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Spotlight 3 Unit 5: future plans and might

Study Spotlight 3 Unit 5 in English 3AC with going to, will and might, practical study plans, new illustrations and exercises with explained answers.

English 3AC, Morocco · Focus, Spotlight 3 and guided practice · Updated

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By the end of this lesson, you can

  • Express a realistic existing plan.
  • Make an offer or prediction in context.
  • Keep a possible choice distinct from a firm intention.

Before you startRead short English sentences and identify the subject and verb.

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How do I talk about future plans?

Start with a goal and an action you intend to take. I am going to read a short English text after homework gives a clear intention. Plans are easier to understand when you add a time or a manageable step.

Form be going to with am, is or are and a base verb: We are going to make a poster. A question moves be before the subject: Are you going to join the club? A negative adds not after be. Do not leave out the form of be.

A pupil considers reading and drawing club activities while holding his exercise book.
A pupil can describe an existing study plan and a school-club choice that is still undecided.

How do I use will in a useful situation?

Will can express a decision made as you speak or an offer: That box is heavy. I'll help you. It can also express a prediction or belief: I think our class will enjoy the project. Use a base verb after will.

The negative is won't or will not. A question begins with will: Will you help with the display? These are common useful meanings, not a promise that one future form is the only possible form in every situation. Choose what fits the message.

Existing intention: I'm going to revise after lunch. Offer: I'll help you with the text. Possibility: I might visit the library later.
Match the form to the intended message.
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How do I show that something is only possible?

Use might plus a base verb: I might join the drawing club, but I haven't decided yet. Do not use might to join or might joins. Might gives possibility, not a guaranteed result or one fixed percentage.

When reading or listening, pay attention to extra information such as not sure, if I have time or not decided yet. These phrases help you avoid treating a possible plan as a completed decision.

How do I write a realistic future paragraph?

Give a few plans, explain practical steps and add a possible extra activity if it belongs to the task. You can finish by saying how you will check your progress. Use familiar study, family or leisure situations. Avoid promising perfect marks; actions and regular practice are clearer than guaranteed results.

A worked example

A plan, an offer and a possibility

I am going to revise English after lunch. My brother needs help with a short text, so I'll read it with him. I might go to the library later, but I need to check the opening time first.

  1. Am going to revise gives an existing intention.
  2. I'll read offers help in the situation.
  3. Might go is possible, but the visit is not confirmed.
Goal: Improve English reading Step: Read a short text regularly Review: Check progress and adjust the plan
A clear goal needs manageable actions.
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How should I use this English 3AC lesson?

  • Try the exercises before reading the answers.
  • Explain a correction in your own words.
  • Return to the examples when two structures look similar.

The semester grouping is an editorial revision order. Follow the units, tasks and pace used by your own teacher and textbook.

Frequently asked questions

What does this Spotlight 3 Unit 5 lesson practise?

It practises future intentions, offers, predictions and possibilities with going to, will and might in English 3AC situations.

How do I show an uncertain future idea?

Use might plus a base verb and explain the uncertainty if needed: I might join, but I haven't decided.

Can a plan guarantee a result?

No. Describe actions you intend to take and how you will review them rather than promising a certain mark.

Quiz: 6 questions

6 questions are randomly selected from this lesson’s 6-question bank. Choose one answer for each question and get an immediate explanation.

Q1He ___ going to read.

Correct answer: is

He takes is in be going to.

Q2I might ___ a workshop.

Correct answer: join

Might takes the base verb join.

Q3Which sentence offers help?

Correct answer: I'll carry that for you.

Will can express an offer made as the speaker talks.

Q4Won't means...

Correct answer: will not

Won't is the contracted negative of will.

Q5Which is a practical plan?

Correct answer: I'm going to read for ten minutes after homework.

The action and time are manageable and clear.

Q6Might always means exactly 50 percent.

Correct answer: False: context determines the possibility.

Might does not express one fixed numerical probability.

Exercises with answers

6 exercises, from easy practice to challenges. Try each one yourself, then reveal the answer and explanation.

Exercise 1

Easy

Complete: She ___ going to revise tonight.

Answer and explanation

Is. She takes is in be going to.

Exercise 2

Easy

Correct: He might to visit the library.

Answer and explanation

He might visit the library. Use a base verb without to.

Exercise 3

Intermediate

Offer help carrying a classmate's books using will.

Answer and explanation

I'll help you carry the books. Will makes an offer in this context.

Exercise 4

Intermediate

Write the negative: We will be late.

Answer and explanation

We won't be late, or We will not be late.

Exercise 5

Challenge

Ask whether your friend intends to join the reading club.

Answer and explanation

Are you going to join the reading club?

Exercise 6

Challenge

Write three sentences: an existing plan, an offer and an uncertain possibility.

Answer and explanation

Possible answer: I'm going to revise tonight. I'll help my brother with his text. I might visit the library tomorrow. The forms communicate three different meanings.