Mastering Future Tenses: Be Going To, Will, and Present Simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Mastering Future Tenses

Be Going To, Will, and Present Simple

Learning Objective

To understand the differences between the future tenses 'be going to', 'will', and 'the present simple'.

What do you remember about the future tenses?

Future tenses

Be Going To: 

• wordt gebruikt voor plannen en bedoelingen. 

Will: 

• wordt gebruikt voor voorspellingen en spontane beslissingen

Present Simple: 

• wordt gebruikt voor schema's, geplande activiteiten en feiten

Be Going To

Will

Present Simple

Quiz

What: choose the right form.

The train _______ at 8:00 PM.

1. will leave
2. leave
3. leaving
4. leaves

______ you _____ me at the concert tonight?

1. Are you meeting
2. Will you meet
3. Do you meeting
4. You meeting

She _______ her exam next week.

1. is going to take
2. take
3. takes
4. will take

What time ______ you ____ to the airport?

1. are you going
2. will you go
3. going to go
4. do you going

I ______ to the party tomorrow.

1. goes
2. am going to go
3. going
4. will go

Quiz 2

Choose the correct answers

Which option is grammatically incorrect?

1. We are going to have dinner at 7 pm.
2. We shall have dinner at 7 pm.
3. We will have dinner at 7 pm.
4. We have dinner at 7 pm.

Choose the correct sentence.

1. They study for the exam tonight.
2. They shall study for the exam tonight.
3. They are going to study for the exam tonight.
4. They will study for the exam tonight.

Identify the incorrect sentence.

1. She will visit her grandparents tomorrow.
2. She is going to visit her grandparents tomorrow.
3. She visit her grandparents tomorrow.
4. She shall visit her grandparents tomorrow.

Which sentence is correct?

1. I go to the store later.
2. I will go to the store later.
3. I am going to go to the store later.
4. I shall go to the store later.

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.