Predictions guesses when we make a prediction or guess about the future, we can use either will or going to equally. Making predictions worksheet 1 here are ten practice problems to give students practice with making predictions. People wont drive normal cars, there will be special flying cars. Future actions happen without the speakers intention. Use the correct form of the future tense with going to. This section is the second section on the future simple and focuses on using going to. This is another topic that your students may find rather easy but it is important to explain the difference in meaning conveyed by using going to instead of will so that they can express themselves more clearly. In this be going to making predictions activity, students play a game of dominoes by matching predictions with be going to to situations and viceversa. I think the exam will be very difficult and you are not studying at all. Children wont go to school, theyll have a robot teacher who teaches them at home. Revise and practice the use of will and going to future 653 downloads.
We can use will or ll to talk about the future and make future predictions. Making predictions in 1900, an american engineer, john watkins, made some predictions about life in 2000. This worksheet consists of grammar explanation and three different exercises. Going to 16 question strips adapted from the below bottom of this page pair work activity. English grammar going to prediction esl activities. He will be a good doctor use be going to to talk about something that you see is going to happen there is present evidence dont drive like a crazy man. To talk about timetabled future events, we use simple present tense. If there is external evidence we use going to to make future predictions. Our neighbours spend their next holidays in the caribbean. The following esl efl resources are available for going to future intentions grammar.
We use the willfuture for predictions, assumptions, promises and when we do something spontaneously. Look back at your answer for exercise e on page 104. Remember, will for predictions and opinions about the future. Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps and form sentences. Currently 143 going to worksheets are listed on this page. To make a good prediction, readers must consider available information and make an inference.
The students then work in groups of four and read their sentences to each other. Grammar test will for future predictions do the test then write down your score. We use be going to when we can see that something is likely to happen. Match each prediction with going to on the left to the most suitable situation on the right. Going to exercise 3 future plans and predictions mixed. Will vs going to complete the sentences with the correct form of will or going to and the verbs in brackets. Technology will allow homes in the future to be smart. Among other things, watkins predicted television, mobile phones, and digital photographs. Making predictions worksheets and lessons ereading.
English esl predictions worksheets most downloaded 39. We can use will, might and going to to make predictions in english. Im going to try new, healthy ways to deal with anger or stress. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about predictions, predictions.
Be going to predictions, offers, promises, intentions and decisions. Be going to exercises will future simple will or be going to future continuous future perfect exercises future perfect continuous. Finally, students practice making predictions based on present evidence. If you visit the shopping malls, you see the influence of rap on teen style. Future predictions will and going to english grammar. Complete the sentences in the future simple will it rainnot tomorrow.
Make sure students understand that will and going to are both used to talk. Genitive s vs of expressing possession gerunds and infinitives. We go to the shopping centre to see our favourite rappers. These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing. Predictions use will to talk about something that you think will happen i think he ll win the election. Good readers make predictions based on textual evidence. Future tense with going to discussing future plans choose the correct word from the list below to complete the following sentences. We use the future simple with will to predict the future. We use may or might when we are not completely sure form positive. Future tense with going to what is sara going to do. Predictions we use be going to to talk about something that we see is going to happen there is present evidence. Im going to visit my mother in scotland next month. Be going to is used to talk about plans and intentions, usually when the decision has already been made. Will be going to predictions to express a prediction will or be going to a prior plan be going to is used willingness will match the sentences on the left with the predictions on the right.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of will or going to and the verbs in brackets. Students will better understand the difference between the usages of simple future tense and future with be going to through. After preteaching or revising the use of be going to to predict the future based on present evidence, give each group of three a set of dominoes. Be going to expresses more of a planned future or an intention to perform a certain action. Be going to will uses uses 1 3 im going to visit my aunt. Predictions with no real evidence based on personal judgement, intuition or opinion. After that, students complete a dialogue to practice the be going to structure. Theyve already decided on their next summer holiday. Im going to make small, healthy changes in my eating habits every day. Making predictions is a basic reading skill that requires higher level thinking. Be going to or will exercise be going to will uses uses 1 plans and intentions 3 immediate decisions im going to visit my aunt next friday ill have the salad and the fish 2 when you can see whats going to happen 4 predictions when the boss sees this, she is going to go crazy people will work more from home in the future. In 1900, an american engineer, john watkins, made some predictions about life in.
It is the basic way we talk about the future in english, and we often use it if there is no reason to use another future tense. Im going to be more honest with my parents about my problems. T for future predictions in the context of global warming effects. Students read short passages, determine what will happen next, and support their predictions with evidence. Children wont go to school, theyll have a robot teacher. Im going to give and ask for respect in my relationships. Pdf exercises worksheets with answers on be going to. We often do this when we talk about the weather, for example. Predictions with will may and might by maria eugenia riera. Obesity will increase in the usa in the following years.
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