ACTIVITY THE FUTURE IS IN

YOUR HANDS
Module 1
Lesson 1
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1. Look at the picture. Read. Answer the questions.
a) How often do you think about your future?
b) Do you feel like the boy on the left or the boy on the right?

Answers:
a) Lately, being in my last year of school, thinking about my future has become a
daily thing, since there is a lot of uncertainty that I feel since, for example, I do not
know what career to study, or in which city to continue my studies, so it can be said
that I think very often about my future
b) The truth is that I feel that I am a combination of the two since many times I feel
very lost in what I am going to do with my future but now I feel calm because I
already have certain plans such as for example I know that I will study a university
degree, also I always ask for many opinions to be able to reach a good conclusion,
so I think that I am a combination of the two boys.

2. Listen to some students. What are their dreams for the future?
Who wants ...
▪ to have a family?
▪ to travel a lot?
▪ to have a good job?
▪ to be happy?
▪ to be famous?
 I cannot make this point because I do not have the audio.

3. Discuss in pairs.
a) What are your dreams for the future?
b) What do you need to do to make your dreams come true?

Answers:
a) My dreams for the future are the following: get a good score in the icfes after
that I graduate as a bachelor, the next thing would be to enter a university and
study a career that inspires me to travel around the world, then finish my career
find a good job and start working, after that have my own things like an apartment
and a car, I will do all this as I travel the world knowing many new things.
b) The only thing I think I have to do is study and improve myself, setting clear
objectives and goals to be able to achieve everything I want.

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4. Match the sentences with the meanings of the phrases with dream.
a. I dream of going to Antarctica on holiday.
b. My sister wants to be a doctor. It’s her dream job.
c. You’ll never be a film star. You’re living in a dream world.
d. The party went like a dream. We all had a great time.
e. Do you really think Dad will let you come home late? Dream on!
 c.

a. d.

e. b.

5. What’s your dream job? Why? Discuss with a classmate.

The job of my dreams is one that inspires me to travel around the world, with a
purpose that may already be to save lives or close deals and deals. The reason is
that I always want to know many new things and the only way to do it is to travel
around the world but always have a deposit in each of the trips

6. Listen and repeat.

Minimal Pairs: /iɪ / and /ɪ/
 /iɪ / is a long sound. (dream, see)
 /ɪ/ is a short sound. (listen, it)
 I cannot make this point because I do not have the audio.

7. Say the words below. Circle all the /iɪ/ sounds and underline all the /ɪ/
sounds. Listen and repeat.
a) heat - hit
b) it - eat
c) live - leave
d) sleep – slip
 I cannot make this point because I do not have the audio.
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8. Read a teenager’s blog post. Do you ever feel the same?

Answer
The truth is that if I have felt like this many times, there are days where I can't
stop thinking about the future and how it will be, wondering if I will manage to do
what I want, the only part with which I did not identify was when she was not
applied, because from my perspective I feel that I am a person with clear
objectives, but who is afraid of what may happen in the future or that it is very
drastic, but what I do agree with is waiting to see what life prepares for us.

9. Match phrases a–d with the underlined phrases in the text.

a. do things as well as I could
b. feeling happy about something in the future
c. gave my homework to teachers
 d. continued
She does things as well as I could and she feel very happy because she says
"gave my homework to teachers" and she not she had done it before. She went on,
handed in and gave everything. She looking forward to, feeling happy about
something in the future thus what continued do my best.

10. Read the text again. Write T (true) or F (false).

a. Anna never worried about the future. ____
b. She didn’t always work hard in 8th grade. ____
c. She won a prize for her school work in 8th grade. ____
d. She studied harder in 9th grade than 8th grade. ____
e. Her family felt happy for her in 9th grade. ____
f. She isn’t very confident now. ____
Answer:
a. Anna never worried about the future. (FALSE)
b. She didn’t always work hard in 8th grade. (TRUE)
c. She won a prize for her school work in 8th grade. (FALSE)
d. She studied harder in 9th grade than 8th grade. (TRUE)
e. Her family felt happy for her in 9th grade. (TRUE)
f. She isn’t very confident now. (FALSE)

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11. Look at these two pairs of sentences. Which ones are in the text?
 A1. ‘What will happen if I don’t get good results next year?’
 A2. ‘What would happen if I didn’t get good results next year?’
 B1. ‘If I don’t go to university, what will I do?’
 B2. ‘If I didn’t go to university, what would I do?’
Answer
 A1. ‘What will happen if I don’t get good results next year?’
 B2. ‘If I didn’t go to university, what would I do?’

