What are you going to do tonight?

What do you think will happen at school tomorrow? What are you going to do after school today? What will you do if you don't understand this lesson? Where are you going to travel on your next vacation? Where will you be in 10 years and what will you do?

As you have noticed there are various ways of talking about the future in English and this blog aims at helping you to understand it better and to practice.

The world in 20 years

Have a look at this video that describes what might happen in the future:

What is your vision of the future in 20 years? Describe your vision of the future with your own predictions (using Will): 

Give at least an element of change concerning houses, classrooms, cars, computers… Leave a comment!

Let's look at some examples!

Now that we have seen an introduction about the future tense, have a look at these two videos showing two different forms of using the future!

A bit of grammar

How to talk about the future

If you still have some doubts about how to use and form the future tense have a look at this video. It will help you to understand the difference between "be going to" and "will".

Resolutions for next year

This is nearly the end of the academic year, can you make some new resolutions?

What will you do to be a better person and a better student? at school? at home? in the streets?

(write three sentences in the comments concerning your family, your friends and school)

The future of our planet

Exercise 1 

What predictions can you make about future? Do you think that future will be better than today? Read the paragraphs and match them with the headings below.

1. The Effects of Overpopulation

2. Energy Revolution

3. High Technology

4. Changes on Earth

A. .........................................................................

Since life  first appeared on the Earth four billion years ago, there have been tremendous changes. Ice ages have come and gone and volcanoes have erupted. Earthquakes have shattered ancient mountains and changed the course of rivers. Some species have been

displaced by others which are more favoured by new environments. Nowadays scientists are

studying the changes which are likely to take place in 50 years’ time.

B. .........................................................................

A rapidly increasing population is one of the causes of social and environmental problems. The population growth brings the problem of consumption. If we cannot feed 6 billion people today, how will we satisfy the needs of 8 billion people or more by 2030? Global food shortages will become much more serious than today, leading to poverty.

C. .........................................................................

Renewable energy technologies are now ready to be used and will meet the world’s energy demand by 2030. We will find new energy sources like wind and solar power that won’t pollute and will never run out. They are also less expensive compared to other sources of energy.

D. .........................................................................

Wireless technology will be everywhere. There will be no wires on and behind your desk. We’ll be able to control people around us with a tiny microchip and through the access to the Internet. Here are some more predictions about the future:

- Electric currents applied to the soil will make valuable plants grow larger and faster.

- There will be no street cars in our large cities. All traffic will be below or high above the ground.

- People will be able to see the bus coming closer to their stop by means of a web-site.

  

Exercise 2

In pairs, make your own predictions about the planet in about 50 years.

example: I believe the sea will be polluted. We believe we will be able to go shopping on the moon.

Writing: Write a short paragraph describing our planet in 50 years. 

(Send your answers to those exercises by e-mail to: bejumamaster@gmail.com)

The airplane of the future

In this game you need to click on an airplane to see what someone wrote as an answer to the question

¨What are your hopes for the future?"

Copy 5 answers to this question and send your own view. You can compare your answers with a partner and see what you have in common! 

Click here to start playing!