Presentation :

• Savoir exprimer l’avenir - Plusieurs façons de parler de l’avenir.... (soundguideweb.com) - UPDATED
  Présentation + Exercice interactif
  
  
• Going to or Will? - Presentation and Interactive exercises (englishgrammarsecrets.com)

• EXPRESSIONS DU FUTUR - explications (Yvan Baptiste)

• Four ways to talk about the future - Introduction (web2.uvcs.uvic.ca)

• Amazing predictions for the future. (nationalgeographic)
  
  

Examples :

• EuroMillions winners: we are now 'officially retired' - with a video
  "Dave and Angela Dawes reveal what they plan to do with the £101 million they have won from the EuroMillions jackpot."
  "The money will help out their families and friends...
  we've got 15 to 20 people that we are sort of going to make millionaires...
  we're going to buy a house over there (in Portugal) and we're going to get married next June..."
  (telegraph.co.uk)
  

  
  
  MORE HERE.

• Supercomputer 'can predict world events'
  "Feeding a supercomputer with news stories could help predict major world events, according to US research."
  (BBC)

• 12 Events That Will Change Everything, Made Interactive - "What event do you think will change the world?"
  (scientificamerican.com)

  

• Is this the sustainable city of the future?
  "According to a New York design group, this is how tomorrow's metropolis may look – just don't ask how it will work...
  Terreform One, a New York non-profit design group led by 38-year-old architect Mitchell Joachim, offers answers to almost everything to do with cities and sustainability. Its prolific output of ideas includes blimps creeping nose-to-tail around cities, with seats hanging off them just above the ground so that people can jump on and off at will..."
  (guardian.co.uk)

  

   

• Children draw own visions of 2020
  "Children asked to come up with ideas for life in 2020 have designed labour-saving devices, magic pencils to do their homework and, of course, robots."
  + PICTURES
  (BBC)

  

   

• Adrian Mole (Wikipedia)
  Adrian Mole - New Year's Resolutions (html.rincondelvago.com)

Pictures :

• Photo Collection: French Futurist Predictions from the Bibliothèque nationale de France, circa 1910.
  (history.icanhascheezburger.com)

  

  
  Photo Collection: German Futurist Predictions (history.icanhascheezburger.com)
  "from the dawn of the twentieth century that depict what life would be like in the year 2000." (paleofuture.com)
  
  

• Postcards from the future: illustrators imagine how London could be affected by climate change
  "on display at the Museum of London from 1 October 2010 to 6 March 2011...
  Like postcards from the future, familiar views of the capital have been digitally transformed by illustrators Robert Graves and Didier Madoc-Jones.
  They bring home the full impact of global warming, food scarcity, rising sea levels and how all Londoners will need to innovate and adapt to survive."
  (telegraph.co.uk)

  

• Will be shot (bored.com)
  
  

Listening :

• Going to - Dictation (skyblues67)

• What are you doing next weekend? - Listen - Read the script - Interactive exercise (englishbaby.com)

• "Teacher: Can people predict the future with cards?
  Student: My mother can.
  Teacher: Really?
  Student: Yes, she takes one look at my report card and tells me what will happen when my father gets home."
  ( Weekly Tips for Teachers )
  
  

Speaking :

• New Year's Resolutions - will / won't / might / may
  A PowerPoint Presentation
  sent by Corinne DEGEZELLE (Ac. Reims)
  (A adapter selon les années et les élèves)

  

• When I'm 75 - a speaking exercise for the future perfect and future continuous forms - UPDATED
  "For example,
  'When I am 75, I will be living in the South of France on a farm'
  and 'When I am 75, I will have lived and worked in 10 different countries'."
  (teachingenglish.org.uk)

INTERACTIVE exercises :

• Summer Holidays (will)
  "Read this 3D little book, talk about each kid and then play the hangman game."
  Created by Renée Maufroid. (Ac. Lille)

  

   

• What are the Wilsons going to do?
  "What are the Wilsons going to do today? Tell the class. Then, click on "play the game" and do the 6 pages of activities."
  Created by Renée Maufroid. (Ac. Lille)

  

   

• Savoir exprimer l’avenir - Plusieurs façons de parler de l’avenir.... (soundguideweb.com) - UPDATED
  Présentation + Exercice interactif
  