12. Read the sentences in exercise 11 again. Answer these questions.

a. Are all the sentences about the future?
b. Which sentences show possible future situations?
c. Which sentences show imaginary future situations?
d. Complete the table. Use the options in the box.
Answer
a) Yes, they are all phrases about
the future
b) The sentences that show
possible future situations are A1
and B1
c) The sentences that show
possible imaginary future
situations are A2 and B2

d)
First Conditional Second Conditional
(Real future) (Imaginary future)
If clause Present simple Past simple
Result clause Will + infinitive Would + infinitive
Example If I get good results, I If I won the lottery, I
will go to would travel
university. the world.

13. Match the two parts of the sentences.

1. Will I get a prize a. _____ I wouldn’t worry about my future.
2. If I knew what to study. b. _____ if I pass all my exams?
3. Would I get into university c. _____ my parents will be disappointed.
4. If I don’t study hard. d. _____ if I failed all my exams?

Answer
1. Will I get a prize a. (2) I wouldn’t worry about my future.
2. If I knew what to study. b. (1) if I pass all my exams?
3. Would I get into university c. (4) my parents will be disappointed.
4. If I don’t study hard. d. (3) if I failed all my exams?
14. Complete the sentences with your own fears about the future.
a. If ...
b. Would I ... if ...?
c. I won’t ... if ...
d. Will ... if ...?
e. ___
Answer
a. If I do not decide soon that studying I will not have defined anything for the
future.
b. ¿Would I study if in spite of everything I don't have good results in the icfes?
c. I won’t make it possible if I do not put my mind to study.
d. ¿Will it be that if I approve to enter a university?
e. ¿Would I be able to finish my degree?

15. Compare your fears with a classmate’s. Are they the same?
I think that most of my classmates have some similar fears because the
uncertainty we have is very high since you are in the final goal of our high school
and getting to do something new always feels the same fears
Lesson 2
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1. Read the people’s plans. Match them with the pictures.
a) When I grow up, I hope to be a dentist.
b) What do you want to do with your life after this holiday?
c) Five years from now, I see myself as a famous actress.
d) A: My short-term plans? I plan to eat another crisp!
B: Ha, ha. Very funny.

b) c)

d) a)

2. Read the comments in exercise 1 again. Which words or phrases talk

about future plans?
All the phrases talk about future plans, whether they are long or short term, for
example two talk about a verse at work level and others talk about things that are
closer but things that they will do in the future.
3. Go around the class. Ask your classmates about their plans.
FIND SOMEONE WHO ...
a) ... plans to work and study.
b) ... plans to work before studying.
c) ... plans to study, but not work.
d) ... wants to be a doctor.
e) ... wants to be an artist.
f) ... doesn't know what they want to do.
g) ... has a similar future plan to yours.
h) ... has a completely different plan to yours.
Answer  Activity carried out by WhatsApp
a) Mariana Lucia: plans to work and study.
b) Nobody: plans to work before studying.
c) Maria Jose: plans to study, but not work.
d) Maria Jose: wants to be a doctor.
e) Swemelly: wants to be an artist.
f) Maria Sofia: doesn't know what they want to do.
g) Mariana Lucia: has a similar future plan to yours.
h) Maria Paula: has a completely different plan to yours.

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4. Read the texts. Which words and phrases do they use to talk about their
plans and intentions?
Answer The words they use to talk about their plans and intentions are for
examples: I would like, my intention is, my big dream is, I want to, my ambition is,
and I see myself as.

5. Read the texts again. Write T (true) or F (false).

a) Angela wants to help people with medicine after she is 25.
b) Carlos plans to travel the world with his family.
c) Both teenagers have a plan for the future.
Answer
a) Angela wants to help people with medicine after she is 25. (TRUE)
b) Carlos plans to travel the world with his family. (FALSE)
c) Both teenagers have a plan for the future. (TRUE)

6. Listen and repeat.

a) I’m in eleventh grade.
b) I know it’s hard work.
c) My dream is to help people have a healthy life.
I cannot make this point because I do not have the audio.

7. Listen. Mark the links between consonant sounds at the end of words and
vowel sounds at the beginning of words.

I’m keen to travel around the world before I get married and
have a family. My ambition is to become a really good
football player. I hope to play until I’m forty.

 I cannot make this point because I do not have the audio.

8. Practice saying the sentences in exercise 6.

They have already been practiced, three times per prayer
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9. Read the text. Answer the questions.
a) What kind of text is it?
b) Do you send and receive a lot of messages?
c) Who do you usually send messages to?

