Lesson 5: Future Tenses and Quantifiers
This lesson will introduce you to the key future tenses in English and show you how to express quantities accurately.
About this lesson
In this lesson, we will explore the different ways to talk about future actions and events, including the simple future (will, going to), the future continuous, and the future perfect. You will also learn how to use quantifiers correctly — such as much, many, a lot of, few, little, and more — and practise them across a variety of contexts for smoother, more precise communication.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Understand and use the simple future tense (will / going to).
- Distinguish between and use the future continuous and future perfect tenses.
- Use core quantifiers correctly (much, many, few, little).
- Express future plans and arrangements in English.
- Identify and correct errors in the use of future tenses and quantifiers.
Lesson vocabulary
- predict Experts predict a rise in temperatures.
- arrange I need to arrange my travel plans.
- intend He intends to study abroad next year.
- commitment I have a commitment to attend the meeting.
- outcome The outcome of the election is still unknown.
- eventually He will eventually achieve his goals.
- consequence Lack of sleep can have serious consequences.
- numerous There are numerous reasons for his decision.
- scarcely We scarcely had any time left.
- sufficient They have sufficient resources for the task.
- amount He spends a large amount of money on books.
- majority The majority of students prefer online learning.
- minority A minority of people disagreed with the decision.
- plenty (of) There's plenty of food for everyone.
- considerable He showed considerable improvement in his studies.