FUTURE LESSON

EXPRESSING FUTURE PLANS & ARRANGEMENTS

by Dina Koumatse

a letter to rebecca

let's make a plan!

"English has a lot of different verb forms that are used to convey different aspects of future time."

Talking about the future

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

WILL

PRESENT SIMPLE

BE GOING TO + INFINITIVE

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

FUTURE PERFECT

BE TO + INFINITIVE

BE DUE TO + INFINITIVE

BE ABOUT TO + INFINITIVE

AN OFFICIAL EVENT AT YOUR LANGUAGE SCHOOL

NOT SURE WHEN, BUT IT WILL HAPPEN VERY SOON

A PHONE CALL YOU ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE

A PLAN FOR THE NEAR FUTURE

A PLACE YOU'LL VISIT ANYWAY

the furue

YOU PREDICT TO FINISH THIS TASK BY FRIDAY

SOMETHING YOU HAVE DECIDED TO COOK

A POLITE REQUEST AT A RESTAURANT

SOMETHING you are obliged NOT to do IN CLASS

A SCHEDULED ACTIVITY WITH FRIENDS

Read and discuss (GROUP A)

A tour guide has just arrived in a foreign country with a group of 30 visitors after a long journey. They don't know it yet but when they'll get to the hotel they'll find out that their rooms have been given to a different group of tourists who have already checked-in Make predictions and plans about what will happen

Read and discuss (GROUP B)

Rebecca is going to a friend's party tonight. Her exgirlfriend Lucy will be there with her fiancée. She hasn't seen Lucy over a year and has no idea they'll be there too. Rebecca's still got feeling for Lucy. Make predictions and plans about what will happen

THANKS!