Answer
a) It is a text message that can be compared to a message in messenger this
message is very coordinated and of presentation to someone new.
b) Normally yes, since now it is very common to communicate through messages.
c) Normally to my group of friends and most of my classmates, also to my friends
outside of school and also to my sisters and my brother who do not live with me,
and with my boyfriend in conclusion I am a person who talks to many people
10. Read the message again. Answer the questions.
a) Who is Jairo Suárez?
b) Where does he live?
c) How does he feel about his future?
d) What is his main ambition?
e) What is his main fear about the future?
f) How could he get money for his studies?
Answer
a) Jairo Suarez is the one who wrote the message.
b) Jairo lives in Bogota.
c) Jairo feels excited but at the same time nervous and a little worried.
d) Jairo's main ambition is to become a pilot and be able to fly airplanes traveling
around the world.
e) His main fear is not to become a pilot and not knowing how to do it since it is
very expensive to become a pilot.
f) He can get money by winning scholarships or working part-time.

11. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of the words in the box. Then write
five sentences about your own goals using these words.

Goal: End to which you want to reach the goal you want to achieve.
Ambition: Intense and craving desire to achieve something difficult to achieve.
Short-term: That is short in length or duration.
Long-term: That is long in length or duration.
Part-time: Form of salaried employment that occupies fewer hours.
Hope: Confidence of achieving something or that something you want will be
done.
Aim: Signal something or someone.
Intend: Make the effort and steps necessary to do something or achieve a
certain goal.
Keen: Have an interest in something.
Scholarship: Financial aid from public or private funds that is granted to a
person to pay all or part of the expenses involved in studying.

Sentences
 I would like to win a scholarship to pay for my university studies.
 I am really keen in studying medicine at the University of Antioquia.
 I hope that in 6 years I will be practicing medicine.
 If I do not win a scholarship, I will propose to work part time to pay for my
studies.
 My great goal is to be able to specialize in various branches of medicine

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12. Think about your short-term (ST), medium-term (MT) and long-term (LT)
goals. Copy the table in your notebook and put a mark (X) in the columns.
Goal ST MT LT
graduate from high school X
get married X
go to university X
buy a house X
get a good job X
travel around the world X
apply for a scholarship X
get a good mark in the end-of-school X
exam (Pruebas Saber)
study in a different city or country X
Make an exchange in my university studies X

13. Listen. An expert is telling teenagers how to set goals. Put the topics in
the order you hear them.
_____Don’t change your plan. _____Believe in your dreams.
_____Set goals. _____Have a positive attitude.
I cannot make this point because I do not have the audio.
14. Listen again. What do these sentences and phrases mean?
a) Turn your dream into a set of smaller goals.
b) ... even if you face problems along the way.
c) Try to keep to your plan as much as you can.
 I cannot make this point because I do not have the audio.

15. Discuss the listening with a classmate. Use these questions.

a) What’s the ‘I CAN’ attitude?
b) Do you have a life plan? Describe your goals.
c)What problems could you face in your life plan?
Answer
a) The I CAN attitude is when, despite the circumstances, obstacles and falls, one
never gives up giving the maximum.
b) My life plan is first of all to get a good result at the icfes, to enter a good
university and study medicine, in the middle of my career to be able to do an
exchange and finish my degree to be able to start working.
c) The problems that I could face in my life would be that I did not get a good score
in the icfes, another could be that they will not accept in the medicine program.

16. Choose one of your goals. Make your plan.

MY GOAL PLAN:
 My goal is to enter the medical program at the University of Antioquia.
 To achieve my goal, I need a good score in the icfes and study hard for the
test that the university takes
 When? From today until the time of the exams
 I probably face these problems not having a good score in the icfes or failing
the university test
 But I will do everything necessary and possible to enter the medicine
program
 I will know that I have achieved my goal when I receive the acceptance
letter from the faculty of Medina with my name on it.

Lesson 3
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1. What’s the best career for you? Do the quiz.

Quiz: What’s Your Dream Career?

1. What do you like to do in your free time?
a) See your friends.
b) Tidy your room.
c) Fix things at home.
d) Draw pictures or write stories.

2. You have the opportunity to go on TV. What sort of show do you choose?
a) A reality show where you work in a team.
b) None. I don’t want to go on TV.
c) A cookery show.
d) A singing competition.

3. What would you like to do if you had a free evening?

a) Go to a party.
b) Surf the Internet.
c) Do my hobby.
d) Watch a film.
4.If you went to a party, what would you do?
a) Say hi to people when they arrive at the door.
b) Start a discussion on world news.
c) Help to prepare the food.
d) Think how you could improve the house.

5. What sort of films do you like?

a) Romantic.
b) Drama.
c) Action.
d) Independent.

6. How do you think your friends describe you?

a) Sociable.
b) Intelligent.
c) Practical.
d) Creative.

2. Discuss your results with two classmates.

The truth is that I do not have very clear results since I marked different letters
but the ones that I marked the most were the letters a and c which gives me to
understand that I can have jobs that are related to people or also a job to see what
things
Work made by: Laura Sofia Gutierrez Vargas 11-1