Will - Common expressions

Future - Will

300 - Will

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Today we will work the contexts worked by "will" sentences with a great movie, 300.


1 – Watch the segment and check the sentences using “Will”.



a- We will use our superior fighting skills ( )
b- We will march north to the coast ( )
c- The full moon will approach ( )
d- Sparta won´t go to war ( )
e- Sparta will burn! ( )
f- Her men will die at arms and her women and children will be slaves or worse. ( )
g- We will block the Persian coastal assault ( )
h- We will funnel them into the mountain pass we call the Hot Gates ( )
i- …their numbers will count for nothing. ( )
j- Wave after wave of Persian attack will smash against Spartan shields. ( )
k- Xerxes' losses will be so great he will have no choice but to abandon his campaign ( )
l- Will you trust the gods ( )
m- We will consult the oracle. ( )

2- According to the video check the contexts.

Plan/ Intention
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Future Fact
________________________________________________________________________________
Expectation
________________________________________________________________________________
Based on evidence
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3 – Vocabulary
a- “… our superior fighting skills…” The word “skill” has the same meaning of:
( ) habitat ( ) abilities ( ) performance

b- “…where I will make sure…” The sentence “make sure” has the same meaning of:
( ) be certain ( ) be well ( ) be lost

c- “The full moon approaches” The word “approaches” has the same meaning of:
( ) leaves ( ) delays ( ) comes

d- “your blasphemies has cost us quite enough already” the word “enough” has the same meaning of:
( ) sufficient ( ) a little ( ) several

Download the video
http://www.4shared.com/video/XvOGhk2J/300_-_Will.html?
Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/iZgx9lrb/300_-_Will.html?

Answer Key

1 -
a-b-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-m

2 -
Plan/ Intention
a-b-g
Future Fact
m
Expectation
e-j-k
Based on evidence
h-i

3 -
a- abilities
b- be certain
c- comes
d- sufficient

Race to Witch Mountain - Modals and Collocations

Seth and Sarah are two aliens who are on Earth for a mission. Although they don´t intend to do anything harmful they are being chased by government agents. Seth and Sarah count on a taxi driver named Jack Bruno to help them.

1 – Watch the video segment and check St for Seth and Sr for Sarah according to their abilities and write the sentences.



( ) Fly - ______________________________________________________________________________
( ) Read peoples´ mind - _______________________________________________________________
( ) Manipulate fire - __________________________________________________________________
( ) Resist great impacts - _____________________________________________________________
( ) Pass through solid objects - _______________________________________________________
( ) Control peoples´ actions - _________________________________________________________
( ) Move objects using his/her mind - __________________________________________________

2 – The modal verb “can” can be replaced by:
( ) Be supposed to ( ) Be able to ( ) Recommend to ( ) be possible to

3 – In the sentence “They will overtake our vehicle…” there is the modal verb “will”. Its context is:
( ) Hypothesis ( ) Possibility ( ) Advice ( ) Inevitability

4 – In the sentences “It would appear we have not….” There is the modal verb “would”. Its context is:
( ) Hypothesis ( ) Possibility ( ) Obligation ( ) Inevitability

5 – The sentence “We should just keep moving” There is the modal verb “Should”. Its context is:
( ) Hypothesis ( ) Suggestion ( ) Ability ( ) Inevitability

“Should” can be replaced by:
( ) possible to ( ) recommend to ( ) suggest to ( ) be able to

6 – The sentence “We cannot trust him”. There is the modal verb “Can” in the negative. Its context is:
( ) Possibility ( ) Obligation ( ) Necessity ( ) Advice

“Cannot” can be replaced by:
( ) advice to ( ) suggest to ( ) impossible to ( ) possible to

7 – The sentence “We must”. There is the modal verb “Must”. Its context is:
( ) Obligation ( ) Possibility ( ) Hypothesis ( ) Suggestion

“Must” can be replaced by:
( ) Have to ( ) Advice to ( ) be able to ( ) recommend to

8 –The sentence “What could go wrong?” there is the modal verb “could”. Its context is:
( ) Remote possibility ( ) Obligation ( ) Necessity ( ) Inevitability

Vocabulary:
9 – The agent shouts “look out” during the scene. Do you synonyms of this phrasal verb? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10 – Do you know other phrasal verbs using the verb “to look”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11 – What does Jack Bruno mean when he says “get down”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
12 – Do you know other phrasal verbs using the verb “to get”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/_pABWxJd/Race_to_witch_mountain_-_Can.html?

Answer key
1- Read people´s mind - Sr - Sarah can read people´s mind
Resist great impacts - St - Seth can resist great impacts
Pass through solid objects - St - Seth can pass through solid objects
Move objects using his/her mind - sr - Sarah can move objects using her mind
2- be able to
3-Inevitability
4-Hypothesis
5-Suggestion
Recommend to
6-Possibility
Impossible to
7-Obligation
Have to
8-Remote possibility
9-Watch out, Be careful
10-Look up, look for, look at, look around, look like, look beautiful...
11-He wants Seth and Sarah to protect themselves.
12-Get over, get lost, get yourself together, get real, get up, get in, get on, get out, get away...

Back to the Future 2 - Will

Hello

I bring to you today a true classic. Back to the Future II.

Marty Mcfly is a youngster from the year 1985 and here there is a scene in the future, more precisely, in the year 2015 when he has the chance to see how the world is like.


1 – What technological developments do you believe it will occur in the future?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now, watch the video and do activity number 2



2 – Check if these developments happen.
( ) People don´t walk anymore around the streets
( ) Gas station works only by machines
( ) Cars and skateboards can fly
( ) People wear exactly the same type of clothes as today
( ) It´s not possible to find old things in the future
( ) Clothes are automatic in the future

3 – Now, write the sentences from activity 2 using “Will” or “Will not” according to your notes.

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Worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/IgaP4Ai2/Back_to_the_future_-_Will.html?
Video segment
"http://www.4shared.com/video/SVzfUUXZ/back_to_the_future_-_will.html?"

ANSWER KEY
1 - Personal answers

2 -
F
T
T
F
F
T

3 -
People will walk on the streets
Gas stations will work without people / Gas stations won´t work using personel
Cars and Skateboards will fly in the future
People won´t wear the same type of clothes as today / People will wear different clothes
It will be possible to find old stuff
Clothes will be automatic in the future

Modal Verbs - Will and Would

Hello everybody
So guys, are you enjoying the blog? Is it being helpful for you? If it is I am really grateful for that.
In this video I present Will and Would. Will? Yes, it is a Modal Verb.
How do these modal verbs work? Take a look at them and see how easy it is.



Exercises:
http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/modals.html