Future Tenses ESL Games, Activities and Worksheets

Chairs of the Future

Pre-intermediate (A2) 15 minutes
ESL Future Tenses Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Forming Sentences, Answering Concept Checking Questions, Freer Practice

This insightful future tenses activity is useful for reviewing the three future forms: will, be going to and the present continuous. Put three chairs at the front of the... read more

Change your Mind

Pre-intermediate (A2) 20 minutes
ESL Going To and Will Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts, Controlled and Freer Practice

In this free making decisions activity, students ask be going to questions to confirm plans for tomorrow and change... read more

Future Sentences

Pre-intermediate (A2) 25 minutes
ESL Future Expressions Games - Grammar and Speaking: Pelmanism, Forming Sentences from Prompts - Group Work

In these productive two future expressions games, students practice making sentences about the future with would like to, want to, hope to and be going... read more

Going to or Will?

Pre-intermediate (A2) 20 minutes
ESL Be Going To or Will Worksheet - Grammar Exercise: Gap-fill

This useful be going to or will worksheet helps to teach students how to use be going to for future plans and will for offers, promises, unplanned decisions and predictions. First, students decide what is... read more

Plans and Predictions

Pre-intermediate (A2) 30 minutes
ESL Be Going To or Will Game - Grammar and Speaking: Forming Sentences, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Pair Work

This future tenses card game helps students practice forming sentences using will and be going to for plans and... read more

The Future You

Pre-intermediate (A2) 25 minutes
ESL Future Tenses Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Gap-fill, Forming, Asking and Answering Questions From Prompts

Here is an engaging future tenses speaking activity to help students practice the future forms: will, be going to and the present continuous. Students... read more

Tomorrow, Next Week, and Beyond!

Pre-intermediate (A2) 30 minutes
ESL Future Tenses Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts, Controlled and Freer Practice - Group and Pair Work

In this useful mixed future tenses speaking activity, students complete, ask and answer conversation questions... read more

What does the future hold?

Pre-intermediate (A2) 30 minutes
ESL Future Tenses Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Forming, Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice

This future tenses speaking activity is perfect for reviewing future forms and their functions. The activity covers will for predictions, be going to for future plans... read more

A Week in my Country

Intermediate (B1) 40 minutes
ESL Will and Going To Activity - Speaking: Discussing and Planning a Schedule, Presenting, Freer Practice - Group Work

In this enjoyable will and going to activity, students use the future form will to make decisions about a holiday itinerary and then present their planned... read more

Dialogue Disarray

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Future Tenses Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Gap-fill, Ordering, Role-Play, Controlled Practice - Pair Work

In this challenging future tenses activity, students practice will, be going to and the present continuous by completing and ordering two dialogues... read more

Future Tenses Board Game

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Future Tenses Board Game - Grammar and Speaking: Impromptu Speech, Communicative Practice - Group Work

Here is a free future tenses board game to get your students talking about the future using the present continuous, be going to, will, won't and would like to... read more

Questions of the Future

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Future Tenses Game - Grammar: Writing Sentences from Prompts, Guessing

In this intriguing future tenses game, students practice future forms by anonymously completing a questionnaire and then guessing who completed other questionnaires from their answers. First... read more

Race to the Top

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Future Tenses Board Game - Grammar Game: Answering Questions from Prompts, Forming Questions and Sentences - Group Work

This fun future tenses board game is ideal for reviewing future forms. Players take turns rolling the dice and... read more

Will or Be Going To?

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Will or Be Going To Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching, Writing Sentences, Binary Choice, Error Correction, Rewriting Sentences

This comprehensive will or be going to worksheet helps students practice or review the differences between... read more

Cards of the Future

Upper-intermediate (B2) 35 minutes
ESL Future Tenses Game - Grammar and Speaking Game: Matching, Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts - Group Work

In this imaginative future tenses game, students ask and answer questions about the future using will, be going to... read more

Future Tenses Grammar Gamble

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Future Tenses Game - Grammar: Gap-fill, Betting

In this handy future tenses game, students complete sentences referencing the future and the future in the past and then place bets on their answers. First, students complete sentences with verbs... read more

I'm about to win!

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Future Expressions Game - Grammar: Sentence Completion - Group Work

In this future expressions with be game, students complete sentences with due to, about to, just about to, and to. The aim of the game is for players to get four squares in a row whilst trying to... read more

New Year's Resolutions

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Future Intentions Worksheet - Grammar and Writing Exercises: Rating, Writing Sentences from Prompts - Speaking Activity: Guided Discussion - Group Work

In this creative New Year's resolutions worksheet, students practice future forms to express intentions with... read more

Focusing on the Future

Advanced (C1) 35 minutes
ESL Future Tenses Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Guided Discussions - Pair Work

In this rewarding future expressions game, students discuss various questions using the future expressions: about to, due to, be on the verge of, bound to, is to, on the point of, destined to, going to and... read more