Next Valentine’s Day future tenses review

Next Valentine’s Day future tenses review

Read out true sentences about you from below, and see if any are also true about your partner. You can change the sentences below to make true personal sentences if you like.

• I expect that my next Valentine’s Day will be disappointing.
• I have a secret crush on someone, but I’m not going to give them anything for Valentine’s Day.
• I may receive two or more Valentine’s Day cards or gifts.
• I want to make something homemade for Valentine’s Day (but I might not have enough time).
• I won’t be upset if I receive nothing on Valentine’s Day.
• I’d like to have a first date on Valentine’s Day.
• I’d prefer to get something other than chocolate on Valentine’s Day.
• I’ll almost certainly receive at least one Valentine’s Day card or gift.
• I’m doing something my boyfriend/ girlfriend/ husband/ wife on Valentine’s Day.
• I’m dreading shopping for Valentine’s Day.
• I’m going to give chocolate on Valentine’s Day.
• I’m looking forward to Valentine’s Day.
• I’m planning to buy something to give away on Valentine’s Day.
• I’m sure that I’ll eat too much on Valentine’s Day.

Share something that you have in common with your partner, and see if other people in the class have the same true sentence.

Ask about any sentences above that you can’t understand, are not sure if they are true about you, are not sure how to change, etc, discussing if each if true for you or not.

Find sentences above which have each of these future meanings and write the verbs in the correct column below. Two sentences above do not match these four columns.

Arrangements (= things already fixed with someone else such as appointments)	Plans/ Intentions (= things you have decided)	Predictions (= your imagination of the future, including of things you can’t change)	Desires/ Wants (= things you think would make you happier, even if they are impossible)

 

Make sure that you have classified the underlined parts of these sentences.

• I expect that my next Valentine’s Day will be disappointing.
• I have a secret crush on someone, but I’m not going to give them anything for Valentine’s Day.
• I may receive two or more Valentine’s Day cards or gifts.
• I want to make something homemade for Valentine’s Day (but I might not have enough time).
• I won’t be upset if I receive nothing on Valentine’s Day.
• I’d like to have a first date on Valentine’s Day.
• I’d prefer to get something other than chocolate on Valentine’s Day.
• I’ll almost certainly receive at least one Valentine’s Day card or gift.
• I’m doing something my boyfriend/ girlfriend/ husband/ wife on Valentine’s Day.
• I’m dreading shopping for Valentine’s Day.
• I’m going to give chocolate on Valentine’s Day.
• I’m looking forward to Valentine’s Day.
• I’m planning to buy something to give away on Valentine’s Day.
• I’m sure that I’ll eat too much on Valentine’s Day.

Check as a class.

What are the meanings of the two underlined sentences that don’t fit in the four columns above? How are their meanings different to the four columns above? 

What are the differences between these forms?

• At this time on Valentine’s Day, I’ll be feeling sick from eating too much chocolate.
• By this time on Valentine’s Day, I’ll have eaten all of my chocolate.

What present and/ or past forms are those future forms similar to?

Make true future sentences about other topics related to romantic relationships and see if that is true about anyone else. You can make negative sentences and/ or sentences about other people (people you know, celebrities, etc) if you like.

anniversary                                                 argument/ fight/ row                                   backseat at the movies

balloon                                           break up/ split up/ divorce                        chocolates/ candy

cry/ tear                                                        (double/ blind/ first) date                           dating app

ex                                                                  fiancé(e)                                                       flashmob

flirt                                                                 (bouquet of) flowers/ roses         gift/ present

in-laws                                           jealous                                           jewellery

(first/ passionate) kiss                 (1st/ true/ unrequited) love        lonely  

(second) marriage/ (white) wedding                                                               matchmaker/-ing

poem/ poetry                                               priest                                                            promise/ vow

proposal/ engagement                (engagement/ wedding) ring      rom-com

(doomed/ tragic) romance                        soulmate                                                      speech

tattoo                                                            teddy bear

 

Ask about any vocabulary you don’t understand, working together to make example sentences each time.