Chapter 3—Future Time.pdf

Vocabulary Worksheets

by Rachel Spack Koch

Intermediate level

Azar Grammar Series : Fundamentals of English Grammar , 3rd edition

Vocabulary Worksheets help students learn new vocabulary in the context of the

grammar covered in the tables of contents of the Azar textbooks or any comparable

syllabus. An Answer Key and Word List for target vocabulary are provided for

each chapter. You may download, reproduce and adapt the material to suit your

classroom needs. Vocabulary Worksheets are available as Word documents or PDF

files.

Chapter 3—Future Time

1. Reading: How Children See the Future

2. Definitions

3. A cleaner environment

4. Reading: A Green City

5. Vocabulary practice

6. Which word belongs?

7. Opposites

8. Vocabulary practice

9. Which word doesn’t belong?

10. Crossword

Answer Key

Word List

Vocabulary Worksheets

Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3 rd Edition

Chapter 3: Future Time

Worksheet 1. Reading: How Children See the Future

Read these actual observations from children in school in New York City. Then

answer the questions.

How Children See the Future

Life in New York Cit

1. Sarah age 10: "Yes, I think there will be

discoveries of life on other planets.”

2. Lisa, age 11: “Maybe life on other planets

will be discovered. I would like to travel on a

spaceship to outer space and take my three

cats with me."

3. Ricky, age 9: "I think that if we all ride on bikes, we

can limit all the pollution in the world. And maybe build a

monorail to go around the whole city.”

4. Carlos, age 11: “ If New York City keeps going the way it is, things will be

worse . The city will be more crowded , with more traffic, worse air, more

litter , less open and green spaces. We need to take care of the

environment and recycle things so we have less garbage .

5. Sabrina, age 12: “In the year 2020, my city, New York, will be the ideal

living place. People will heat their homes in a different way, not from coal or

oil. They will use large solar panels to collect the sun's rays for their heating

needs. Many people will go to space camps to prepare for space living. In

short, the future will transform the way people live."

Vocabulary Worksheets

Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3 rd Edition

Chapter 3: Future Time

Worksheet 1, page 2

Choose the correct completion.

Neighbors - Is there intelligent life out there?

1. Sara thinks that _____.

a. she will travel to another planet

b. we will find life on another planet

2. Lisa _____.

a. is sure that there is life on other planets

b. thinks that there may be life on other planets

3. Lisa wants _____.

a. to travel in space

b. to take her dogs with her

4. Ricky thinks that _____.

a. if we ride on bikes, we can limit pollution

b. that people will ride bikes in space

5. Carlos thinks that _____.

a. New York City is getting worse

b. New York City is getting better

6. Carlos says that _____.

a. we may get more garbage.

b. we may get less garbage.

7. Sabrina thinks that _____.

a. New York City will be a perfect place

b. New York City will be worse

8. Sabrina believes that _____.

a. we will heat houses with coal and oil

b. we will heat houses with energy from the sun

9. Sabrina says that people will go to special camps _____.

a. to use less electricity

b. to learn how to live in space

10. Sabrina thinks that _____.

a. people in the future will be the same

b. the future will change how people live.

Vocabulary Worksheets

Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3 rd Edition

Chapter 3: Future Time

Worksheet 2. Definitions

Look at the reading, How Children See the Future. Guess the meanings of these

words in bold in the reading. Write the letter of the word or phrase with the same

meaning or a similar meaning.

1. discoveries _____ c __

a. pictures

b. stories

c. things you find

2. outer _____

a. other

b. dark

c. very far from the center

3. limit _______

a. destroy

b. change

c. stop the growth

4. monorail _______

a. a kind of car

b. a kind of train c. a kind of bus

5. crowded _____

a. empty

b. full of people c. hot

6. environment _____

a. houses b. transportation c. air, water, and land around

you

7. recycle _______

a. use again

b. destroy

c. ride in a bicycle

8. garbage _______

a. things you eat

b. new things

c. things you throw away

9. ideal_______

a. perfect

b. better

c. worse

10. heat_______

a. make warm

b. make cool

c. cover

11. prepare______

a. go

b. get ready

c. travel

12. transform______

a. change

b. i prove

c. ake orse

Vocabulary Worksheets

Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3 rd Edition

Chapter 3: Future Time

Worksheet 3. A cleaner environment

Complete each sentence with a word from the word pool.

bikes coal litter nuclear oil rays solar spread

1. Sometimes people throw paper, cans,

etc. on the ground in a public place, and

don’t pick these things up. This garbage

is called _________________________.

2. On weekends, my family and I like to take long rides together on our

___________________________.

3. ____________________________ is a black, solid rock. People burn it for

warmth, for cooking, and for energy.

4. ____________________________ is a dark, thick liquid that people can

burn to produce heat and energy.

5. A ___________________________ panel is a piece of equipment, usually

on a roof, that collects and uses sunlight to heat water or make electricity.

6. In the morning, the first ________________ of the sun appear in the

east.

7. The fire __________________________ through the forest very quickly.

It took the fire fighters all day to put it out.

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