SIMPLE FUTURE

Function:

·      To indicate an action that takes place after the act of speaking or writing Kelvin will watch the movie on television.

Usage:

·    The forms of the simple future tense consist of the modal auxiliary verbs ‘will’ and ‘shall’, and the phrasal modal ‘be going to’. A main verb precedes the modal auxiliary verb or a phrasal modal in a sentence.

·      The simple future tense is used to predict a future situation.    They will take lunch at the restaurant. They have completed their tasks.

·      Instead of the modal auxiliary verb ‘will’, the modal auxiliary verb ‘shall’ is used for the pronouns ‘I’ and ‘We’. I shall listen to the speaker. I will listen to the speaker.

·      The simple future tense that consists of a phrasal modal ‘be going to’ is used to indicate a decision or a plan in future that someone has thought of Gabriela is going to travel to Australia.

Game:  Dominoes – Will Have, Will Take, Will Go

Introduction:

This game helps students practise the present future tense

Materials:

Word cards to be the dominoes

Preparation:

Make word cards.

Teaching Procedures:

1.  Divide the students into pairs.

2.  Each student takes six dominoes.

3.  The students take turns to match the verb and noun combinations.

4.  When a student matches a combination, they must make a sentence using the two words.

5.  If a student cannot go, the student takes a domino from the pack.  The first student with no cards left is the winner.

DOMINOES

fishing	will have	a shower	will take	a break	will go
to the zoo	will have	a break	will take	a bus	will go
on holiday	will have	lunch	will take	the money	will go
crazy	will have	dinner	will take	it back	will go
to Penang	will have	a nap	will take	breakfast	will go
ahead	will have	some money	will take	me there	will go
jogging	will have	a party	will take	over	will go
for it	will have	a haircut	will take	it out	will go

Sample Worksheet With Answers

Related Link:

Video for Simple Future Tense

Sources:

Abdul Halim Ibrahim. (2012). Sentence building-blocks and patterns: Language units and dimensions. Malaysia: Persatuan Penulis Budiman Malaysia.

Celce-Murcia, M., & Larsen-Freeman, D. (1999). The grammar book (2^nd ed.). US: Heinle & Heinle Publishers.