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Created by Higor Cavalcante – www.friendsintheclassroom.wordpress.com – Season 1, Episode 11 – Grammar/Discourse – Making predictions 006 Before watching: What’s a pickup line? Complete some funny ones below by matching the column of the left to the column of the right. a. If beauty were time… ( ) Want to use me as a blanket? b. You look cold! ( ) …because God blessed me with you. c. Excuse me, you’ve dropped something! ( ) ...you’d be McGorgeous! d. I sneezed… ( ) …you’d be eternity. e. If you were a burger at McDonald’s… ( ) My jaw! While watching: 1) Phoebe and Monica meet a handsome man at a newsstand. What does Monica do to catch his attention? 2) What happens next? With a partner, think of three possible alternatives to what will happen next. Write your ideas down. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3) Watch what happens and check if you were right. Fold here 4) Monica and Phoebe take care of the man during his hospital stay. Check on the list below the things you think they’ll do for him, then watch and check: ( ) read the news to him ( ) bring him flowers ( ) bring him a tree ( ) write him a getwell card ( ) cut his hair ( ) knit him a sweater ( ) sing to him ( ) do his nails ( ) shave him ( ) make up names for him ( ) kiss him ( ) fight over him ( ) change his pajamas ( ) bring him balloons 5) If you were the man, what would you do when you woke up? What do you think the man actually does? Tell a partner and watch to check if you were right. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

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Page 1: Friends - 006 - Grammar - Making predictions · Microsoft Word - Friends - 006 - Grammar - Making predictions.docx Author: Higor Cavalcante Created Date: 5/12/2013 3:37:39 AM

 

Created  by  Higor  Cavalcante    –  www.friendsintheclassroom.wordpress.com  –  Season  1,  Episode  11  –  Grammar/Discourse  –  Making  predictions  

006  

 Before  watching:    What’s  a  pick-­‐up  line?  Complete  some  funny  ones  below  by  matching  the  column  of  the  left  to  the  column  of  the  right.    a.  If  beauty  were  time…   (              )  Want  to  use  me  as  a  blanket?  b.  You  look  cold!   (              )  …because  God  blessed  me  with  you.  c.  Excuse  me,  you’ve  dropped  something!   (              )  ...you’d  be  McGorgeous!  d.  I  sneezed…   (              )  …you’d  be  eternity.  e.  If  you  were  a  burger  at  McDonald’s…   (              )  My  jaw!      While  watching:    1)  Phoebe  and  Monica  meet  a  handsome  man  at  a  newsstand.  What  does  Monica  do  to  catch  his  attention?    2)  What  happens  next?  With  a  partner,  think  of  three  possible  alternatives  to  what  will  happen  next.  Write  your  ideas  down.  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    

   3)  Watch  what  happens  and  check  if  you  were  right.    -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐  Fold  here  -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐  

 4)  Monica  and  Phoebe  take  care  of  the  man  during  his  hospital  stay.  Check  on  the  list  below  the  things  you  think  they’ll  do  for  him,  then  watch  and  check:    (          )  read  the  news  to  him  (          )  bring  him  flowers  (          )  bring  him  a  tree  (          )  write  him  a  get-­‐well  card  (          )  cut  his  hair  (          )  knit  him  a  sweater  (          )  sing  to  him  

(          )  do  his  nails  (          )  shave  him  (          )  make  up  names  for  him  (          )  kiss  him  (          )  fight  over  him  (          )  change  his  pajamas  (          )  bring  him  balloons  

 5)  If  you  were  the  man,  what  would  you  do  when  you  woke  up?  What  do  you  think  the  man  actually  does?  Tell  a  partner  and  watch  to  check  if  you  were  right.  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________        

Page 2: Friends - 006 - Grammar - Making predictions · Microsoft Word - Friends - 006 - Grammar - Making predictions.docx Author: Higor Cavalcante Created Date: 5/12/2013 3:37:39 AM

 

Created  by  Higor  Cavalcante    –  www.friendsintheclassroom.wordpress.com  –  Season  1,  Episode  11  –  Grammar/Discourse  –  Making  predictions  

006  

 Teacher’s  notes  

 Will  vs.  Going  to    Futurity  is  certainly  one  of  the  most  controversial  areas  of  the  English  grammar.      In  the  fourth  edition  of  his  Advanced  Grammar  in  Use,  Martin  Hewings  says  we  use  ‘will’  rather  than  ‘be  going  to’  to  make  a  prediction  based  on  our  opinion  or  experience.  We  use  ‘be  going  to’  rather  than  ‘will’  when  we  make  a  prediction  based  on  some  present  evidence.  He  also  says,  a  few  lines  down  in  the  same  book,  that  to  predict  the  future  we  often  use  ‘will’  with  ‘I  bet’  (informal),  ‘I  expect’,  ‘I  hope’,  ‘I  imagine’,  ‘I  reckon’  (informal),  ‘I  think’,  ‘I  wonder’  and  ‘I’m  sure’,  and  in  questions  with  ‘think’  and  ‘reckon’.    OK.      Bafflingly,  however,  he  says  right  below  that  ‘be  going  to’  can  also  be  used  with  these  phrases,  particularly  in  informal  contexts.    Got  it?  Neither  did  he,  I  guess.  Or  I.    In  a  great  article  on  onestopenglish.com,  Scott  Thornbury  gives  us  a  few  (great!)  tips  on  how  to  approach  the  difference  between  will  and  going  to  with  our  students.  My  favorite  is:    

-­‐ ‘Ignore  it  completely,  especially  at  lower  levels’,  after  all  ‘the  difference  between  will  and  going  to  (not  to  mention  other  ways  of  expressing  futurity)  is  so  subtle  that  it  cannot  be  easily  conveyed  through  rules  or  isolated  examples’.  (!)  

