Future simple vs going to future learn english tenses lesson 6. If there is external evidence we use going to to make future predictions. Prediction worksheets, hand diagram, playing cards time. Three activities to practise future with be going to. Children wont go to school, theyll have a robot teacher who teaches them at home. In this be going to making predictions activity, students play a game of dominoes by matching predictions with be going to to situations and viceversa. Match the sentences on the left with the words on the right. Be going to and present continuous macmillan education. The future futurity is expressed with modals, especialy will, or semimodal expressions such as be going to.
T for future predictions in the context of global warming effects. Future tense with going to what is sara going to do. Finally, students practice making predictions based on present evidence. Will is a much better word choice than going to in a number of situations long term predictions. To make simple predictions about the future, we use will. First ask students to describe how they see the future answering the questio. Choose the best ending for each of these situations. You tell the refrigerator what you want to eat, and the refrigerator knowwhat food to buy. In the year 2050, we will have flying cars in the year 2050, there wont be any more war in the year 2050, people will live until they are 100 years old in the year 2050, countries wont fight against each other. People wont drive normal cars, there will be special flying cars.
The simple future with will is one of the ways that we can make predictions. In 1900, an american engineer, john watkins, made some predictions about life in. Going to 16 question strips adapted from the below bottom of this page pair work activity. Im going to look for a job as soon as i finish university. Predictions use will to talk about something that you think will happen i think he ll win the election. Be going to is used to predict future events that are very near and can be seen or seem sure to happen. Be going expresses a prior plan a plan made before the moment of speaking. If you are making a prediction about something far in the future, will is the more common wording in english. Understanding will for future and comparing with going to. We use them to talk about our intentions and plans. Be going to will uses uses 1 3 im going to visit my aunt. After that, students complete a dialogue to practice the be going to structure.
Making predictions using will and going to youtube. Im going to paint my bedroom plan already in action english lacks a future tense. Technology will allow homes in the future to be smart. We can use this form to make almost any prediction about the future, whether we are talking about tomorrow or a hundred years from now. We also can use be going to to make predictions about the future, which are based on observa tions in the present.
I think the exam will be very difficult and you are not studying at all. Making predictions about the future in english with. 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. This is a simple worksheet to practise will for predictions. English language students often get confused between the. Use will to talk facts or things that we believe are true. After preteaching or revising the use of be going to to predict the future based on present evidence, give each group of three a set of dominoes. Grammar activity predictions and expectations awareness raising find my worksheet below. Correct the weather report says it is going to rain tomorrow. Making predictions in 1900, an american engineer, john watkins, made some predictions about life in 2000. Complete the sentences with the correct form of will or going to and the verbs in brackets.
Future simple vs going to future learn english tenses lesson 6 youtube. That means it combines with the infinitive of nonmodal verbs in many cases to express the future. We use may or might when we are not completely sure form positive. This is a lesson about predicting the future by reading cards. We use the willfuture for predictions, assumptions, promises and when we do something spontaneously. Grammar quiz all things grammar grammar focus future with going to level intermediate answer key my notes 1. He will be a good doctor use be going to to talk about something that you see is going to happen there is present evidence dont drive like a crazy man. Going to and will future both tenses are future tenses. Test will for predictions present continuous for fixed arrangements level.
Be going to exercises will future simple will or be going to future continuous future perfect exercises future perfect continuous home. A prediction based on something we can see or hear now. In the year 2050, everyone will speak at least three languages with will, its common to use the short forms. Even though most native speakers use these two interchangeably, will, also referred as simple future, has some grammatical differences from going to planned future. Guide to past simple and past continuous verb tenses. Predictions with will may and might by maria eugenia riera. He will become a great engineer to offer our help to somebody or to make a promise.
English esl predictions worksheets most downloaded 39. These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing. Im going to go and get some when this tv programme finishes. The oregon weather forecast dialogue with the use of the future with will for predictions, weather vocabulary. Match each prediction with going to on the left to the most suitable situation on the right. As you can see, both will and going to can be used for making future predictions without having a real difference in meaning. Future tense with going to making predictions whats going to happen. We use going to to talk about a planned activity for future. I think the conservatives will win the next election. There will be another presidential election in four years. English tenses timeline chart study how the future forms with will and going to relate to other tenses on a timeline.
The students then work in groups of four and read their sentences to each other. Among other things, watkins predicted television, mobile phones, and digital photographs. We often use will for future predictions when we use the word probably. 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. Genitive s vs of expressing possession gerunds and infinitives.
We can use will or ll to talk about the future and make future predictions. You can use both will or going to in the future, but we generally use going to when speaking about plans mary. Then write the complete sentences below using the future tense. Shes going to visit her friend in chicago next week. English grammar going to prediction esl activities. When we make predictions in english we can use will and going to but they arent the same. We can also use the future with going to if we want to make general predictions about the future. Includes a reading comprehension, complete sentences and correct.
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