8. International organisations
≈ 5 minUnits 6–102 exemples4 questions
The UN, UNESCO, WHO and NGOs, with the future perfect and future continuous.
AaRésumé du cours
Vocabulary
United Nations (UN), UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, Red Crescent, NGO, humanitarian aid, peacekeeping, refugees, charity, to be founded, headquarters, member state, to provide assistance, to fight hunger.
Grammar: future forms
- Future continuous (will be + -ing): an action in progress at a future time. This time tomorrow, I’ll be travelling.
- Future perfect (will have + past participle): completed before a future time. By 2030, the project will have ended.
- Going to (plans), present continuous (arrangements), will (decisions, predictions).
Function: making requests and offers, expressing gratitude
Could you…? Would you mind + -ing? Shall I…? Thank you so much for… I really appreciate…
Writing: a letter of application to volunteer for an NGO
Greeting → purpose → qualifications and motivation → availability → polite closing.
✎Exemples corrigés
Exemple 1
Complete: By the end of this year, UNICEF (vaccinate) a million children.
Voir la correction
UNICEF will have vaccinated a million children.
Exemple 2
Make a polite request: open the window.
Voir la correction
Would you mind opening the window?
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Clique sur la bonne réponse.
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WHO deals with…
Réponse
b) health — World Health Organization. -
This time next week, I ___ on the beach.
Réponse
b) will be lying — Future continuous. -
By 6 pm, she ___ her homework.
Réponse
b) will have finished — Future perfect. -
Would you mind ___ me?
Réponse
c) helping — mind + -ing.
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