Learn English with Ellen: Future Simple
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Future Simple worksheet
We use the Future Simple:
to make predictions:
There will be strong winds tomorrow in the south of the country.
to suggest that a speaker will do something voluntarily:
A: The phone is ringing.
B: I'll get it.
to make a promise:
I won't tell anyone your secret.
to express a plan:
In speaking, will’ is usually contracted to “’ll”, after subject pronouns (i.e. I, we, you, they, she, he, it):
We’ll meet you outside the coffee shop.
1. Compose the sentences in the future simple
Routine bites hard _______________________________
Emotions are not growing _________________________
Resentment rides high ___________________________
Our respect run so dry ___________________________
2. Listen and match the words/phrases with their meanings
failing
bite
tear apart
resentment
cry out
low
desperation
exposed
appeal
take a hold
a) to shout or make a loud noise because you are frightened, hurt
b) a feeling of anger or unhappiness about something that you think is unfair
c) a weakness or fault
d) below the usual or average amount, level, or value
e) a state of despair, hopelessness
f) the quality in someone or something that makes him, her, or it attractive or interesting
g) to have an unpleasant effect
h) able to be seen
i) to destroy something violently, especially by pulling it to pieces
j) to begin to have complete control over somebody