The Future is Yours: Mastering the Future Tense

The Future is Yours: Mastering the Future Tense

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to explain the future tense.

Introduce the learning objective and make sure students understand the goal of the lesson.

What do you already know about the future tense?

What is the Future Tense?

The future tense is used to describe actions that will happen in the future.

Define the future tense and provide examples to help students understand the concept.

Forming the Future Tense

To form the future tense, use 'will' or 'shall' + the base form of the verb.

Explain the basic structure of the future tense and provide examples.

Contractions in the Future Tense

In informal writing and speaking, contractions are often used with 'will' and 'shall'.

Explain common contractions and provide examples.

Using the Future Tense

The future tense can be used to talk about scheduled events, predictions, and promises.

Provide examples of each use case and encourage students to come up with their own examples.

Future Time Markers

Words like 'tomorrow', 'next week', and 'in two years' can be used with the future tense to specify when an action will occur.

Provide a list of common future time markers and give examples of how they are used.

Practice Exercise

Use the future tense to complete the following sentence: 'I _______ to the beach next weekend.'

Have students complete the exercise individually, then review the answers as a class.

Real Life Application

How can you use the future tense in your daily life? Discuss with a partner.

Encourage students to think about situations in which they might use the future tense and to share with the class.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.