Future forms: Present

continuous, going to,

will, won’t

Adjectives of personality
 Vocabulary and Speaking
Family

a) Look at some photos showing family members.

What’s happening in each one? What do you think
the relationship is between the people?
b) With a partner, explain the difference between
each pair.
1 a father and a parent
2 a mother and a stepmother
3 a brother and a brother-in-law
4 a grandfather and a great-grandfather
5 a nephew and a niece
6 a child and an only child
7 your immediate family and your extended family
Vocabulary and speaking
Family e) Work in small groups. Say what you think and give
reasons.

Do you think that…?

• families should have a meal together every day
• children should leave home as soon as they can
afford to
• parents should charge their children rent if they
live at home and have a job
• parents should be ‘friends’ with their children on
social networks sites, e.g. Facebook
• elderly parents should live with their children
when they are too old to live alone
 Grammar: future forms
a) 1.16))) Listen to three dialogues between different family
members. Who is talking to who (e.g. brother to sister)? What are
they talking about?

b) Listen again and match two sentences with each dialogue (1-3).
1
3
1
2
3
2

c) With a partner, decide which sentence (A-F) is…

C B F A
D E
 present continuous: be + verb + ing
Future forms future arrangements
Lorna and Jamie are getting married in October.
be going to + infinitive We’re meeting at 10.00 tomorrow in Jack’s office.
Jane’s leaving on Friday and coming back next Tuesday.
future plans and intentions
My sister’s going to adopt a child. • We often use the present continuous for
Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one? future arrangements (plan with someone)
I’m not going to go to New York tomorrow. The meeting
• There is very little difference between the
is cancelled. present continuous and going to for future plans/arrangements,
and often you can use either.
predictions
• We often use the present continuous with verbs relating to
Barcelona is going to win. They’re playing really well.
travel arrangements, e.g.: come, arrive, leave, etc.
Look at those black clouds. I think it’s going to rain.
will/shall + infinitive
• We use going to (NOT will/won’t) when we have instant decisions, promises, offers, predictions, future facts,
already decided to do something. NOT My sister will suggestions
adopt a child. I’ll have the steak. (instant decision)
• We also use going to to make a prediction abou the I won’t tell anybody where you are. (promise)
future, especially when you can see or have some I’ll carry that bag for you. (offer)
evidence (e.g. black clouds) You’ll love New York! (prediction)
I’ll be at home all afternoon. (future fact)
Shall I help you with your homework? (offer)
We use shall (NOT will) with I and we for offers and Shall we eat out tonight? (suggestion)
suggestions when they are questions
Let’s practise!

‘ll write

‘s going to do

‘m working

‘ll have

Shall get

‘ll lend

‘ll rain
‘s going to rain

Shall pick up
 Speaking
Family
c) Ask and answer the questions below. Give as much information as
possible.
 Pre-Reading - Vocabulary
• novelist (noun): a person who writes novels.
• in the hospital: to be in the building visiting someone but not as a patient*.
• in hospital: to be there as a patient*.
• rebellious (adj): a person who is difficult to control and does not behave in the way that is expected.
• sensible (adj): to have or use good judgement, reasonable.
• sensitive(adj): easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed, or angry.
• suffocate (verb): when you don’t have enough oxygen.
• for better or (for) worse (phr): if you do something for better or (for) worse, you accept the bad results of the
action as well as the good ones.
• journalist (noun): person who writes news stories or articles for a newspaper or magazine or broadcasts them on
radio or television.
• partly (adv): to some degree, but not completely.
• divorced (adj): married in the past, but not anymore legally.
• relative(noun): a member of your family.
 READING
a) Which do you think has more advantages, being an only child, or having brothers
and sisters? Why?
b) Work in pairs. A read The younger brother, B read The only child.
c) Tell your partner about 1 and 2 below. Whose childhood sounds happier?
1 other family members who are mentioned
2 how the writer’s experience as a child affects him/her now
d) Look at the highlighted words in the two texts. Try to work out their meaning from
the context. Then match them with definitions 1-12.

