We can show how certain we are about the future by using modal verbs and other expressions. We can use will or ll to talk about the future and make future predictions. Use will for predictions, to talk about things we think or believe will happen in the future. Exercise on future i simple will put the verbs into the correct form future i simple. We use the willfuture for predictions, assumptions, promises and when we do something spontaneously. Write positive sentences in the future simple will.
These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small. Will be going to predictions to express a prediction will or be going to a prior plan be going to is used willingness will match the sentences on the left with the predictions on the right. The future degrees of certainty grammar intermediate. Images containing action can be used for predictions.
Children wont go to school, theyll have a robot teacher who teaches them at home. We use be going to for intentions and plans, and predictions with present evidence. In this article youre going to learn some expressions to use with future tense and will or wont. Going to and will future both tenses are future tenses. Jul 23, 2014 learn how to use will future for predictions in under 5 minutes. Predictions with will may and might by maria eugenia riera. Among other things, watkins predicted television, mobile phones, and digital photographs. Making predictions worksheets and lessons ereading. Keep reading to download this free english lesson with exercises.
We use may or might when we are not completely sure form positive. Type in the verbs in the future simple going to mr potts sell his house. In 1900, an american engineer, john watkins, made some predictions about life in. The percentages % are very approximate look at this graph here to see results of a study about what english speakers think these words mean. Preparation make one copy of the worksheet for each pair of students. We often use will for future predictions when we use the word probably. Explanations a1 gramar points explanations be going to future plans and predictions be going to form be going to consists of the present continuous of the verb go im going, you are going, etc. However, you could elicit from the class what tense is used for making future predictions and write some examples on the board. For predictions or opinions we suppose that something will or will not happen. Complete the sentences with will ll in positive form. Future actions happen without the speakers intention.
First, students have to complete the sentences with this grammar point using the verbs in brackets. Learn how to use will future for predictions in under 5 minutes. Will for predictions you can use i will or you will, he will, she will, etc. Wrapup by having students compare answers with classmates, and then choose one or two students to write their answers on the board.
I hope your students like it and i also hope you find it useful. Will the homes of the future be located in tall skyscrapers like these in dubai. However, predictions are often very difficult to get right. This is a ws you can use to reinforce your willwon. Feb 8, 2017 reading, vocabulary, writing exercises on the use of future simple tense for prediction 2 pages. As the ice melts, polar bears are losing their ice caves and their seaice hunting grounds, which must be stressful for them as they look for ways to survive on land, polar bears are finding fewer seals to eat. Learn how to use the future with will and may and might in english. Put the words in order to make predictions about the future. Visual cues can help convey the three primary uses of the future tense. This is a lesson for practising the future will, so it is assumed that the grammar has already been handled in the class. Grammar worksheet all things grammar grammar focus future.
In the classroom pdf exercises worksheets with answers on the future simple tense will. Online reading and writing exercises intermediate b1 40 minutes. Grammar activity predictions and expectations awareness raising find my worksheet below. We do not have any evidence in the present telling us what the future is going to be. To make a good prediction, readers must consider available information and make an inference.
Activities for teaching the future tense generally include plans, predictions and horoscope activities. Grammar test will for future predictions do the test then write down your score. Every day, newspapers print horoscopes telling people what will happen in their lives that day. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about future, predictions, future p. Judy perlman, of chicago, is starting a new careermaking dolls. As the ice melts, polar bears are losing their ice caves and their seaice hunting grounds, which must be stressful for them as they look for ways to survive on.
Making predictions in 1900, an american engineer, john watkins, made some predictions about life in 2000. English esl predictions worksheets most downloaded 39. We can use modal verbs such as will, might, may or could and adverbs such as probably and definitely to show how. We are going to have dinner at a seaside restaurant on sunday. Look back at your answer for exercise e on page 104. Level preintermediate time 30 minutes introduction in this imaginative twopart worksheet activity, students create horoscopes for their classmates with the future simple.
Be going to exercises will future simple will or be going to future continuous future perfect. He will become a great engineer to offer our help to somebody or to make a promise. There are fewer than 25,000 polar bears left in the arctic wilderness. Apr 10, 2016 in this article youre going to learn some expressions to use with future tense and will or wont. English esl will future worksheets most downloaded 128. Making predictions with will and be going to pdf esl activities, games. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about predictions, predictions. In the case of social media, the enormity and high variance of the information that propagates through large user communities presents an interesting opportunity for harnessing that data into a form that allows for speci. Be going to will uses uses 1 3 im going to visit my aunt. Notice the position of words like definitely in positive and negative sentences before wont, but after will. One of 36 short onscreen english lessons with clear description of rules and form, practice tasks, and summary.
T for future predictions in the context of global warming effects. Be going to exercises will future simple will or be going to future continuous future perfect exercises future perfect continuous home. Online reading and writing exercises intermediate b1. English grammar going to prediction esl activities. Be going to or will exercise be going to will uses uses 1 plans and intentions 3 immediate decisions im going to visit my aunt next friday ill have the salad and the fish 2 when you can see whats going to happen 4 predictions when the boss sees this, she is going to go crazy people will work more from home in the future. Predictions and hopes spontaneous ideas plans and arrangements 2. Our neighbours spend their next holidays in the caribbean. Jan 23, 2016 grammar activity predictions and expectations awareness raising find my worksheet below. If you think you will stay home tonight, you can say.
You can find a short reading text, a multiple choice exercise on the text, a vocabulary exercise on places to live and work, grammar tasks and an essay writing with guide. These are some of the most common expressions for making predictions. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about will, future, will future. Future tense with going to what is sara going to do. You you he he will wont it it we we they they yes, no, i cook. Making predictions worksheets making predictions is a basic reading skill that requires higher level thinking. People wont drive normal cars, there will be special flying cars. Future forms answers answers to future forms exercises 1. Pdf exercises worksheets with answers on the future simple tense will.
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