By the end of this exercise, you can talk about your plans after school in English — with will, going to, the present progressive and when-clauses.
Free Year 9 English practice: life after school, apprenticeships and careers, with will, going to, present progressive and future time clauses.
Read the text about life after Year 10. Choose the correct word for each gap.
Most students at a German Oberschule leave Year 10 with a school-leaving 1. After that, they have a real choice for the first time.
Many of them start an apprenticeship. They work in a company for three or four days a week and spend the other days at a vocational 2. After three years they are qualified — and they have earned money the whole time.
Others stay in education and go on to a 3 to take their Abitur, because they want to study at university later.
Before they decide, most students go to a careers 4, where local companies present their training programmes. The employment agency also offers free 5 which show you which kind of work might suit you.
Not everybody knows what they want at sixteen, and that is completely normal. Some young people take a 6 year, work abroad or do a voluntary social year first.
One thing is certain: nobody has to stay in the same job for their whole 7. The most important thing is to ask 8 early — teachers, parents and people who already do the job will all help you.
will = a prediction or a decision you make right now. going to = a plan you already have, or something you can see coming. Present progressive = a fixed arrangement with a date. Timetables take the present simple.
1. Look at those dark clouds — it rain.
2. “The phone is ringing!” — “Don't get up, I answer it.”
3. She has already booked the ticket: she to London next Friday.
4. I think robots do many of our jobs by 2050.
5. We've already registered, so we visit the careers fair next week.
6. My train at 7.15 tomorrow morning — that's what the timetable says.
7. you help me with my application letter, please?
8. He hasn't studied at all, so he pass the test.
After when, as soon as, until, before, after and if we use the present tense, even though we are talking about the future. The will goes in the other half of the sentence.
1. I'll call you when I home.
2. As soon as she her results, she will apply for the job.
3. We won't start until everybody here.
4. Before he his placement, he will write a proper CV.
5. After I finish school, I travel around Europe for a month.
6. If the course too expensive, I won't book it.
7. She'll be nervous when she the interview room.
8. I send you a message as soon as I know something.
Write 6–8 sentences about your plans after Year 10. Use going to for your plans, will for your predictions, and at least one when- or as-soon-as clause.
• Are you going to do an apprenticeship, stay at school, or something else?
• What are you going to do first when the school year ends?
• Where do you think you will be living in ten years?
• What will you do if your first plan does not work?
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