Teaching FUTURE PREDICTIONS

100% will
          will probably/ be likely to
          might
          might not
          probably won't/ not be likely to
 0%   won't

Are you tired of showing your students this list?
Do you think they will learn them just by using them to complete sentences?

LEAVE THE BOOK FOR A WHILE AND DO THIS:

1. Take a bag/schoolbag/wallet
2. Put different kind of objects in it
3. Explain to your students who is going to use it and in what situation (You can invent it)
4. Ask them to have a look at the objects inside the bag/wallet
5. Ask them how probable it is that this person uses them or not.



For example...

"This bag belongs to a girl who is going to meet her boyfriend at the cinema"
(In the bag you can see: a lipstick, a bottle of perfume, an agenda, a watch, a book, etc)

A: What is it?
B: It's a lipstick
A: What do you think about it? Is she likely to use it?
B: Yes... she will probably use it. Girls like that kind of things.

A: What is it?
B: It's a watch
A: What do you think about it? Is she likely to use it?
B: Mmm... No, she probably won't use it because she has a mobile phone.
                                  or
B: Yes... she will use it because in the cinema you can't use a mobile phone.

TRY IT... IT WORKS!
LET YOUR STUDENTS THINK ABOUT IT, DECIDE AND EXPLAIN!
YOU CAN MAKE IT MORE PERSONAL AND INTERESTING BY ADDING OBJECTS YOUR STUDENTS LIKE OR DISLIKE.