This document provides materials for teaching English grammar lessons on the future simple tense and the difference between using "will" and "going to" to talk about the future. It includes explanations of meaning and form, examples comparing "will" and "going to", exercises matching jobs with descriptions and filling in correct verb forms, quotes on finding satisfaction in one's work, and links to additional exercises practice future forms.

1. CHALLENGES: THE JOB
SEARCH
U.S. Department of State
Regional English Language Office
Career English Online
MODULE 5

2. PLAN
1) Job satisfaction
2) Types of work
3) People and their jobs
4) Future Simple
5) Will vs Going to

3. Do you enjoy your job?
What gives you satisfaction?
What is boring or irritating?
career opportunities
good pay/salary
clock on and clock off
friendly co-workers
lots of overtime
much responsibility
long holidays
nice boss
uniform
training
promotion
commuting to work
working from home

4. Choose five most important things that motivate you to work harder

5. Job satisfaction: what is good and bad about these jobs?
 a teacher
 a factory worker
 a call-center operator
 a painter
 a management consultant
 career opportunities
 pay/salary (good/bad)
 friendly co-workers
 lots of overtime
 much responsibility
 holidays (long/short)
 work in shifts
 work (hard/exciting)
 retirement (early/late)
 promotion
 flexitime system

6. Which person (1-5) is most likely to do these jobs (a-e)
1) A software designer in an Internet
company. Has to be in the office.
2) An office worker in a large,
traditional manufacturing company.
3) A manager in a department store in a
big city. Lives in the country.
4) A construction worker on a building
site where work goes on 24 hours a
day.
5) A technical writer for a city computer
company. Lives in the country.
a) work in shifts
b) work under a flexitime system
c) work from home
d) commute to work
e) clock on and clock off at the same time
every day

9. Five people talk about their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) with the people (a-e) and put
the words in brackets into the correct grammar forms.
1) accountant
2) postwoman
3) flight attendant
4) software developer
5) teacher
a) Obviously, my work involves
_______________ (travel) a lot. It
can be quite
physically________(tire), but I
enjoy__________(deal) with
customers, except when they
become violent. Luckily this
doesn't happen often.

10. Five people talk about their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) with the people (a-e) and put
the words in brackets into the correct grammar forms.
1) accountant
2) postwoman
3) flight attendant
4) software developer
5) teacher
b) I like ___________
(work) with figures, but my
job is much less _________
(bore) and routine than
people think. The work
_________ (involve) a lot of
human contact and
teamwork, working with
other managers.

11. Five people talk about their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) with the people (a-e) and put
the words in brackets into the correct grammar forms.
1) accountant
2) postwoman
3) flight attendant
4) software developer
5) teacher
c) Of course, my job
involves getting up quite
early in the morning. But I
like _________ (be) out in
the open air. And I get a lot
of exercise!

12. Five people talk about their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) with the people (a-e) and put
the words in brackets into the correct grammar forms.
1) accountant
2) postwoman
3) flight attendant
4) software developer
5) teacher
 d) You've got to think in a
very logical way. The
work can be mentally
_________ (tire), but it's
very satisfying to write a
program that works.

13. Five people talk about their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) with the people (a-e) and put
the words in brackets into the correct grammar forms.
1) accountant
2) postwoman
3) flight attendant
4) software developer
5) teacher
e) I love my job. It's very
________ (stimulate) and
not at all ________ (repeat):
no two days are the same.
It's good to see the children
learn and develop.

14. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your
life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to
do what you believe is great work. And the
only way to do great work is to love what you
do.”
Steve Jobs

15. Future Simple
Meaning and form

16. Future Simple
Meaning and form

17. Future Simple
Meaning and form

22. 1 have a party on your birthday?
2 go to work on Sunday?
3 travel abroad if you have money?
4 go out with your family or friends at weekend?
5 watch TV this evening?
6 study hard for this course?
7 learn how to drive next summer?
8 ask your boss to help you if you do not understand?

23. WILL vs BE GOING TO
WILL BE GOING TO

24. will or be going to
1. A: Did you buy bread?
B: Oh, no! I forgot to buy it. I ____to buy
some. (will go back / am going to go back)
2. A: Why have you put on your coat?
B: I ________ dog out. (will take / am
going to take)
3. If I meet him, I _____ him the good news.
(will tell / am going to tell)
4. The phone is ringing. I _____ it. (will
answer / am going to answer).
5. I've bought a new book. Tonight I ____at
home and start reading it. (will stay / am going
to stay)

25. will or be going to
6. What ______ to her children if she doesn't find a
job? (will happen / is going to happen)
7. What are you doing tomorrow? _______ the
doctor? (will you see / are you going to see)
8. I am so tired. I need some rest. I think
I_________ a week off. (will take / am going to
take)
9. A: Coffee or tea?
B: I _______ coffee, please. (will have / am
going to have)
10. A: Where are you going?
B: I ________ some shopping. (will do / am
going to do)

26. More exercises to practice Future Forms.
1) http://www.englishgrammar.org/grammar-exercise-7/ (Links
to an external site.)
2) http://first-
english.org/english_learning/english_tenses/comparison_tense
s/50_will_future_or_going_to_future_exercises.htm (Links to
an external site.)
3) http://www.englisch-
hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/will_going_to_future.htm (Links
to an external site.)
4) http://www.rafamoreno.com/Rafa/Goingto.htm (Links to an
external site.)
5) http://www.better-english.com/grammar/willgo.htm (Links to
an external site.)
6) https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/preint/grammar/gramm
ar_06_012e?cc=ua&selLanguage=uk (Links to an external
site.)
7) http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-
exercise-going-to-will.php (Links to an external site.)