• "Going to" with Norman Rockwell.
  "First watch the video and read the sentences, then click on "play the game" and do the 6 activities."
  Created by Renée Maufroid (Ac. Lille)

  

• 'Predict' and its derivatives - or Life expectancy - interactive - 6 questions
  (BBC)
  
  

• Million Futures
  "is an interesting project where students write their visions for the future on virtual paper airplanes that fly around the site.
  Each plane gets its own number, so you can access it."
  - with a lesson plan
  (millionfutures.org.uk)

  

• Future Continuous - Fill-in exercise - interactive (visualesl.com)

• When I grow up by Shirley Temple
  "Listen to the song and read the lyrics.
  Now play the game, all the words are in the lyrics."
  Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
  
  
  
• Future forms - interactive quiz (BBC)

• Going to or Will? - Presentation and Interactive exercises (englishgrammarsecrets.com)

• Future hopes and plans - interactive quiz (BBC)

• Futures - interactive quiz (BBC)

• When will daddy come home? - Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
  "Ecoute et lis attentivement cette petite histoire puis complète les phrases...."
  
  
  
  
  
  
• What are they going to do ? - activity created by Renée Maufroid
  
  
  
  
  
• Four ways to talk about the future - Introduction
  Exercise - ex :
  "Masako : How many books did you buy? Chris: I don't know. ________ them."
  I'll count / I'm going to count / I count / I'm counting
  (web2.uvcs.uvic.ca)

• What are you doing next weekend? - Listen - Read the script - Interactive exercise (englishbaby.com)

• GRAMMAR GAMES - Future forms / Future in the past - interactive (British Council)
  
  

• New Year's Resolutions (iteslj.org)
  (I will / I'm going to / I hope / I 'd like to / I am thinking about / I intend to / I promise ... )

Exercises TO PRINT :

• Future tense and seaside vocabulary - a worksheet (wayahead-english.com)
  
  

• WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ? - Donner une image à la fois.

  

• WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ? - Donner une image à la fois.

  

• What will the cool teen be wearing in three years? - design your own
  (tommarch.com)

  

• Making all kinds of plans
  "A fun practice exercise for intermediate students, making arrangements for the future.
  Present Continuous for future arrangements
  + Teachers' Notes.
  (pearsonlongman.com)

• Future Tense (bogglesworldesl.com)
  "There are many ways to talk about the future. Here are some patterns that you can use.
  Write two sentences after each pattern."

• Poems for the future
  "Here are some suggestions to help get your students writing poems based around the theme of the future."
  (British Council)

• When I'm 75 - a speaking exercise for the future perfect and future continuous forms (BBC)
  "For example,
  'When I am 75, I will be living in the South of France on a farm'
  and 'When I am 75, I will have lived and worked in 10 different countries'."

Lesson plans :

• News Can Help Predict the Future (13th September, 2011) - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

• Fortune teller
  "This lesson, suitable for pre-intermediate students, follows on from presentation and controlled practice of the future ‘will'.
  It is an extended role-play activity which is simple to set up and fun for the students."
  (teachingenglish.org.uk)

• 2011 to Be Best Year Ever - a lesson plan (1st January, 2011)
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

• Million Futures
  "is an interesting project where students write their visions for the future on virtual paper airplanes that fly around the site.
  Each plane gets its own number, so you can access it."
  - with a lesson plan
  (millionfutures.org.uk)

  

• Computers 'to match man by 2029' - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)
  
  

• Humans blamed for climate change (BBC)
  - with IPCC PROJECTIONS
  - Climate change: In graphics

• Arrangements, intentions, timetables - a lesson plan SITE DEVENU PAYANT
  Language Function: arrangements / expressing intentions / talking about timetables
  Grammar Focus: present continuous for future / GOING TO / present simple
  - with Teacher's Notes
  (english-4u.com)

  

• Students will demonstrate understanding of 10 careers by completing a career scrapbook. - a lesson plan
  (miracosta.cc.ca.us)

INTERACTIVE games :

• What will life be like in the future?
  "Look at the funnies and pick the sentence that matches best the animation."
  Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

  

Poems :

• MY NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION - a poem
  "I will not throw the cat out the window
  Or put a frog in my sister's bed...
  I shall help old ladies cross roads (even if they don't want to) "
  (123newyear.com)
• My Future - a poem with an interactive quiz (kico4u.de)
  "What will be
  Left here for me
  When I grow up?..."

