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LESSON 17: READING – BE ABLE TO, FUTURE AND PRESENT PERFECT BIOGRAPHY OF A FAMOUS LIVE PERSON

LESSON 17: READING BE ABLE TO, FUTURE AND PRESENT PERFECT

 

BIOGRAPHY OF A FAMOUS LIVE PERSON

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B1 English - Lesson 17: The Magic of Time
B1 Intermediate

The Magic of Time

Narrative Reading & The Future Perfect Tense

🧊 Warm-Up: Guess Who?

Let's see if you can guess the famous person before we read the text!

🕵️‍♂️ Who am I?

1. I was very poor and lived through emotional and economic problems.
2. I wrote a book, but NO publisher wanted to accept it at the beginning.
3. My book is about an orphan boy who goes to a school of magic.

📖 Reading: From Zero to Magic

Read and listen to the biography. Pay attention to the highlighted verbs.Magical old books
Click to listen to the text!

J. K. Rowling is one of the most famous and richest authors in the world, but it wasn’t easy. She went through a lot before she became successful.

She began to write when she was very young, but her books never sold. She lived through emotional and economic problems, but she was determined to make a living with her writing.

She got married and had a daughter, but her husband was an abusive man. She returned to her home country, where she was able to finish the book that made her famous: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. At the beginning, no publisher wanted to accept her book, but she didn’t give up.

Since then, she has certainly been able to write many other books and keep making people happy. By the time she retires, she will have left a massive legacy to humanity.

J. K. Rowling defeated many obstacles. Her story is a lesson about overcoming difficult times and believing in your own magic.

⏳ Grammar Core: The Future Perfect

How do we talk about actions completed BEFORE a specific time in the future?
We use the Future Perfect Simple to talk about something that will be completed BEFORE a specific time in the future.
Subject + WILL HAVE + Past Participle
Example: The guests are coming at 8 p.m. I will have finished cooking by then.
Now (5:00 PM)
Start cooking
By 7:30 PM
"I will have finished"
Future (8:00 PM)
Guests arrive

🧠 Neuro-Mnemonic: The Deadline Clock ⏰

Imagine you are a Time Traveler. You travel to the future (e.g., Year 2030). You turn around, look back at the past, and see everything you completed.

Key Phrases (Deadlines): By the time... / By next year... / By tomorrow...

🗣️ Michigan Pronunciation Tip: The Double Contraction
Native speakers speak very fast. "I will have" often becomes a double contraction in spoken English: I'll've.
It sounds like: /AIL-uhv/. (I'll've finished by tomorrow). Listen and repeat!
🏃 TPR Action: Point your finger far forward (The Future). Then, pull your hand back one step and say "I will have finished!"

🧩 Practice 1: The Magic Builder

Tap the words in the correct order to build the Future Perfect sentences.

1. "Yo me habré ido antes de que tú llegues aquí."

2. "¿Ya habremos almorzado cuando tú llegues?"

✍️ Practice 2: Changing Times

Combine the two events into one sentence using "By the time" and Future Perfect.

Example:
Event 1: The child will leave school.
Event 2: Then his father will pick him up.
Result: The child will have left school by the time his father picks him up.

1. First, he will paint the house. Then, we will move into the house.

He will have painted the house by the time we...

2. First, Claudia will clean the bathroom. Then, the party will start.

Claudia will have cleaned the bathroom by the time the party...

🗣️ Practice 3: The Bucket List

Let's talk about your future! Discuss with your partner.

🚀 Projecting into the Future

Think about the year 2030. What goals will you have completed by then?

  • By 2030, I will have finished my university degree.
  • By 2030, I will have traveled to Europe.
  • By 2030, I will have bought a new car.

Ask your partner: "What will you have done by 2030?"

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