Talking About Future Plans

Talking About Plans

A fun lesson for beginner ESL students to learn sequencers, the future with going to, vocabulary, and expressions for talking about future plans. Watch the ESL video about using Future Simple and Present Simple Tense and use the ESL Printable and Digital storytelling flashcards to retell the story using the future with ‘going to’ and practice using new vocabulary and expressions. Get the downloadable and printable worksheets, ESL printable and digital flashcards, ESL listening and reading exercises, and gamify lessons with badges and stamps.

Warm Up Questions

  1. What do you like to do on weekends?
  2. Do you often go to the movies?
  3. Do you like to take naps?
  4. Do you like to go to the gym on your days off?
  5. Do you prefer to relax at the home on the weekend or go out?
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ESL Listening – Talking About Future Plans

Watch the following YouTube video:

ESL Questions Talking About Future Plans

1. What is Tony doing now?

2. What are Tony and Samantha talking about?

3. What will they eat for dinner tomorrow night?

4. What are their plans for today?

5. What will they do the day after tomorrow?

6. What will Samantha do after she goes shopping?

7. Why does Tony want to relax?

8. What does Tony want to do before he takes a nap?

Word Bank

plan
relax
nap
after that
and then
day after tomorrow
three-day weekend
sounds like fun
good idea
awesome

ESL Printable and Digital Flashcards to Talk about Future Plans

Use the following ESL printable flashcards to talk what things you like to do and plans for the weekend. Use the future simple tense (future with going to and future with ‘will’)

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Vocabulary – Talking About Future Plans

Synonyms

Listen for words or expressions in the video with the same or similar meaning as the words below.

  1. short sleep
  2. next
  3. take it easy
  4. Two days from today

Antonyms

Listen for words or expressions in the video with the opposite meaning as the words below.

  1. boring
  2. go to sleep
  3. yesterday
  4. weekday
  5. come
  6. breakfast

Grammar – Present Simple and Adverbs of Frequency

Match the following sentence stems.

1. I like to read

2. We often watch

3. I always listen to

4. She never rides

5. I drive

6. They go

7. Jack runs

8. They play

A. movies.

B. my car to work every day.

C. to the park every Saturday.

D. volleyball every weekend.

E. love stories on my days off.

F. 5km every morning before work.

G. music on the train.

H. her bicycle.

ESL Conversation about Future Plans

Samantha: Hey Tony, wake up.

Tony: Oh sorry Sam.

Samantha: What are your plans for today?

Tony: I don’t know yet. What do you want to do? I want to relax today, because it’s a three-day weekend.

Samantha: I see. Good idea. Let’s have a barbeque and watch a movie. After that, I want to take a nap. Do you have any plans for tomorrow?

Tony: Tomorrow, let’s go shopping. After that, I’m going to exercise. And then, I’m going to make pizza for dinner.

Samantha: That sounds like fun. Do you have any plans for the day after tomorrow?

Tony: Shall we go to the park with the kids?

Samantha: Sounds great!

Tony: It’s going to be an awesome weekend.

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