The Future of work: Mastering Future Perfect & Progressive

Careers and Future of Work Vocabulary

The lesson opens with a debate: students rank jobs by how likely AI is to replace them and discuss whether work defines our identity. Key vocabulary covers careers and job satisfaction — career ladder, job security, gig economy, work–life balance, burnout, dead-end job, to be made redundant, white-collar and blue-collar jobs — practised through gap-fills, synonym and antonym matching, and quizzes.

Reading and Listening: Will Robots Take Our Jobs?

Students read and listen to a text about automation, starting from the Oxford University study that predicted almost half of US jobs could be automated. They complete true/false tasks, order events, and replace words with synonyms from the text, then listen to a report on future skills.

Future Perfect vs Future Continuous: Exercises

The grammar focus contrasts Future Perfect (will have + V3) for actions completed before a future point with Future Continuous (will be + V-ing) for actions in progress. Students compare tense formation, insert correct forms, and rewrite predictions about 2030–2050.

Speaking, Debate and Interactive Homework

Students role-play optimists and pessimists about automation, give a short presentation on a job that may disappear by 2050, and debate universal basic income. Interactive homework revises vocabulary and both future tenses with auto-checked tasks.