Exploring the Future: Unraveling the Future Tense

Exploring the Future: Unraveling the Future Tense

Learning Objective

Understand the structure and usage of the future tense in English.

What do you already know about the future tense?

What is the Future Tense?

The future tense is used to express actions that will happen in the future. It is formed using 'will' or 'going to' followed by the base form of the verb.

Will vs. Going to

Will is used for future actions decided at the moment of speaking, while 'going to' is used for future plans or intentions already made.

Future Tense Examples

I will visit my grandmother tomorrow. She is going to cook dinner tonight.

Time Expressions

Time expressions such as tomorrow, next week, in a month, and soon are often used with the future tense.

Future Tense in Context

Read a short passage or dialogue containing future tense verbs and discuss the context in which they are used.

Interactive Exercise

Provide a fill-in-the-blank activity or a sentence completion exercise for students to practice using the future tense.

Review and Recap

Summarize the key points of the lesson and encourage students to ask any remaining questions about the future tense.

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.