Ice breaker to get students to talk about the conditionals. Ielts speaking the future in ielts speaking part one ask each future personal questions about the topics below. Future tense vocabulary and speaking activities and lessons focusing on predictions, plans. Practice the dialogue with a friend so you can feel more confident the next time you speak about your job. Also provides access to questions from students and teaching forum topics. Talking about the future teachingenglish british council bbc. The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format right click on the attachment below and save it on your computer.
Tv programme or train departure personal arrangements predictions when you can see the evidence predictions based on no evidence general future intentions not arranged decisions made at the time of speaking promises decisions already made offers, refusals. Future tenses part 1 choose the correct verb tense for each sentence. Present simple, present continuous, going to and will. But the meaning of future sentences using will goes deeper than that. What methods do fortunetellers use to predict the future. This lesson provides conversation question ideas about the future for esl students. We have different ways of talking about the future.
Talking about the future in english we can talk about the future using different tenses and auxiliaries. Be going to present continuous esl activities games worksheets. English teacher currently living and working in thailand. Its packed with 50 role plays and is perfect for small or large classes. To learn about the various tenses used to talk about the future. The structure we use depends on the function of what we want to say, whether we are talking about arrangements, plans, predictions, etc i thought will was the future tense in english. Sometimes we are talking about a past event and we want to refer to something that happened in the future at that particular point in the past. There are a number of different ways of referring to the future in english.
Talking about the future student worksheet introduction in this simple lesson you will allow students chance to speak freely about different aspects of their future life while guiding them with their help to the best available grammar forms in order to do so. In english, we mainly use two different structures to talk about the future. We can use will be with an ing form instead of the present continuous or be going to when we are talking about plans, arrangements and intentions. Show the three scenes, answer the questios and practice talking about future plans with students.
You wont find endless grammar or reading comprehension worksheets in my uploads as i think many students around the world are already getting an overload of those. Esl future tense exercises and worksheets activities for teaching the future tense generally include speaking about plans, making predictions, resolutions and horoscope activities. Tomorrows plan interactive practice click on listen all and follow along. This worksheet contains 18 conversation cards and an interview box with matching exercise. Page 1 of our free future forms pdf lesson plans and worksheets for english language teachers, complete.
How will india and china affect the environment in the future. Students understand the future with will and learn the form quickly. The world in which it is used is in the early stages of major social, economic and demographic transition. Talking about the future speaking cards english esl. Speaking, listening lesson 8 life story to enable you to ask about and talk about important life events common past tense regulars and irregulars speaking, listening lesson 9 shopping to enable you to interact in shops vocabulary associated with buying questions speaking, listening lesson 10 travelling by train to enable you to ask for and. The future in ielts speaking part one ask each future personal questions about the topics below. Download lesson as pdf predicting the future what do fortunetellers do. Students practice be going to for future plans by inviting classmates to an activity they have designed.
The future tense section shows the form and function of each of these uses of future tenses. If you print this page or save as pdf, this note and all headers and footers will be stripped out. These can be implemented in pairs, groups or whole group classroom settings. Esl english lesson interactive practice on future tense. Future tense esl activities worksheets games teach this. The students come up one by one, sit on one of the chairs, and make an appropriate sentence. In this episode, amy and sara talk about plans after graduation. The structure we use depends on the function of what we want to say, whether we are talking about arrangements, plans, predictions, etc. The simple future tense is used to talk about things which are beyond our control. Ocopiable acmillan ublishers limited 2014 can be downloaded from website l a peaking talking about the future lesson share tacrs ots 9. English speakers use will for four different reasons. If you are a current subscriber and have any questions, please contact us please feel free to share the resourcesremember to acknowledge the source and use the original without any alterations. B1 introduction in this simple lesson you will allow students chance to speak freely about.
In the new year im going to stop eating so much junk. Students will practice asking and answering questions about the future in this roleplaying activity. Put three chairs at the front of the class and label them with the three future forms. For those teachers who have recently had to make the switch to online teaching due to the covid. Many students think that we use will to form the future tense, but grammarians often say there is no future tense, only ways of expressing future. The aim of the game is to say as many present continuous sentences as possible within a thirtysecond time frame. Future in english how to talk about the future youtube. We recommend updating yours to the latest version for the best experience. To support teachers who are teaching from home, we have made onestopenglish free until the end of june 2020.
A set of speaking cards to practicerevise the different future forms will, to be going to, present continuous. In the interactive lesson, students complete a variety of online exercises to help them learn how to use be going to for future plans, intentions and predictions. Any questions are okay, as long as they are about the future and or are likely to make your partner speak about the future. In this present continuous game, students practice talking about future arrangements.
Future tense with going to future plans read the following sentences and add another one using going to and your own ideas. Save hours of lesson preparation time with the entire busyteacher library. Resources and materials for esl teachers including free esl handouts and quizzes, pdf lesson plans, teacher articles and a directory of teaching and reference resources. Talking about the future in english english phrases. Here is a free interactive pdf version of the above lesson for english teachers working online. Obviously, any future tense will always refer to a time later than now, but it may also express our attitude to the future event. Do not use will to express future plans that have already been made at the time of speaking. There are also several other ways to talk about the future without using a future verb tense. Though english is not spoken by people everywhere in the world, it has acquired global status because of it has repeatedly found itself in the right place at the right time. Pick it up and use one of the role plays in your next class. This advanced adult esl lesson features warmup questions and a reading passage, followed by comprehension questions and discussion questions. Talking about future situations esl worksheet by lotas.
