Future forms worksheets: will, going to and more
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Future forms (will, going to…) worksheets
104 printable worksheets with answer keys; the 24 most used, easiest level first.
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Warm-ups and fillers
Quick Fun Corner activities on the same theme: no preparation.
- Ice breaker · A2Mime what you’re going to do this evening. The class guesses: “You’re going to cook pasta!”
- Filler · A2Mime the start of something: put on a coat, look at the sky and open an umbrella, pick up a phone. The class guesses: “You’re going to go out!” “It’s going to rain!”
- Ice breaker · B2Mingle as yourself ten years from now. Introduce yourself and catch up: “I’ve just gotten back from Peru, actually. What have you been up to?” Report the most surprising future.
About Future forms (will, going to…)
English has no single future tense; the form depends on meaning. Going to is for plans and predictions based on present evidence (Look at those clouds – it's going to rain). Will is for decisions made while speaking, offers, promises and opinions (I'll help you). The present continuous is for fixed arrangements: I'm seeing the dentist on Friday.
Will and going to are introduced at A2, in simplified form for young learners, and the future continuous and future perfect at B2 (This time tomorrow I'll be flying; By June I'll have finished). Learners use will for everything, use the present simple for instant decisions (*I call you later) or put will after when and if (*when I will arrive).
On this page you'll find printable future forms worksheets with answer keys – print them as PDFs or solve online with a class link.
Teaching tips: Future forms (will, going to…)
- Contrast instant decisions and plans in a role-play: A: The printer's broken. B: I'll have a look (decided now). Later: I'm going to buy a new one (already decided).
- Use diaries or calendars for the present continuous for arrangements: learners try to find a time when both are free.
- Teach that future time clauses after when, as soon as, before and if take the present simple: I'll call you when I arrive.
- From B2, use timelines with 'this time tomorrow' and 'by the end of the year' to show the future continuous and future perfect.
- Watch for *I will to go and *I'm going to going: will is followed by the base verb, going to by to + base verb.
Questions teachers ask
What's the difference between will and going to?
Going to is for intentions already decided and predictions with present evidence; will is for decisions made while speaking, offers, promises and predictions based on opinion. In many predictions both are possible.
Is the present simple used for the future?
Yes, for schedules and planned events (The train leaves at 6:15) and in the future time clauses after when, as soon as and if: I'll text you when I get there.
How should I introduce the future to young learners?
Start with going to for plans (I'm going to play soccer on Saturday) using pictures of weekend activities, and add will for simple predictions later.