A selection of English ESL future prediction printables

there are some predictions for future/ you can use it to drill future simple, to play a game with or even make a prediction cookie! just print it and put into the dough or put them into a hat and let your students know thre future. you can use it inthe last lesson of the year

predictions for future

It is a group activity, divide the class into two groups and they will have to make predictions about the future. There are certai topics that will inspire them, but one group will have to be optimists and the other group pessimists. They will have to explain why they think that their arguments are true.

Our future in the 23rd century

Main objective is to help students use the 'be going to' to talk about the future. It helps learners to have a conversation in pairs or groups. The main question is the prompt, for example, if the question is: What are you going to do this weekend? Then the answer will be 'I am going to ...' It can also be used to make predictions about others. For example, 'you are going to ...'

Fortune Teller Game - Predicting the Future with Going to

A boardgame for students to practice the creation of predictions by using the modal verbs Will/Won't or Might/Might not, as well as adverbial phrases of future time

Dice of Prediction (Will/Might)

Vocabulary and future prefictions practice. I used it in trainig for External Evaluation.

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This worksheet is intended for intermediate-level students (B1) and focuses on a comprehensive approach to learning future tenses (will vs. going to) through engaging activities. Students will begin with warm-up questions that encourage critical thinking about how technology has shaped sports. Next, they will engage in true or false and multiple choice questions based on a reading passage, helping to reinforce key ideas while developing reading comprehension skills.

 
A vocabulary matching activity ensures that learners grasp the essential terms, and the open-ended questions allow them to express their understanding in their own words. The grammar section takes an inductive learning approach, encouraging students to analyze sentences before diving into detailed explanations of when to use will for predictions, promises, and spontaneous decisions, versus going to for plans and predictions based on evidence.

 
To reinforce learning, students will complete fill-in-the-blank sentences and correct common mistakes. A task-based writing activity invites students to reflect on a past sports event, make predictions using "will," and describe future plans using "going to." For additional practice, students can access a QR code to explore interactive grammar exercises online, allowing for further reinforcement of the lesson's key concepts.

The Future of Sports: will vs going to

Smart Cities: What the Future Might Look Like

This worksheet is designed for A2–B1 level learners and focuses on the topic of future cities and technology. The main grammar focus is on modals of possibility (may, might, could) used to express future predictions and uncertainty.

It begins with a 500-word reading text about how smart cities might solve everyday problems using technology. The article covers areas such as transport, environment, energy, and safety.

After the reading, students complete a vocabulary matching and gap fill activity to build deeper understanding of the topic. A short grammar discovery task guides students toward the form and function of modals of possibility, followed by a clear explanation and two grammar-based exercises: one for checking accuracy and one for fluency and creativity.

The lesson ends with a speaking activity called “Future Life Presentation,” where students use modals to imagine their lives, jobs, or cities in the future.

This worksheet is ideal for general English classes, themed units about technology or the future, and grammar review lessons.

Smart Cities: What the Future Might Look Like (modals of possibility)

This handout was made to practice pronunciation and to identify the statements in future (going to and will).

It is a lyrics of the song One Way or Another covered by One Direction.

Cover - One Direction - Future Tenses

A worksheet for Mathyom 2 students.

Questions and answers using 'going to'. 

Describe/predict future plans.

Additional list of special occasions and time expressions on the back for advanced students

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Future plans using 'going to'

Students will learned about technology and have the explanation for each future tenses which have examples that guide them to complete the different exercises applying what they learned

Technology- Future tenses

warm up: explain the words from the box, use dictionary (online or paper) if you're not sure.
pre-task activities: get students into groups, hand out post it notes. Ask students to write down things they would like to change in their classrooms, lessons or school. Discuss in groups, elicit phrases: 'I think', 'I believe', 'I would like to change'
main part: watch the video (link provided) and answer the questions

Video based lesson about future classrooms. Interactive resource to consolidate technology topic and use future forms to talk about hope and predictions. Suitable for young learners A2-B1. Triple copy to save on printing.

This game is SO FUN to play with ESL students and practice the future simple. Students will write down questions about the future using the future simple tense or "going to". (Examples: Will I be rich? Am I going to be a nurse?) Then students will watch the video to see a retro Magic 8 Ball give predictions. They have to write down the prediction beside their question in the space provided. Video Link: https://youtu.be/lHfK6Iwind4


The video contains fun magical style music and example questions for inspiration. There are over 40 different predictions, so you can use this game again and again! You can also use this as a speaking activity and each students takes turns asking questions before the answer is revealed. Pause the video if you need more time.

Prediction Game with Future Simple + Going to - Magic 8 Ball - Writing and Speaking Activity with Video

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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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)

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Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

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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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