A selection of English ESL future prediction printables

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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how to express likelihood, probability in English

how to express likes and dislikes in English

how to express sequence and chronology in English

how to express shock and disbelief in English

how to express sympathy and condolences in English

how to give permission, authorization in English

how to inform somebody about some news in English

how to interpret what was said in English

how to keep a conversation going in English

how to make guesses about something in English

how to make, accept and refuse offers in English

how to order or make a booking in English

how to persuade, convince people in English

how to praise people and express appreciation in English

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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ESL Lesson Plan for Upper-Intermediate students B2-C1 focused on the topic of side hustle, expressions for making predictions, speculation and probability and talking about the future of the job market.



Based on Ted talk by Nicaila Mathews Okome, This is the Side Hustle Revolution



Video link: https://www.ted.com/talks/nicaila_matthews_okome_this_is_the_side_hustle_revolution

Side Hustle Revolution- Talking about future jobs 

This worksheet exercices the structure going to . The students look at the pictures and write sentences with going to. The vocabulary in the box can help. But if your students already know all the vocabulary, you could delete the words and they have to be creative.

Predict What They Are Going To Do - Future

The objective of this worksheet is to provide the students with a clear diagram to learn the rules of future tense be going to. It is suitable for children with special needs too.

Future tense: Be going to

Worksheet on which students predict what their future will be on different matters, using 'If' or 'When' + present tense (e.g 'When/If I have a baby..') followed by their prediction (e.g. 'I will take good care of him/her').

Imagine your future! Will and Won't

This worksheet is designed for A2 (Pre-Intermediate) learners, focusing on future forms (will, be going to, and present continuous*) through engaging content about future jobs. Students will explore new career possibilities like Drone Traffic Controller and Virtual Reality Architect, while practicing how to use future forms to express plans, predictions, and intentions. The lesson starts with a warm-up to spark conversation, followed by a reading section with comprehension questions. A guided discovery approach helps learners understand when to use will versus be going to, while the grammar explanation is supported with exercises. Native speaker notes are included to address common mistakes. The lesson culminates in a creative task-based activity where students brainstorm future jobs, using the target grammar. This makes it ideal for classes focusing on both reading comprehension and future tense forms.

Dream Jobs of the Future: future forms (will, be going to, and present continuous) A2



It is a very simple activity students can do in pairs or groups. One spinner is used in the middle.

Students practice the future with Will by using this speaking spinner. They  talk about future and predict their lives in the future. It is a funny activity and a good way to use their spinner toys. 

It gives them the opportunity to talk and use the language in a funny way so it is motivating and meaningful for them.

Future spinner 

Use of will and won't to express the future tense.

PREDICTING THE FUTURE

a matching game to explain the grammatical form.

cut up sentences and Ss have to match the form

Will & Won't to predict the future

Making predictions

Great activities for students who like to draw!

This is really two worksheets, but I used them in the same class. The first worksheet gives a picture and asks the students to guess what the thing will become in the future. The example is a tomato becomes ketchup.

The students write a sentence or two about their predictions, then draw a picture.



On the second worksheet,  the students write and draw about their own future jobs, homes, and families.



The worksheet currently uses "will" but it could easily be changed to use "going to"

New vocabulary for students include the words "become" and "creative".

Drawing the Future

An easy worsheet to write positive and negative sentences, match, reflect a bit upon the current situation and make simple predictions about the future after coronavirus.

CORONAVIRUS - FUTURE SIMPLE - WILL

These cards are just a bit of fun to get them talking. You can use any number of cards or student group sizes that you like. Below is merely an example to get you going, but use your imagination and you may find many other fun ways to get the best out of them.

Put the students into pairs/small groups and give out one cut up set of cards per pair/group. Students shuffle the deck and each choose 6 cards.

At this point, depending on the English (and imagination) level of your class, you may wish to give them some time to work on their own to plan what they want to say. For a stronger class, they could just go in blind.

Each student will read the future/present/past (depending on how you want to use the card) for their partner/group using any language that you wish them to practice.

This is also a QR code activity, so you could save yourself the time and paper and have them do it on their smartphones. The smartphone version will ask them to click a button to see their cards, at which point they will be dealt 6 from the deck at random. Visit english-able.com for the free digital version.


71 Future prediction English ESL worksheets pdf & doc