A Letter to My Future Self
A2 · Reading: Reading messages · My Future Plans
✉️ To Zoe, Age 18 — from Zoe, Age 12
Dear Future Me, Hello! You’re eighteen now. That’s so strange to write. I hope you’re reading this with a cup of hot chocolate, because that’s my favourite drink. Is it still yours?
Right now, I live in Sunbeam Bay with Mum, Dad and our cat, Pickle. I love it here, but I think you’ll probably live somewhere bigger. Maybe London. Maybe Tokyo. I’ve always wanted to go there, because of the anime and the food.
Here are my predictions about you. You’ll be taller — hopefully. You’ll still be friends with Lily. We met at the summer fair and we promised to be friends forever. If you aren’t, call her right now. That’s an order.
You’ll be good at the piano. I practise every day now, and it’s really difficult, so please tell me it was worth it. You’ll probably want to be a TV presenter, like me. Or maybe you’ve changed your mind. That’s OK too.
Some things I hope you won’t do: you won’t forget where you come from, you won’t be mean to anyone and you won’t eat mushrooms. They’re disgusting.
I’m sure this letter is embarrassing for you now. But remember — I was you, and you were me. Be nice to us both. Love, Zoe (12) 💙
Vocabulary
- future self — you, at an older age
- predict — say what you think will happen
- hopefully — used to say what you hope will happen
- probably — almost certainly
- change — become different
- embarrassing — making you feel shy or silly
Sample questions (12 questions)
- Skim: what is the letter mainly about?
- Zoe’s holiday
- Zoe’s predictions and hopes for herself at 18
- Zoe’s cat
- In paragraph 2, what does “there” refer to?
- Sunbeam Bay
- Tokyo
- London
- In paragraph 3, what does “That’s an order” refer to?
- being taller
- meeting at the summer fair
- calling Lily right now
Answers and hints from Migo appear when you do it online.