Arrangements, Plans, Predictions and Spontaneous Decisions- Future Forms
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Future forms personalised speaking, starting with plans/ arrangements, then making predictions, and finally coming up with spontaneous decisions.
Lesson Plan Content:
Arrangements, plans, predictions and spontaneous decisions future tenses game
Tell your partner one of your real plans or arrangements, e.g. “I’m going to move house soon” or “I’m seeing the new Godzilla movie tonight”. They should think of a negative prediction which means that plan or arrangement isn’t a good idea, e.g. “(If you move house soon,) you’ll miss the chance to buy cheaper next year” or “(If you see the new Godzilla movie tonight,) you’ll be really scared”. You should then decide on a solution such as “In that case, I’ll fast forward the scariest bits”. Continue with negative predictions and spontaneous decisions until one of you gives up, then choose another topic and do the same thing. You can’t reject the other person’s negative predictions, just think a way of taking away each bad effect.
Possible arrangements, plans, predictions and spontaneous decisions topics
- Work
- Free time
- Travel
- Family
- Spending/ Shopping
- Holidays (= vacations)
- Eating out
- Arts and media
Possible arrangements, plans, predictions and spontaneous decisions times
- Tonight
- Later today
- In a week
- In a couple of days
- Tomorrow
- The day after tomorrow
- Next week
- On Saturday
- Next month
- In two or three months
- Later this year
- At the beginning of next year
- By the time I retire
- When I retire
- After I retire
- When I’m (much) older
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