# Session 33: Future tense
**Session Title** **Future tense**
Objective By the end of the session, students will able to: - Understand the structure and use of simple future tense. - Form affirmative and negative future tense sentences using "will". - Talk about future plans, predictions, and promises.
Topics/Concept - Understand the concept of future tense (actions that are going to happen). - Use "will" and "going to" correctly in simple sentences. - Compare past, present, and future tenses in a simple summary.
Material Required 1. White board and marker 2. Reward sticker 3. Name Tags or Chits (optional) to randomly select who speaks next (helps shy students feel included).
Methodology - Student - Centered learning - Kinesthetic and Auditory Learning - Task based learning
Session Duration 90 Minutes
### Intro Activity (10 minutes) ##### **The whisper chain** - The teacher whispers a simple sentence to the first student in the line/circle **Example**: “My cat wears sunglasses on rainy days.” - That student whispers the sentence to the next person, and so on, without repeating. - The last student says the sentence out loud for the whole class to hear. - Everyone laughs comparing the original sentence with the final version—usually it changes a lot along the way! - Can go for 3 or 4 rounds ### Main Topic/ Activity (65 minutes) ##### **Starter Talk: "What Will You Do?"** **(25 minutes)** Ask students fun questions like 1. What will you do after school? 2. What will you eat for dinner ? 3. Will you go to the moon one day? - Explain, Future tense = is used to talk about something that has not happened yet, but will happen. We often use: 1. will + base verb → I will eat 2. going to + base verb → I am going to play - Also mention: Negative form: Subject + will not + base verb **Example**: He will not play today. - Write a few examples on the board: 1. I will dance. 2. He is going to study. 3. Anna will not come today ##### **“Job jukebox”(30 minutes)** - Tell students that they’re going to become mini speakers today and share their dream ambition/job and what they will do when they become that. **Rules**: - Each student gets 30 seconds to speak. - They must say: 1. What their ambition is (e.g., “I want to be a doctor.”) 2. What they will do in that role (e.g., “I will help people get better when they are sick.”) **Encourage Creativity:** - If someone has a unique dream, encourage them to be expressive (e.g., astronaut, baker, YouTuber, etc.) - Gift the students small stickers on their notebook may that small reward gives them confidence ##### **Time Machine Travel Game** **(10 minutes)** - Use three corners of the room as: 1. “Past” (yesterday) 2. “Present” (now) 3. “Future” (tomorrow) - The teacher calls out sentences, and students run to the correct area. **Example Sentences:** 1. “I brushed my teeth.” → run to Past 2. “She is reading a book.” → run to Present 3. “They will go to the zoo.” → run to Future ### Follow up Tasks (5 minutes) - Ask them to write 3 sentences: 1 with 'will', 1 with 'going to', and 1 negative future sentence." **Remember them :** - **"**Knowing your tenses is like having a time machine in your words! You can go to the past, stay in the present, or fly into the future!" ### Review Questions/Assessment/Tasks (10 minutes): ##### **Mini-Worksheet or Quiz** - Fill in the blanks using “will” or “going to”: 1. I \_\_\_\_ watch TV tonight. 2. She \_\_\_\_ visit her grandmother. 3. We \_\_\_\_ play a game after class. - Go over the answers quickly and give positive feedback. **The 3 Tenses Recap (5 min)** - Create a simple chart together on the board: **|** Tense | Example | |---------|---------------------| | Past | I played. | | Present | I play. | | Future | I will play. | - Ask them 1. What did you do yesterday? 2. What are you doing now? 3. What will you do tomorrow? ### Expected Learning Outcome: **Knowledge building** - Identify and use simple future tense with “will.” - Form affirmative and negative future sentences. - Confidently talk about tomorrow and what will happen. - Differentiate between past, present, and future tenses. - Engage in fun, energetic, and collaborative learning activities. **Skill building** - "Whisper Chain": Enhances listening and repetition skills. - "Job Jukebox": Encourages expressive speaking about future ambitions. - "Time Machine Travel": Team-based movement to reinforce tense identification.