The Future Simple Tense

Hello, boys and girls! My name is Bobby.

And my name is Tobby. This is our friend Mobby.

Welcome to our lesson.

Today we have a guest.

It’s our friend Alex.

Hi, everyone!

Alex was talking to his dad on Skype this morning.

Let’s listen to their conversation.

This will help you to guess the topic of our lesson today.

Hi, Alex! Do you have some time to chat?

Hi, dad! Yes, but I have only 10 minutes! Then I will need to go to my friend Liam. He is waiting for me.

Oh, okay! What will you do with Liam?

Well, I think we will do homework together. And then we will play football outside.

Oh, sounds great! Okay, in this case, I will be brief! Your uncle and I are going to visit the museum on Sunday. Do you want to come with us?

Yes, dad, of course! I will come with a great pleasure!

Wonderful! I’m glad to hear that! Oh, I forgot to tell you. Weather forecasters predict heavy rain on Sunday, so don’t forget to take your raincoat!

Oh, okay! Don’t worry, dad, I won’t forget!

I hope so! All right! That’s all I wanted to tell you. You can go to your friend now.

Okay! See you in the evening, dad!

See you, Alex.

Guys, in this conversation you’ve seen the following highlighted verbs: will need, will do, will play, will be, will come and won’t forget.

Can you remember what tense forms they are?

Let us help you!

They are the forms of the Future Simple Tense.

Now I think you understand that today in the lesson we will:

discuss when the Future Simple Tense can be used;

learn how to form sentences in this tense;

And

put the knowledge into practice.

Alex, you used the Future Simple Tense in your speech.

Yes, that’s right!

Can you tell us when we can use this tense?

Yes, of course! Guys, I’ll tell you about 4 different situations when we can use the Future Simple Tense.

We use the Future Simple Tense when we want to describe single actions, which will happen in the future.

For example:

Michael and Jackson will spend their holidays in Italy.

The Future Simple Tense is used when we describe repeated or habitual actions in the future.

For example:

Madison will go to the cinema a few times next month.

We can use this tense when we take decisions or make promises at the moment of speaking.

For example:

Stephanie, don’t worry! I will buy you a new phone.

And

The Future Simple Tense is used when we think, suspect or guess that something will happen in the future.

For example:

Kate, I think that you will be a great teacher one day!

Alex, now we know when we can use the Future Simple Tense.

Yes, that’s right! Thank you so much!

You’re welcome, boys!

Alex, can we ask you one more question?

Sure!

How do we form sentences in the Future Simple Tense? Could you tell us, please?

Yes, of course, boys!

To form positive sentences, we put the subject in the first place. Then we put the auxiliary verb “will”. And after that we use the base form of the verb.

Let’s look at the examples:

Martin will play tennis with his friend.

Victoria will go for a swim today.

Or

Jennifer will eat salad for breakfast.

To form negative sentences, we put the subject in the first place. Then we use the word “will” with the particle “not”. The short form is “won’t”. After that we put the base form of the verb.

Let’s look at the examples:

Martin won’t play tennis with his friend.

Victoria won’t go for a swim today.

Or

Jennifer won’t eat salad for breakfast.

And to form questions, we put the word “will” in the first place. Then we put the subject. After that we need to use the base form of the verb.

Let’s look at the examples:

Will Martin play tennis with his friend?

Will Victoria go for a swim today?

Or

Will Jennifer eat salad for breakfast?

To give short answers to the questions, we can use one of the following two constructions:

The first construction.

In the first place we put the word “yes”. After that we use the personal pronoun.

And then we need to put the word “will”.

And the second construction.

In the first place we put the word “no”. After that we use the personal pronoun.

And then we need to put the word “won’t”.

Guys, now you know how to form sentences in the Future Simple Tense.

Yes, it’s true, Alex!

Now tell me, please, do you know what time markers we can use in the Future Simple Tense?

No, Alex, we don’t!

Okay, I’ll tell you!

In the Future Simple Tense we use the following time markers:

Tomorrow (завтра)

Next (на следующей, в следующем)

For example: next week, next year.

In (через)

For example: in 5 days, in 3 weeks.

Soon (скоро, вскоре)

Boys, I’ve told you everything you need to know about the Future Simple Tense. Did you understand all the information?

Yes, we did!

Really?

Yes, of course!

All right! In this case, I would like to check your knowledge.

Sure! No problem!

Your task is to look at the pictures and make the sentences according to the signs. Use the Future Simple Tense and the words from the box.

And the words are:

Eat

Go

Drive

Travel

Take

And

Walk

Check yourselves.

Megan will soon walk along the beach.

Will Kyle take some pictures for us tomorrow?

Stan will drive you home in 10 minutes.

Kim won’t go to London by plane.

Kyle won’t eat the fried eggs for dinner.

And

Will Max travel to Spain next week?

Well done, guys! Now you know everything about the Future Simple Tense.

Yes, it’s true! Thank you so much, Alex!

It’s my pleasure, boys! All right! Now I have to go home.

Oh, okay! See you, Alex.

See you, boys.

That’s all for today, our dear friends!

We hope you liked the lesson.

See you soon, boys and girls!