Урок "TV & Internet Survey. Future tenses"

1. Warm-up (10 min)

Activity: "TV & Internet Survey" (Pair Work)

• Students ask their partner:
  • "How often do you watch TV?"
  • "What do you usually watch online?"
  • "Do you think TV or the Internet is more important? Why?"
• Discuss answers as a class.

2. Presentation (15 min)

Grammar Focus: Future Simple / to be going to / Present Continuous for future

• Explain the rules with examples:
  • Future Simple (will): Used for spontaneous decisions, promises, or predictions without evidence.
    • "I think people will stop watching TV in the future."
  • To be going to: Used for planned actions or predictions based on present evidence.
    • "I am going to watch a documentary tonight."
  • Present Continuous for future: Used for fixed arrangements (often with a specific time).
    • "We are meeting the blogger at 5 p.m."
• Provide a comparison table:

3. Practice (20 min)

Task 1: Grammar Test (Individual Work)

• Students choose the correct form of the verb in the following sentences:
  1. Look at those dark clouds! It ______ (rain) soon.
  2. I think people ______ (use) the Internet even more in the future.
  3. We ______ (meet) the influencer at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
  4. They ______ (launch) a new TV show next year.
  5. Wait a second! I ______ (check) the latest news online.

Task 2: Interactive Group Challenge

• Divide students into two big groups.
• Each group receives 5 incomplete sentences and must decide which future tense fits best.
  • Example Sentences:
    • "In the year 2050, people ______ (not watch) traditional TV anymore."
    • "Look at this amazing new gadget! It ______ (change) the way we use the Internet."
    • "I ______ (start) my own YouTube channel next month."
    • "We ______ (go) to the cinema on Saturday night."
    • "I think that online learning ______ (replace) schools in the future."
• Prompts for discussion:
  • "Why did you choose this tense?"
  • "Can you change the sentence using another future tense?"
  • "Do you think this is a fact or just a prediction?"
• Groups present their answers and explain their choices.

4. Production (15 min)

Debate: "Will TV disappear in the future?"

• One group argues that TV will remain important.
• The other group argues that the Internet will fully replace TV.
• Prompts for debate:
  • "In my opinion, people ______ (continue) to watch TV because..."
  • "I believe online streaming platforms ______ (become) the main source of entertainment."
  • "Traditional TV ______ (not exist) in 30 years because..."
  • "Social media ______ (affect) the way we get news."
• Students must use all three future tenses in their arguments.

5. Wrap-up (5 min)

Exit Ticket:

• Students write a short prediction about the future of TV or the Internet using at least two different future tenses.
• Share some predictions with the class.