• Warning - a poem by Jenny Joseph (1961)
  "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
  With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
  And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
  And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
  I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired..."
  (poemhunter.com)

  Listen to it! (YouTube) Jenny Joseph (Wikipedia)

Songs : with "going to" - future

With "going to" :

• I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers (YouTube)
  + the lyrics :
  "When I wake up, well I know i'm gonna be, 
  I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next you
  When I go out, yeah I know I'm gonna be 
  I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you...
  And I would walk 500 more
  Just to be the man who walks a thousand miles
  To fall down at your door..."
  (sing365.com)

• Angus and Julia Stone - "Big Jet Plane"
  (YouTube)
  + the LYRICS
  "Gonna take her for a ride on a big jet plane...
  Gonna hold you,
  Gonna kiss ya in my arms
  Gonna take you, 
  Away from home"   
  (parolesmania.com)

Future :

• Where Will I Go When I'm Dead And Gone? by Peter Alsop

• Taylor Swift - Mean (YouTube) + LYRICS (paroles-musique.com)
  "You, with your words like knives
  And swords and weapons that you use against me...
  Someday, I’ll be living in a big old city,
  And all you’re ever gonna be is mean.
  Someday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me..."

  
  
  

  English Through Music: Taylor Swift’s Song, “Mean”
  Read and listen to the article. Then, open the activities on the right side of the page to learn English. Skill Level: BEGINNER
  (voanews.com)

• Muse - Uprising
  "Another promise, another scene,
  Another packaged lie to keep us trapped in greed,
  And all the green belts wrapped around our minds...
  They will not force us,
  They will stop degrading us,
  They will not control us,
  We will be victorious"
  (lyricsmode.com)
  + the VIDEO (YouTube)
  
  Muse - interview video - The Resistance
  "D'un constat amer sur la société daujourdhui, flippée, paranoïaque et dépressive, le groupe décrit dans cette interview-vidéo son envie de résistance."
  (YouTube)

  

• Wavin' Flag - K'naan With Lyrics - UPDATED
  "when i get older i will be
  stronger they'll call me freedom just
  like a wavin flag" 
  (YouTube)
  

  

• All mine sung by Portishead
  "Angel stars shall decline...
  You shan't escape...
  So don't resist, we shall exist"
  (sing365.com)
  + the VIDEO
  (YouTube)

• Jump sung by Madonna (YouTube)
  - the LYRICS (sing365.com)
  "The more that I wait, the more time that I waste...
  I'll work and I'll fight, Till I find a place of my own...
  And life's gonna drop you down like the limbs of a tree
  It sways and it swings and it bends until it makes you see"

  

• Enjoy The Ride sung by Morcheeba (YouTube)
  - the LYRICS (lyricsmania.com)
  "You won't want to go back home
  In a garden full of angels
  You will never be alone"

  

• Mountains O'things sung by Tracy Chapman
  (sing365.com)
  "I'll be working for somebody else
  Until I'm in my grave
  I'll be dreaming of a live of ease ...
  Everyone will look at me with envy and with greed
  I'll revel in their attention..."
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)

• Next Year Baby - sung by Jamie Cullum (sing365.com)
  "Next year, things are gonna change
  Gonna drink less beer, and start all over again
  Gonna read more books, gonna keep up with the news
  Gonna learn how to cook, spend less money on shoes
  I'll pay my bills on time, and file my mail away, everyday..."
  
  Listen to the song!
  (YouTube)
  

• I'm Gonna Be (500 miles) - The Proclaimers - A worksheet (esl-lounge.com)
  - the LYRICS (sing365.com)
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)
  
  
  
• By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Glen Campbell :
  "By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising...
  She'll laugh when she reads the part...
  By the time I make Albuquerque, she'll be working.
  (esl-lounge.com)
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)
• When I'm 64 by The Clemmer (YouTube) / The Beatles
  - the lyrics :
  "When I get older losing my hair
  Many years from now
  Will you still be sending me a valentine..."
  