sick
1 _____________ adj ill
No wonder it’s no surprise that
2 _____________
rivalry
3 _____________ noun competition between two people
childhood noun the time when you were a child
4 _____________
a gathering noun a meeting of people, e.g. family
5 _____________
adults
6 _____________ noun people who are fully grown
aware of adj knowing about or being conscious of sth
7 _____________
8 boarding school noun a school where children can live during the year
_____________
value
9 _____________ verb think that sb or sth is important
shared verb divided sth between two or more people
10 ____________
fight
11 ____________ verb try to hurt sb else
a gang
12 ____________ noun a group of friends
Let’s practise!
 a) Without looking back at the Younger brother text, can

Vocabular
Jeff, the brother you remember who was…?
• tidy, responsable, and sensible
• untidy, rebellious, and emotional
y Tim, the
journalist
adjectives of b) Pronunciation. Repeat the words on the list. Focus on
pronunciation, not on their meaning.
personality
affectionate aggressive ambitious
anxious bossy charming
competitive independent
What are you like? jealous
= moody rebellious reliable

What kind of personality do you have? selfish sensible sensitive

sociable spoilt stubborn
 Selfish
1 ___________ people think about themselves and
not about other people.
1. Personality
competitive person always wants to win.
2 A ___________ c) Complete the definitions with the adjectives.
Spoilt
3 ___________ children behave badly because they
are given everything they want.
aggressive person gets angry quickly and likes
4 An ___________ affectionate aggressive ambitious
fighting and arguing.
Charming people have an attractive personality
5 ___________ anxious bossy charming
and make people like them.
competitive independent
sensible person has common sense and is
6 A ___________
practical. jealous
sociable person is friendly and enjoys being
7 A ___________
with other people. moody rebellious reliable
Anxious people are often worried or stressed.
8 ___________ selfish sensible sensitive
moody person is happy one minute and sad
9 A ___________
the next, and is often bad-tempered. sociable spoilt stubborn
Independent people like doing things on their
10 ___________
own, without help. 15 A ___________
ambitious person wants to be successful in life.
bossy
11 A ___________ person likes giving orders to other reliable person is someone who you can trust and depend on.
16 A ___________
people. 17 A ___________
rebellious person doesn’t like obeying rules.
affectionate person shows that they love or
12 An ___________ stubborn person never changes his (or her) opinion or attitude
18 A ___________
like people very much. about something
13 A ___________
jealous person thinks that someone loves d) 1.23))) Listen and check.
another person more than them, or wants what other
e) In pairs, cover the definitions and try to remember their
people have.
sensitive person can be easily hurt or
14 A ___________
meaning.
offended.
 2. Opposites
a) Match the adjectives and their opposites.

Opposite
hard-working mean
clever stupid
_________
outgoing self-confident
generous mean
_________ stupid talkative
insecure self-confident
_________
lazy hard-working
_________ b) With a partner, look at the adjectives again in 1 and 2. Do
you think they are positive, negative, or neutral
quiet talkative
_________ characteristics?
shy outgoing
_________
 3. Negative
Prefixes
a) Which prefix do you use with these adjectives? Put them in
the correct column

ambitious friendly honest

unfriendly immature impatient imaginative kind mature
dishonest unimaginative irresponsible organized patient reliable
unkind disorganized insensitive
responsible selfish sensitive
unrealiable unselfish
sociable tidy
unsociable untidy

b) 1.25))) Listen and check. Which of the new adjectives has a

positive meaning?
c) Cover the columns. Test yourself.
 Listening and Speaking
a) What’s your position in the family? Are you the oldest child, a
middle child, the youngest child, or an only child?

b) 1.27))) Look at the cover of Linda Blair’s book. Now listen to a

journalist talking about it on a radio programme. Complete the
chart by writing four more adjectives of personality in each
column.

c) Compare with a partner. Then listen to the for sections one by one.
Check your answers. What reasons or examples does the journalist
give?
d) Look at the completed chart above. In pairs, say…

…if you think it is true for you – and if not, why not?
…if you think it is true for other people you know (your
brothers and sisters, friends, etc.)