The Future of Transportation
ESL Lesson PlansThe Future of Transportation

The Future of Transportation

This ESL lesson plan introduces A2-level teens to the possibilities of future transportation through a 60-minute individual reading activity. Students will explore exciting new travel methods, like flying taxis and hyperloops, while practicing future simple tense. Through reading exercises and structured questions, students improve their comprehension and learn to express ideas about upcoming technology in transportation.

Skills

  • Can understand a short factual description or report within their own field, provided simple language is used and that it does not contain unpredictable detail.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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Discuss these questions with your teacher.

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What places would you like to visit in the future?
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Do you think traveling will be easier in the future?
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What kind of transportation do you think we will use in the future?
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Fill in the blanks to discover three new ways to travel and move around in the future.

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Read the text to learn how to talk about the future.

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Let's practice. Match the halves to form questions using Simple Future.

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Now unscramble the words to find the answers to the questions from the previous exercise.

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Read the text and fill the gaps.

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Read the text again and answer the questions.

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Discuss these questions with your teacher!

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