Future tense with going to what is sara going to do sara. In this free be going to activity, students talk about future intentions by discussing ways to improve their english. In this lesson, you can learn how to talk about the future in english. What will happen if we keep polluting the environment. Accommodation arts and media education studies english family and friends festivals and celebrations food and drink. Use be going to and the words in brackets to ask questions in the following situations. Dec 04, 2015 how many ways do you know to talk about the future in english. It deals with the future robots, my future job, fortunetelling, the future of our planet. The matrix, terminator, irobot, minority report etc. My worksheets mainly focus on speaking activities because i think conversation is the most important skill for communication. There are several ways of talking about the future in english.
Future tense with going to what is sara going to do. Esl future tense activity listening and speaking elementary a1a2 20. For that purpose we use would, waswere going to, past continuous, would be doing, was to do, was going to do, etc. An intention is a plan for the future that you have already thought about. Aug 06, 2010 there are several ways of talking about the future in english. Its one of the ways of talking about the future, but there are a few others. I w as going to see p atrick, but he called to cancel. Use for debates, discussions, speaking, conversations, independent learning and more. The forms with will are mainly used to make simple predictions about the future. In this weeks episode levi is asking people about their plans for the future, both in the short term and long term. Accommodation arts and media education studies english. The key issue is that the future with going to is logically a better fit when speaking about the future. Jessica rundell wins the lesson share competition with a lesson on future forms and how to choose the right one in conversation. We can, for example, use the simple future tense, the going to form or the simple present tense the simple future tense.
Grammar explanation and some exercises for beginners about the way we use will, be going to and the present continuous to express future situations. Where will we get our energy when we run out of oil. Check out role play book specifically designed for esl efl classes. Talking about the future 2 english esl worksheets for. Future images pdf related august 2, 2016 august 26, 2017 admin talker 3d printing, confidence, dress with lights, eal, esl conversation, esl discussion, future, future metropolis, lit dress, robotics, talking points, tefl.
With a bit of thought, these can quite interesting, fun and thought provoking especially predictions for the future. The auxiliary verb going to is used in talking about intentions. It is important to remember that we are expressing more than simply the time of the action or event. And, more importantly, its a time when we talk at least to ourselvesabout our plans for the new year. Esl library may not function properly in older browsers. Ask each future personal questions about the topics below. It is aimed at consolidating future simple vs future continuous and future tenses in english, and is useful for developing your class listening, speaking and reading skills. Talking about the future in this simple lesson students will have a chance to speak freely about different aspects of their future life, while the teacher guides them with the students help to the best available grammar forms in order to do so. This english lesson is specifically on future tense. However, the problems begin when discussing the future with going to. English is widely regarded as having become the global language but will it retain its preeminence in the 21st century.
Welcome to esl printables, the website where english language teachers exchange resources. Students work in groupspairs, pick the card on top and answer the questions. As well as for talking about future plans, we also use the going to future form to make predictions based on current evidence, for example, its going to fall over, hes going to win, shes going to have a baby, etc. This lesson explains how talking about the future is beneficial for teaching esl students and offers a number of flexible conversation question.
Teaching the future in english is relatively simple in the beginning. Free interactive english lessons to help you speak english fluently. English esl future tenses worksheets most downloaded 688. Teachingenglish lesson plans matching functions to grammar as they are talking, i quickly draw a simple diagram on the board representing the four main forms of the future that b1 students are familiar with, thus.
All stories and activities are written in simple language. Jan 21, 2020 read the dialogue featuring a computer technician who is being interviewed about his job responsibilities. Talking about the future english practice learn and. All of the following ideas can be expressed using different tenses. English has been the dominant global language in present world. For many years, i also facilitated english programs for arthur andersen, sgv na thalang, kpmg, yontrakit group, amari group, and bank of ayuddya, tot, dep and tat, and other organizations, in thailand, for which i had to keep creating new materials, so that it has become second nature for me develop speaking activities for the classroom. Esl librarys search may not function properly in older browsers. After becoming comfortable with the entire conversation, become person a by clicking. Talking about the future in english a series of illustrated stories and exercises to practice expressing the future in english. The structure with going to is mainly used to talk about our intentions.
The students discuss and brainstorm how they could improve their english in six categories, e. Future forms grammar topic, page 1 esl lesson plans. Fun pdf future tense esl activities, games and interactive and printable. Accommodation arts and media education studies english family and friends festivals and celebrations. This is a time of year when everyone looks forward to think about what the new year will hold.
Talking about the future learnenglish british council. In this video, i will teach you four easy ways to talk about the future. Divide the students into groups of four and give each student a copy of the worksheet. Followup questions can be added for more advanced level students or by the teacher during the feedback. This is the 2nd part of talking about the future 1 i sentyou some time ago. Presentation of four ways we use for talking about the future. This is a good lesson to do before the summer vacation, so you can get your students talking about their summer plans.
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