 On  the  specific  topic  of  using  will  and  going  to  for  making  predictions,  he  says:  

-­‐ When  you’re  making  predictions,  you  can  use  will  or  going  to  more  or  less  interchangeably.    

You  can  read  the  whole  article  here:  http://www.onestopenglish.com/support/ask-­‐the-­‐experts/grammar-­‐questions/grammar-­‐contrasts-­‐3-­‐will-­‐vs-­‐going-­‐to/146346.article  

Having  read  both  the  grammar  bit  from  Advanced  English  in  Use,  Thornbury’s  article,  and  a  whole  lot  of  other  grammarians’  opinions  on  the  issue,  I  can  tell  you  all  I  just  happily  go  along  with  Thornbury  and  tell  my  students  they  can  use  will  and  going  to  for  predictions,  and  that’s  it.  

May  the  gods  of  grammar  forgive  me  if  I  have  sinned.  

(On  Luiz  Otávio  Barros’s  blog,  there’s  a  great  activity  on  futurity  as  well,  using  The  Big  Bang  Theory.  You  can  check  it  out  here:  http://www.luizotaviobarros.com/2011/01/will-­‐and-­‐going-­‐to.html)  

 

Page 3: Friends - 006 - Grammar - Making predictions · Microsoft Word - Friends - 006 - Grammar - Making predictions.docx Author: Higor Cavalcante Created Date: 5/12/2013 3:37:39 AM

 

Created  by  Higor  Cavalcante    –  www.friendsintheclassroom.wordpress.com  –  Season  1,  Episode  11  –  Grammar/Discourse  –  Making  predictions  

006  

 

Assumption:  Learners  can  already  make  predictions  using  going  to  and  will.  This  is  an  opportunity  for  them  to  practice  making  predictions.  

Suggestion:  Make  sure  you’ve  folded  the  worksheet  where  indicated,  so  as  not  to  give  students  any  spoilers  while  working  on  the  first  part  of  the  lesson.  

Before  watching:  

Discuss  pick-­‐up  lines  with  students  and  elicit  a  few  from  them.  Have  them  do  the  first  activity  and  check  it  in  pairs  before  you  correct  it  with  them.  You  might  want  to  discuss  how  effective  they  think  these  lines  would  be  in  real  life  with  the  whole  group.  (key:  b;  d;  e;  a;  c.)  

While  watching:  

Tell  students  Monica  and  Phoebe  meet  a  very  handsome  man  at  a  newsstand,  and  want  to  catch  his  attention.  Elicit  from  them  what  they  think  the  girls  will  do,  and  then  have  them  watch  first  part  of  the  video  and  do  activity  1.  

Discuss  what  she  did  with  the  whole  group.  

In  pairs,  students  now  try  to  predict  what  will  happen  after  Monica’s  shout.  Have  students  discuss  possibilities  and  write  their  predictions  down  in  the  lines  provided.    

Pairs  read  their  sentences  to  the  whole  class.  Carry  out  a  brief  discussion  on  their  ideas.  

Students  watch  the  second  part  of  the  video  and  check.  

Check  with  students  whether  anyone  guessed  it  right.  Elicit  from  them  what  actually  happened.  (The  man  stopped  in  the  middle  of  the  street,  looked  back  and  was  run  over  by  an  ambulance.)  

Students  unfold  worksheet  and  discuss  activity  4.  They  must  check  the  items  they  think  correspond  to  what  the  girls  will  do  for  the  man  while  he’s  in  a  coma.  

Students  watch  the  passage  and  check.  (Key:  They  do  everything,  except  for  cutting  his  hair,  doing  his  nails  and  kissing  him).  As  you  discuss  this  activity,  make  sure  you  have  students  use  will  or  going  to,  not  just  read  the  sentence  bits  from  the  exercise.  

In  the  last  activity,  ask  students  what  they  would  do  if  they  were  in  the  man’s  shoes.  Then  have  them  discuss  in  pairs  what  they  think  the  man  will  do  when  he  wakes  up,  and  write  three  sentences  about  it  in  the  lines  provided  (similarly  to  activity  2).  

Students  watch  last  part  of  the  video  and  check.  

 

Thank  you  for  downloading  this  activity!  J  Please  let  me  know  how  it  worked  for  you  if  you  end  up  using  it!  [email protected]  (www.higorcavalcante.com)