Future (will/shall) flip prompts

This flip prompt activity provides fast and intense (semi)controlled practise of the future tense: "will" for spontaneous decisions, and "shall" for spontaneous offers.

Preparation

 * Copy and cut up one set of flip prompts from the following table for every three students in your class:

Procedure

 * Form groups of three and hand out a stack of the prompt tabs to each.
 * Taking turns, a member of each group flips over a prompt and reads out what ios written on it.
 * The other two students in the group then respond, one using "will" and the other "shall". For instance, if the prompt reads "I don´t have enough cash to buy the gun", possible responses might be "Oh, shall I lend you mine?" and "Don`t worry, I`ll lend you the money".
 * The teacher monitors, eliciting and drilling corrections.
 * On finishing early, a group can repeat the task, changing key information on the prompts e.g. they might change "I have lost my pet iguana" to "I have just bought a pet iguana".