BEC: May 29th, Unit 10: "Big Issues"

No listening activity. Reading activity on page 45.

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Vocabulary:
*Economy: financial affairs, the production and consumption of goods and services of a community regarded as a wholea gradual shift from an agricultural to an industrial economy
(strong, weak)

*transportation means of traveling: a means of traveling or of carrying somebody or something from one place to another

*space: region beyond Earth's atmosphere: the region that lies beyond the Earth's atmosphere, and all that it containsspace travel

*politics: activities associated with government, the theory and practice of government, especially the activities associated with governing, with obtaining legislative or executive power, or with forming and running organizations connected with government ( takes a singular verb )

*population: all of the people who inhabit an area, region, or country

*communication: exchange of information: the exchange of information between people, e.g. by means of speaking, writing, or using a common system of signs or behavior

*Climate: typical weather in region: the average weather or the regular variations in weather in a region over a period of years OR place with

*particular weather: a place with a particular type of weatherI prefer a warm climate.
Grammar: Future tense for predicting.

"Will" (or "Be Going to") to Express a Prediction

Both "will" and "be going to" can express the idea of a general prediction about the future. Predictions are guesses about what might happen in the future. In "prediction" sentences, the subject usually has little control over the future. In the following examples there is no difference in meaning between sentences a) and b) - they mean the same thing.

EXAMPLES:

a)The year 2222 will be a very interesting year.
b) The year 2222 is going to be a very interesting year.

a)John Smith will be the next President.
b)John Smith is going to be the next President.

a)The movie "Zenith" will win several Academy Awards.
b)The movie "Zenith" is going to win several Academy Awards.

AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE STATEMENT.

He will fail the exam/He is going to fail the exam. (affirmative).
He will not (won't) fail the exam./He is not going to fail the exam. (negative)
Will he fail the exam? Is he going to fail the exam? (interrogative).

* The main verb is always in the base form.
Affirmative Statements:
a. will + verb
b. be going to + verb ('be' is in the simple present tense form)

a)It will rain tomorrow.
b)It is going to rain tomorrow.
Negative Statements:
a. will + not + verb (contracted = won't)
b. be + not + going to + verb
Ron will not come to school next week.
a) It will not (won't) rain tomorrow.
b) It is not (it isn't going) to rain tomorrow.
Questions:
a. Will it rain tomorrow? (be+subject+verb)
b) Is it going to rain tomorrow? ( be + subject + going to + verb)

An excellent web site that gives a general overview as how to use the future tense, complete with practice activities:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/4fut.htm

For more information on how to use the Future Tense, please click on the following link:
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplefuture.html
(if you scroll down to the bottom of this site, you'll finkd links to on-line grammar practice)
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Specificaaly, future tense expressed with 'will+verb', click on:
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_future.htm
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Homework: Workbook, All pages in Unit 10, including the listening part (script on page 45 of your student books)