Private English Class with Giamo

Saturday, December 21, 2019

ESL Grammar: Simple Future


Forms of Simple Future 

Affirmative 

Subject  +   will   +   base verb

Example: I will eat rice tomorrow.

Negative 

Subject   +  will +  not  +   base verb

Example: Jessica will not marry Arthur.

Question 

Will   +   subject   +   base verb

Example: Will you buy a TV for Christmas?

Uses of Simple Future 

1. Use the simple future tense to predict the future. The sun will rise at 6:55 tomorrow. I think the next president of the United States will be Asian. 

2. Use the simple future tense in situations of a promise, request, refusals or offers. I will help you clean the house. He will not go the park with her. Will you lift the box for me? 

3. Use the simple future in sentences with a conditional feeling. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, they will go to the beach. Let's arrive early. That will give us time to relax




Simple Future Exercises 

Instructions: Fill in the blank with the verb give in the simple future tense.  

1. They _______ (to go ) to the store.
2. She ______ (to study) Italian next year.
3. We _____ (to jog) tomorrow.
4. He ______ (to improve) his behavior in the class.
5. I _____ (to design) a new type of doll tomorrow.

Instructions: Make the sentence negative.

1. They will go to the store, if it rains.
2. We will attempt to rob the bank tomorrow.
3. I will ask Lana for her phone number.

Instructions: Ask your teacher a question using the simple future tense. 

1. to date
2. to fly
3. to feel

Simple Future Conversation Questions 

1. Will crime increase or decrease in your country over the next ten years?

2. How will you use English in the future?

3. What country will you live in two years from now?

4. Will marijuana be legalized in your country?

5. When will you go to the beach ?

6. Will the divorce rate in your country increase or decrease over the next ten years?



No comments:

Post a Comment