I Am Legend: Future Perfect
This segment is excellent for the students to practice the future perfect tense. The segment is
thought-provoking and chilling. The students have to use their imagination to predict the future.
Discuss the following questions with a partner:
1 - Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future? Justify your answer.
2 - Do you think mankind will ever discover a cure for cancer?
3 - Will human beings be free from diseases in the future? Why (not)?
4 - What would a city like New York look like if all of its inhabitants had to evacuate it in a hurry?
5 - What would you do if you and your best friend could be alone in New York for a week, without
any other inhabitants around? Would you enjoy this experience? What would you do there?
Now imagine that NY City had to be completely evacuated because of a very destructive virus.
Check what you believe would happen to NY if such situation did happen.
( ) The streets would become extremely filthy.
( ) People would abandon their cars everywhere.
( ) Wild animals would escape from the zoo to look for food around the city.
( ) Animals would take control of the city.
( ) Some people would hide in the buildings to steal stores and banks.
( ) Life in NY would become a complete chaos.
( ) Power would go off.
( ) People wouldn't drive their cars because of the lack of gas.
( ) Buildings would be destroyed by the angry population.
Writing
Now watch the movie segment and pretend you are the main character in the movie, the one
played by Will Smith. Imagine that you could have warned Dr. Alice Krippin about the
consequences of her unfortunate discovery. Tell her what will have happened to NY within three
years from now (by the year 2012) if she tests her discovery on human beings.
Review of the future tense - 1
1. Choose the most suitable verb form in each sentence.
a) If you arrive late to the party, the best food…………………………………….
b) Don't come to my home at lunch time……………………………………. my favourite television
programme then.
c) Be careful! The train……………………………………. leave.
d) Please send me a text message as soon as she……………………………………. there. I can't wait to see
her
e) Can I change my appointment for this afternoon please,
because……………………………………. tomorrow.
f) I've just checked the flight details and the plane……………………………………. at 6pm.
g) Where……………………………………. your new laptop? You should try the shop on the High Street.
2. Please put the verb in brackets in the most suitable form, all sentences refer to futute time.
a) When I (see)
you tomorrow, I (show)
you my new tattoo.
b) After you (take)
a nap, you (feel)
a lot better
c) I'm sorry but you need to stay in your room until you (finish)
d) I (buy)
e) I (let)
the cigarettes from the corner shop when it (open)
you know the second I (find out)
f) Before we (start)
g) We (wait)
your work.
decorating the room, we (have)
.
the outcome.
lunch
in the shelter until the bus (come)
3. Please put the verb in brackets in the most suitable form, more than one answer may be
possible
a) I'm very sorry Mr. Smith (not be)
him if you like.
b) I don't think you (have)
back in the clinic until 6. You can leave a message for
any problems when you land in Boston.
c) By the time we get home, the football match (start)
.
d) In years time I (live)
in a different country
e) When you get off the train, I (wait)
f) (you take)
for you outside near the carpark
your children with you to Spain
g) This time next week I (ski)
in Italy!
WORD FORMATION.
0. visitors to the UK are often quite surprised at just how
VISIT
many 1.________ cameras there are. Some of these cameras
SECURE
are 2._________ owned and used to watch over shops, offices
PRIVATE
and 3.__________ buildings when they are not in use. But the
INDUSTRY
4.________ of CCTV cameras, as they are called are placed in
MAJOR
city centres and public buildings to 5.______ the safety of the
SURE
general public. Local governments and the police share the
6.______________ for the camera's operation and maintenance
RESPONSIBLE
and for paying somebody to sit and watch at the other end.
What is even more surprising is how 7.___________ these
EFFECT
cameras are at preventing 8.________ activity. According to
CRIME
one leading 9.__________ , only three percent of crimes are
POLITIC
8______________ solved using evidence from CCTV recordings. Many
people now think that the government could spend the
same money more 10.________ on having a few extra police
USE
officers on the street.
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For questions 1 - 8, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five
words, including the word given. Here is an example (0).
Cooking a stew
1.
In my opinion you need to put more salt in this stew.
ASK
If 0. you ask me there isn't enough salt in this stew.
2.
Walter sits in front of the television for too many hours a day.
SITTING
Every day, Walter spends 1._____________________ in front of the television.
3.
People in Britain used to have more dogs than any other pet.
ANY
Dogs are not the most 2._____________________ in the UK
4.
It really would best if you reported it to the police right away.
BETTER
You really 3.____________________ to the police right away.
5.
The manager told me I had to take off my shoes before I entered the restaurant.
INSISTED
The manager 4._______________ my shoes before I entered the restaurant.
6.
Our teacher told us to enjoy the sunshine as much as possible while the weather was nice.
MOST
Our teacher told us to 5.________________ the sunshine while the weather was nice.
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Every morning, I have to to go to the paper shop and collect the newspapers.
FETCH
Every morning it's my job 6.________________________ the paper shop.
8.
He was late because of a traffic jam in the City Centre.
BEEN
If he hadn't got stuck in a traffic jam in the City Centre 7.________________________ late.
9.
I think generally, women are better than men at learning languages.
WHOLE
I think on 8.______________________ successful than women at learning languages.
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