Lesson 8: Problem points
The lesson covers the Future Continuous, the Future Perfect and negative adverbs such as hardly, rarely and never — three areas in which Bulgarian learners make the most mistakes at B1 level.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn about the most common difficulties in learning English and how to overcome them. You will understand how to form and use the Future Continuous and Future Perfect correctly. You will master the use of negative adverbs such as hardly, rarely, scarcely and never, including their effect on word order. You will strengthen your knowledge and speak English with more confidence and accuracy.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Form affirmative, negative and question forms of the Future Continuous.
- Form affirmative, negative and question forms of the Future Perfect.
- Recognise and use negative adverbs (hardly, rarely, scarcely, never, seldom).
- Apply the correct word order after negative adverbs at the beginning of the sentence.
- Avoid the typical double-negative mistakes in English.
Lesson vocabulary
- will be doing At 8 o'clock tomorrow, I will be having dinner.
- will have done By Friday, she will have finished the report.
- hardly I can hardly hear you — please speak up.
- rarely She rarely makes the same mistake twice.
- scarcely He had scarcely arrived when the meeting started.
- seldom They seldom travel abroad in winter.
- barely We barely had enough time to catch the train.
- never Never have I seen such a beautiful sunset.
- won't be working Don't call at noon — I won't be working then, I'll be at the dentist.
- will have left By the time you arrive, they will have left.
- Won't you have finished…? Won't you have finished the project by Monday?
- inversion Hardly had she sat down when the phone rang.
- negative adverb Words like hardly and never are negative adverbs.
- by the time By the time he calls, I will have already left.
- at this time tomorrow At this time tomorrow, we will be flying to Rome.
In other languages: Български