Future Tense Worksheets

There are so many ways to use these flashcards!

You can use them to teach the present simple and present continuous.

e.g. What does [James] do every morning? / What is James doing?

or What did [James] do yesterday?

They also teach lots of common vocabulary and collocations that your students need to learn. Why not give them a set of cards to learn at home?

The cards come in a two-per-page and six-per-page format in both black and white and colour.

Future forms can be difficult for students, as there are so many types.

This worksheet looks at the difference between planned future (e.g. I'm going to meet a friend/ I'm meeting a friend) and unplanned future (I'll help you).

Your students will gain in confidence with the target language through a gap-fill conversation, practice exercises and a role-play.

This worksheet is written for lower-intermediate classes.

This worksheet looks at 'was going to' for things that didn't actually happen. It's great for talking about plans that were cancelled. After the lead-in question, there's a gap-fill conversation which your students can then practice, followed by comprehension questions, language work and role-plays. This lesson is written for intermediate-level students, but you can adjust the lesson for other levels too.

This worksheet helps your students talk about future abilities using 'will be able to'. The theme is languages. Is it really possible to learn a language as quickly as advertisers say? Can you learn through just a book and CD? There's a light-hearted conversation, followed by practice exercises and discussion questions. It's a great way to get your students more fluent when talking about future ability. For lower-intermediate classes and above.

This worksheet looks at making appointments over the telephone. There is lots of practice of the Present Continuous for future plans, and your students will have the chance to brush up on their telephone English. There is a conversation, information-gap activity, role-plays and discussion. The worksheet is designed for elementary to pre-intermediate level students.

This is a great way to teach 'going to' for future plans.

There's a conversation about a trip to Italy, followed by practice exercises, and activities to get your students speaking.

This worksheet is written for elementary-level students.

'Looking into the Future' is a great way of building your students' abilities with more complex future tenses.

This worksheets has extensive practice of both the future perfect, and the future continuous (progressive).

There is a conversation, grammar-based exercises, and lots of speaking at the end. There's a choice of discussion, or (if you have lots of students) a 'find someone who' exercise.

This worksheet is designed for intermediate classes, but can easily be adjusted for other levels. It's great for both general and business classes.

This 'find someone who' worksheet is taken from our longer worksheet 'Looking into the Future'.

It's ideal for students who need additional fluency practice with the future perfect simple and future continuous.