)
• Para hablar de nuestras intenciones, planes cercanos, o preguntar a otros lo
que han pensado hacer en un futuro próximo.
Next week I´m going to celebrate my birthday.
What are you going to do tomorrow morning?
•Para hacer predicciones basadas en una evidencia en el momento en que hablamos.
Listen to the wind. It´s going to be a storm.
FUTURO SIMPLE ( WILL )
Will + forma base del verbo
+
-
I will study
I will not study
?
I´ll study
I won´t study
Will you study?
• Para expresar decisiones espontáneas en el momento en que hablamos
(ofrecimientos, peticiones, promesas, advertencias, amenazas..)
I think you´ll learn this very quickly
The window is open. Don´t worry I´ll close it
•Para hacer predicciones basadas en nuestra opinión.
He´ll probably go to Australia this summer
He won´t come.
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
Will be + V-ing
+ I will be studying
- I won´t be studying
? Will I be studying?
Para expresar lo que estará ocurriendo en un momento determinado del futuro
At this time tomorrow, I will be travelling to Manchester
TIME EXPRESSIONS
At this time tomorrow / next…
On Thursday,
In the next year…
FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE
will have +
-ed
3ª col
+
-
I/you/ she/ they will have eaten
I/you/ she/ they won´t have eaten
? Will I/you/ she/ they have eaten ?
Para indicar que una acción habrá terminado en un momento concreto del futuro.
I will have eaten by three o´clock
TIME EXPRESSIONS
By this time next week…
By 3 o´clock
By the end of July
By then
By August
In 4 months…
Complete the mini-dialogues with the words in brackets.
Use the Future Simple or be going to.
1. A: What would you like to drink?
B: I think I ……………………(have)
a cola.
will have
2. A: I’ve decided to buy a motorbike.
are
going to buy ( buy)?
B: Oh? What kind …………you
……………………
3. A: I need someone to take me to the train station tomorrow morning.
B: No problem. I ……………………
will take (take) you.
4. A: Do you want to go out tonight?
B: No, I ………………………………
am going to play (play) bridge with my family.
5. A: You should see that film. It’s fantastic.
B: Actually, Dan and I ……………………………
are going to see (see) it at the weekend.
6. A: Ann is such a talented singer.
B: I’m sure she …………………
will be (be) famous one day.
Complete the e-mail with the verbs in brackets.
Use the Future Perfect or Future Continuous.
From: Roberta
To: Jill
Dear Jill,
How are you? I haven’t heard from you for a while.
will have finished (finish) my final exams and will be
By the time you read this, I (1) ………………………………
enjoying the summer holidays. Have you already decided what you
(2) ………………………………
(do) this summer?
will be doing
In your last e-mail you wrote about working during the summer holidays. Are you
sure that by mid-summer you (3) ………………………………
(not complain) about
won’t be complaining
being stuck in the hot city? I’ve got another idea. My family
will be spending
(4) ………………………………
(spend) a few weeks at our seaside cottage in August. I’d
love you to join us.
will be leaving (leave) for school. I hope that by the time I
In a few minutes, I (5) ………………………………
get home, I (6) ………………………………
(receive) a positive reply from you!
will have received
Love,
Roberta
Complete the conversations with the verbs in brackets. Use be going to,
the Future Simple, Future Continuous or Future Perfect Simple.
is going to rain
1. A:Look at the clouds! It looks like it ………………………………
(rain).
won’t get
B:I hope we ………………………………
(not get) wet!
will be waiting (wait) outside the cinema.
2. A:Meet me at 7 o’clock. I ………………………………
won’t have finished (not finish) helping my dad. Let’s meet at 8.
B:By 7 o’clock, I ………………………………
going to go (go) on holiday soon?
Are
3. A:………………
you ………………………
will be travelling (travel) in Italy.
B:At this time next month, we ………………………………
is
going to come (come) home?
4. A:When ………………
Dan ………………………
will
arrive
B:He ………………
probably ………………………
(arrive) home in half an hour.
will have completed (complete) all my exams.
5. A:By next Tuesday, I ………………………………
will book
B: Good! I ………………………………
(book) a table in a restaurant to celebrate!
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Simple, be going to, the
Future Perfect Simple, the Future Continuous or the Present Continuous. There may be more
than one correct answer.
.won’t disappear (not disappear)
The problem of global warming (1) ………………………
completely, but hopefully the process (2) ………………………
(slow) down
will slow
if people take more responsibility. John Gardner from Greenpeace
talks to groups of people. He hopes he (3) ………………………
will convince (convince)
them to care more about their environment. This evening, he
(4)
will be giving / ………………………
is going to give / is giving (give) a talk to a group of
zoology students. He (5) will be focusing
………………………
/ is going to focus / is focusing
(focus) on the effect of global warming on wildlife and he
(6)
………………………
will be talking
/ is going to talk / is talking (talk) about polar
bears, an endangered species. Polar bears live on ice, and global
warming is causing more and more of the ice to melt and disappear.
will exist
It’s difficult to assess how many polar bears (7) ………………………
(exist) in the world 50 years from now. Some experts say that
by 2050, two thirds of the world’s polar bears
(8) ………………………
will have disappeared
(disappear). Others claim the
number (9) ………………………
will have dropped
(drop) by 30%. All agree that as
will become / is becoming
the world gets warmer, it (10) ………………………
(become) harder and harder for the polar bears to survive.