  

• "Dream Holiday"
  "Listen to the song ..., click the answers and see what score you got!"
  (genkienglish.net)

  

• We're going to win!
  - a song about football
  "We re going to win!...
  We ll support our team forever"
  (British Council)

• All My Loving by The Beatles :
  "Close your eyes and I'll kiss you,
  Tomorrow I'll miss you;
  Remember I'll always be true..."
  (lyrics007.com)
  

• 'Don't you cry' by Steven Seagal (lyrics on the CD : Songs from the Crystal Cave)
  "Would you feel the same
  If I was invisible, untouchable..
  I'll be in your ocean
  I'll live in the sky
  I'll be here forever..."
  
  
  
• "For A Few Dollars More" by Smokie
  "The more she takes the harder they fall."
  "So she'll cry just a little for a few dollars more.
  She'll lie just a little like she's done it before.
  She'll take it, she'll fake it for a few dollars more..."
  
  
• For Baby by John Denver
  

• I'm Your Angel by Celine Dion :
  "I'll be your shoulder when you cry"
  
  
  
• In the year 2525 by Zager and Evans :
  "Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
  You won't find a thing to chew
  Nobody's gonna look at you...
  If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then
  Maybe he'll look around himself..."
  
  
  
• I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston

• I will survive by Gloria Gaynor

• My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion

• Stand By Me by Ben E. King :
  "I won't be afraid...
  I won't cry
  No, I won't shed a tear"
  (greatsong.net)

• Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden :
  "I'll be your dream
  I'll be your wish
  I'll be your fantasy..."
  
  
  
• Upside Down - Jack Johnson :
  "I'll find the things they say just can't be found
  I'll share this love I find with everyone
  We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's songs"

• We Will Rock You by Queen

• White Flag by Dido :
  "I will go down with this ship
  And I won't put my hands up and surrender
  There will be no white flag above my door
  I'm in love and always will be"

Future continuous :

• I'll be waiting - sung by Lenny Kravitz (artists.letssingit.com) - UPDATED
  "I'm the one who really love ya, baby
  I've been knockin' at your door
  and as long as I'm livin'
  I'll be waitin'
  as long as I'm breathin'
  I'll be there
  whenever you call me
  I'll be waitin'
  whenever you need me
  I'll be there..."
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)

• Every Breath You Take by Police :
  "Every breath you take
  Every move you make
  Every bond you break
  Every step you take
  I'll be watching you..."
  (greatsong.net)
  
  
  
• Please Come Home for Christmas by Eagles :
  "Bells will be ringing this sad sad New Years
  Oh what a Christmas to have the blues
  My baby's gone I have no friends
  To wish me greetings once again
  Cries will be singing Silent Night
  Christmas carols by candlelight"
  
  
  
• 7 Seconds by Youssou N'Dour :
  "It's not a second
  7 seconds away
  Just as long as I stay
  I'll be waiting..."

Videos :

• SIGHT
  "A short futuristic film by Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo. This is our graduation project from Bezaleal academy of arts."
  (vimeo.com)

  "The short feature offers a glimpse into the dating life of the future. The radically advanced technical system seems very convenient at first.
  Who wouldn't gear-up with shiny eye implants that do thinking, decorating and planning for you?"
  (ca.news.yahoo.com)

   

• A day made of glass (YouTube)

  

• Never say NO to Panda - an ad (YouTube)
  "Panda is an Egyptian cheese brand. The mascot of the company is a panda bear. As you can see from these ads, the panda bear is adorable.
  And if his cuteness doesn’t convince you to buy his cheese, his violent, destructive rages will." (Neatorama)
  Faire deviner ce que Panda va faire dans chaque situation...

  

• Grow Up, Cool Down - Greenpeace Video
  "If we do not take action against climate change the world around us will change dramatically within our life time."
  (YouTube)

  

   

• Oscar the Cat Predicts Death
  (YouTube)
  

  

• Shift Happens
  (YouTube)

  Shift Happens Narrated
  (YouTube)
  
  Shift Happens
  - a slideshow examining globalization and America s future in the 21st century.
  (slideshare.net)

  

Cartoons : (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille initiale.)

• I'll be home in 5 years (cartoonstock.com)

  

• It makes no sense to worry about the future (glasbergen.com)
  
  

Posters :

• Soviet accident prevention posters (englishrussia.com)
  This page contains images which some people may find unsettling.