This document outlines the agenda and content for a grammar class. It discusses future tense using be going to, the present progressive, and will. It provides examples and exercises for students to practice predicting the future, making promises, and offering help using will. The document also covers asking and giving advice using modal verbs like should, might want to, ought to, and had better. Students are assigned workbook pages as homework.

1. Grammar 1
IECP
FALL 2013
NIKKI MATTSON

2. Would you rather…

3. Agenda
1A = evaluations, Boucke 111 (11:20-12:20)
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DISSA presentation, Boucke 410 (12:20-1:20)
1B = Future Tense

4. Future (be going to/ PP + time/will)
Be going to
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I am going to eat lunch after class.
He/she/it is going to have a party this weekend.
We/you/they are going to go shopping tonight.
Present Progressive + time marker
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I am flying to LA at 6:00 tonight.
He/she/it is leaving tomorrow.
We/you/ they are moving next year.

5. Interviews
handout

6. Will
S+will+verb (base form)
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I will call you after class.
I think I will need some more time for this assignment.
I will probably go home around 6 tonight.
Negative = won’t
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I won’t ever call you again.
I won’t be done with this assignment on time.
I won’t be home until 7 tomorrow.

7. Will
Use will or be going to for predictions about the
future.
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I think it will/is going to rain tomorrow.
Tell your partner a prediction that you have about…
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Tomorrow
Next week
Next year

8. Will
Use will for a promise.
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I will call you tomorrow.
I will give you the money tomorrow.
I will meet you there at 5:00.
Tell your partner three promises.

9. Will
Use will for an offer to help.
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I will carry your bag for you.
I’ll take you home if you need a ride.
I’ll help you with your HW if you need it.
Make three offers of help to your partner.

11. Practice
Complete handout 1
Compare your answers to your partner’s answers
Complete handout 2
Compare your answers to your partner’s answers

12. Editing Race
1. I will meets with a career advisor next week.
2. I going to discuss my future.
3. What you are doing on Monday?
4. I go away on the weekend, but I will be back Monday.
5. I am going to give you the money tomorrow.
6. Hey! I am going carry your backpack if you want me to.
7. I’m going go to the party later.
8. I meeting my friend at 6:00 tonight.
9. When they will call you?
10. We won’t to eat dinner with you today.

13. Comparing Tenses
Handout (pgs. 57-58)

14. Will, May, and Might for Future Possibility
Read pg. 348 out loud with your partner and
complete B + C

15. Will, May, and Might
Use will when you are certain about a prediction.
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The test will be tomorrow.
Use may or might when you are not certain about
something.
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We might/may complete chapter 6 tomorrow.
You can use may or might to answer future questions.
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Will you/ Are you going to come over at 7:00 tomorrow?
I might/I may.
You cannot make contractions with may or might.
Maybe and may be are different (grammatically).
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Maybe I will come over tomorrow.
I may be ready to come to your house at 6:00 tonight.

16. Practice
Pg. 351, ex. 2.1

17. Modals for Advice
What modals do you know for advice?
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Should (advice)
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Might want to (suggest advice)
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You might want to read the chapter before tomorrow.
Ought to (stronger advice, less common expression)
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You should study before the test.
You ought to be nicer to your family.
Had better (warning, consequence)
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You had better eat your dinner or your mother will be very angry.
Try each modal in a sentence with your parnter.

18. Modals in Reading
Read pg. 360 out loud with your partner and
complete B+C

19. Modals for Advice
Might want to is more polite and less direct than
should, ought to, and had better.
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Try it out with your partner.
Use maybe, probably, or I think with should and
ought to soften the advice.
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Maybe we should turn off our phones before class.
We should probably turn off our phones now.
I think we should turn off our phones
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Try them out with your partner.
Use “why don’t we” to make suggestions softly and
politely.
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Why don’t we study together before the test?

20. Getting Advice
handout

21. Practice
Pg. 364 – listen and complete

22. HW
1B = WB 184-190
1A= None