The marathon through the Sahara: Future Perfect in Action

Endurance and Survival Vocabulary

This lesson takes students into the extreme world of the Marathon des Sables, known as the hardest footrace on Earth, run across the Sahara Desert. Key words include endurance, exhaustion, supplies, heatstroke, determination, and stamina, plus phrasal verbs give up, keep on, push through, and set off.

Future Perfect: What Will Have Happened

Students use the Future Perfect to describe what will have been achieved or completed by a specific point in the future. Activities include gap-fills, sentence transformations, and writing predictions about runners' progress and survival in the desert.

Speaking and Discussion: The Limits of Human Endurance

Students read about the Marathon des Sables, join discussions on human limits, and listen to stories of athletes in extreme conditions. Speaking tasks include predicting race results and debating how people prepare for such challenges, with short reflective writing on determination.