Activities for Teaching the Future Perfect (PART II)


  1. THE (IM) PERFECT DATE

What would your student 1 have to do to be ready for a date with the man of her dream? Brainstorm will of the things she would need to do to be ready for her date at 7 p.m., the following evening, and arrange those tasks in a timeline. How much time will student 1 need to be ready by 7? Now, tell your class that a flat tire has caused student 1 to b elate in getting ready for her date. She lost 90 minutes, but her dream date will still arrive at 7 P.M. students make observations (based on your time line) what student 1 will have done and will have not done by time Mr. Right arrives.

  1. CLASSMATE PREDICTIONS

On several small slips of paper, students write anonymous predictions about their classmates’ futures using the future perfect (no names). “This person will have had 5 children in 5 years.” Students hand these predictions in and read each prediction in front of the class. Can they guess who the prediction is about and who wrote it?

  1. TO DO LIST

Have your students make a “to do list for today”, this week or this month. Ask them to share with partners the things they will have done once their “to do” lists are complete.


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