Simple Future Tense – English Grammar Exercises for A1
You are giving a presentation to your class. Choose the best option (A, B, or C) to tell your audience what you are going to do next.
1 “Hello everyone. Today, I ______ talk about my family.”
(A) am
(B) will
(C) will to
2 “First, I ______ show you a picture of my hometown.”
(A) will show
(B) show
(C) will showing
3 “Next, we ______ look at the second slide.”
(A) will to
(B) are
(C) will
4 “I have three main points. I ______ start with the first one.”
(A) start
(B) will start
(C) am start
5 “Please look at the screen. Now, I ______ play a short video for you.”
(A) will play
(B) will playing
(C) play will
6 “If you have any questions, I ______ answer them at the end of my talk.”
(A) answer
(B) will answer
(C) will answers
7 “Now, I ______ move to the next part of my presentation.”
(A) moving
(B) will moved
(C) will move
8 “We don’t have much time today, so I ______ be very quick.”
(A) am
(B) will
(C) will to
9 “For this slide, I ______ read the text aloud, and you can just listen.”
(A) will reading
(B) read
(C) will read
10 “That is all for my part. Now, I ______ give the microphone to my partner, Anna.”
(A) am give
(B) will give
(C) give will
11 “To explain this better, I ______ use the whiteboard to draw a simple map.”
(A) will use
(B) am
(C) will using
12 “Don’t write this down. I ______ send you the document later.”
(A) am send
(B) send
(C) will send
13 “I ______ talk about the bad news today. We only have good news!”
(A) won’t
(B) don’t
(C) won’t to
14 “Now, ______ explain why this topic is very important.”
(A) I’m
(B) I’ll
(C) I’ll to
15 “Before we finish, I ______ summarize the main ideas of my report.”
(A) will summarize
(B) summarize
(C) will summarized
16 “I ______ take any questions now. Please raise your hand.”
(A) will taking
(B) will take
(C) take
17 “My presentation is over, but I ______ stay here if you want to talk.”
(A) stay
(B) am stay
(C) will stay
18 “In the next five minutes, I ______ tell you a short story about my trip.”
(A) am tell
(B) will to tell
(C) will tell
19 “This text is very long, so I ______ read every word.”
(A) won’t
(B) am not
(C) don’t will
20 “Thank you for listening. I ______ end my talk here.”
(A) end
(B) will ending
(C) will end
ANSWER KEY & EXPLANATIONS
1 (B)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: “Will” is used to state your immediate plan or intention for the presentation.
- Error analysis: (A) “am” is a common mistake (confusing the present continuous structure). (C) “will to” is a basic structural error because modals do not take “to”.
2 (A)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: Uses the standard “will + base verb” structure to introduce the first action.
- Error analysis: (B) “show” (Present Simple) is incorrect because the action hasn’t started yet. (C) “will showing” incorrectly uses an “-ing” form after “will”.
3 (C)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: “Will” directs the audience’s attention to the next slide.
- Error analysis: (A) “will to” has an unnecessary “to”. (B) “are” lacks a main verb (e.g., “are going to”).
4 (B)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: “Will start” announces the immediate next step in the speaker’s sequence.
- Error analysis: (A) “start” lacks the future auxiliary verb. (C) “am start” mixes the “to be” verb with a base verb.
5 (A)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: “Will play” clearly tells the audience what the speaker is about to do with the video.
- Error analysis: (B) “will playing” is a structural error. (C) “play will” has backward word order.
6 (B)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: Promises the audience that questions will be handled later.
- Error analysis: (A) “answer” is the wrong tense. (C) “will answers” incorrectly adds an “-s” to the base verb after “will”.
7 (C)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: “Will move” is a classic signposting phrase to transition between topics.
- Error analysis: (A) “moving” lacks an auxiliary verb. (B) “will moved” incorrectly uses a past tense verb after a modal.
8 (B)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: “Will” is followed by the base verb “be” to promise a quick presentation.
- Error analysis: (A) “am” changes the meaning to a present state rather than a promise about the upcoming talk. (C) “will to” is structurally wrong.
9 (C)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: Announces the action of reading the text.
- Error analysis: (A) “will reading” uses an incorrect gerund. (B) “read” does not clearly express the transition to a future action.
10 (B)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: Used to smoothly hand over control of the presentation to a partner.
- Error analysis: (A) “am give” is a grammatical mismatch. (C) “give will” has incorrect word order.
11 (A)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: States the immediate intention to use a physical object (the whiteboard).
- Error analysis: (B) “am” lacks the main verb “use”. (C) “will using” violates the base verb rule.
12 (C)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: Makes a promise to the audience so they don’t have to take notes.
- Error analysis: (A) “am send” is grammatically invalid. (B) “send” is the Present Simple, which is inappropriate for a future promise.
13 (A)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: “Won’t” (will not) is used to tell the audience what the speaker is not going to do.
- Error analysis: (B) “don’t” is a very common mistake for A1 learners trying to create a negative future sentence. (C) “won’t to” has an unnecessary “to”.
14 (B)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: “I’ll” is the natural, spoken contraction of “I will”, highly common in presentations.
- Error analysis: (A) “I’m” cannot be followed by the base verb “explain”. (C) “I’ll to” has an unnecessary “to”.
15 (A)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: “Will summarize” announces the final step of the presentation.
- Error analysis: (B) “summarize” lacks the future indicator. (C) “will summarized” incorrectly uses an “-ed” ending.
16 (B)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: Opens the floor for the Q&A session.
- Error analysis: (A) “will taking” is structurally incorrect. (C) “take” lacks the “will” needed for announcing a transition.
17 (C)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: Offers an action after the presentation is formally finished.
- Error analysis: (A) “stay” lacks the future auxiliary. (B) “am stay” is grammatically incorrect.
18 (C)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: Outlines what will happen in a specific future timeframe (“in the next five minutes”).
- Error analysis: (A) “am tell” is a basic structural error. (B) “will to tell” includes an incorrect “to”.
19 (A)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: Uses the negative “won’t” to manage audience expectations about a long text.
- Error analysis: (B) “am not” is the wrong auxiliary verb. (C) “don’t will” is an invalid, double-negative structure.
20 (C)
Explanation: – Why it is correct: The standard phrase to officially conclude the presentation.
- Error analysis: (A) “end” lacks the necessary auxiliary verb for a transition. (B) “will ending” incorrectly uses an “-ing” form.
GRAMMAR POINTS TO REMEMBER
- Signposting: In a presentation, you are the driver. You use “Will” to tell your audience exactly where you are taking them next. It prepares them for the next slide, the next topic, or the next activity. (Example: “Next, I will show you a video.”)
- The Golden Grammar Rule: Always use Will + Base Verb.
- Do not add “to” (Incorrect: I will to talk).
- Do not change the verb (Incorrect: I will moving, I will started).
- Using Contractions: When presenting, spoken English should sound natural. It is very common and professional to use the contraction “I’ll” instead of “I will”. (Example: “Now, I’ll explain this chart.”)
- Managing Expectations: Use the negative form “Won’t” (will not) to tell the audience what they should not expect, saving time and clearing up confusion. (Example: “I won’t read this whole text.”)