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E10 M - Recognise future progressive and future perfect

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E10 M - Recognise future progressive and future perfect

Mini-Beschreibung: Erkenne future progressive und future perfect rezeptiv und erschließe ihre zeitliche Bedeutung in plans, predictions und future scenarios.

Zielgruppe: Klasse 10, M-Niveau, Englisch als erste Fremdsprache, Baden-Württemberg. B1-orientiert, selbstständig, mit längeren einfachen Texten und natürlichem Standardaudio.

Course path: English first → understand → respond → analyse → communicate → feedback → revise → transfer.

Curricular focus: Im Bildungsplan für Klasse 10 werden future progressive und future perfect auf dem mittleren Niveau ausdrücklich rezeptiv geführt. Deshalb musst Du sie hier vor allem erkennen, zeitlich einordnen und verstehen – nicht fehlerfrei in jedem eigenen Satz produzieren.

Bildungsplan Baden-Württemberg: Grammatik Klasse 10

Prüfungscheck, Stand 02.10.2026: Für den Realschulabschluss nennt das Kultusministerium weiterhin eine schriftliche Prüfung in der Pflichtfremdsprache und eine Kommunikationsprüfung. Für 2027 ist Englisch schriftlich am 03.05.2027 vorgesehen; die Kommunikationsprüfung in der Pflichtfremdsprache soll zwischen 22.02. und 02.03.2027 stattfinden. Maßgeblich bleiben immer die aktuellen offiziellen Vorgaben.

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Einleitung

Look at the departure board. Imagine tomorrow morning:

At 9:15, passengers will be waiting at the gate. By 9:15, some passengers will have checked in already.

Both sentences look into the future, but they choose a different viewpoint:

Future view	What you understand	Typical form
action in progress at a future point	You are looking into the middle of an activity.	will be + verb-ing
action completed before a future point	You are looking back from a future deadline.	will have + past participle

You do not need a full German translation. First ask: What is happening when?

Media entry: hear the contrast

Watch once without stopping. Then watch again and notice will be + -ing.

Watch the future perfect example. Listen for will have + past participle and the future reference point.

Understand

I-can-Ziele

I can recognise future progressive in listening and reading.
I can recognise future perfect in listening and reading.
I can decide whether an action is in progress at a future point or completed before it.
I can use context such as schedules, deadlines, plans and predictions instead of translating word by word.
I can explain the meaning of a sentence in simple English and give a short response.

Vorwissen

You should already recognise these building blocks:

You know	Quick reminder
will	marks a future view in many contexts
be + verb-ing	shows an activity as ongoing
have + past participle	builds a perfect form
past participle	worked, finished, seen, gone, written …
time references	tomorrow, at 8, by Friday, by then, this time next week …

Think: Is the sentence looking inside an activity or back at a completed result?

Respond

Listening and Viewing

First viewing: Do not write every word. Decide only: ongoing future activity, routine future event or something else?

Second viewing: Note two examples with will be + -ing.

Third viewing: Explain one example to a partner in simple English. Avoid a full translation.

Quick listening strategy

Step	Action
1	Find the future reference point.
2	Listen for will be or will have.
3	Notice -ing or the past participle.
4	Decide: ongoing or completed?
5	Check whether the context supports your idea.

Analyse

Reading: Future Skills Day

Read first for meaning. Then look at the grammar.

Next Thursday, Class 10M from the fictional Riverside School is visiting a Future Skills Day. At 9:30, the group will be taking part in a design workshop. By 11:00, the students will have tested three prototypes. At lunchtime, some teams will be preparing questions for a panel while others compare notes. By 3:30, the class will have collected enough ideas for a short report. On the train home, students will be discussing which predictions sounded realistic and which did not.

Your reading task: Mark each bold form as in progress or completed before a future point. Then explain what the time phrase contributes.

Functional grammar: meaning before form

Form you recognise	Main meaning	Example	Best question
will be + verb-ing	action in progress at a future point; sometimes an expected future routine	At 10 tomorrow, we will be travelling.	What will be happening then?
will have + past participle	action completed before a future reference point	By 10 tomorrow, we will have arrived.	What will already be finished by then?

Future progressive is also called future continuous.

Future perfect often appears with a deadline such as by Friday or by then. But signal words are only clues. Context decides the meaning.

A useful timeline:

NOW → → → future reference point

Future progressive: the activity crosses that reference point. Future perfect: the activity is completed before that reference point.

Plans, predictions and future scenarios

Context	Example	Meaning to recognise
plan / schedule	This time tomorrow, we will be travelling to the conference.	travelling is in progress then
deadline	By noon, the team will have submitted the report.	submission is completed before noon
prediction	In 2040, many people will be working with technologies that are still developing today.	work is imagined as ongoing at that future time
future scenario	By 2040, cities will have changed many transport systems.	change is viewed as completed by the future point

Use future scenarios critically. A prediction is not automatically a fact. Ask for its source and date.

Context vocabulary

Word	English clue
in progress	happening at the reference time
completed	finished before a reference time
deadline	the latest time something should be finished
schedule	a plan showing times and events
by	no later than a certain point
at	exactly at a certain point
forecast	a statement about what may happen
scenario	an imagined future situation
milestone	an important stage in a process

Pronunciation for listening

In natural speech, will is often shortened: I’ll, you’ll, we’ll, they’ll. In fast speech, will be and will have may sound less clear than they look on the page.

Your goal is understanding, not accent imitation. Listen for the whole chunk:

we’ll be travelling → ongoing future activity we’ll have arrived → completed before a future point

Clarity is more important than accent-free speech.

Common traps

Trap	Better analysis
“by 5” means the action happens exactly at 5	by 5 usually means completed no later than 5
every future sentence with will has the same meaning	the aspect changes the viewpoint
future progressive means “a long action”	it means the action is viewed as in progress at a future reference point
future perfect means “the most important future”	it means completed before a future reference point
signal words are enough	always check the whole context

Communicate

Speaking

The grammar target is receptive, so you may answer with simpler language.

Partner task: One person reads a sentence. The other explains its time meaning:

At 6, Mina will be presenting the results. Possible response: “The presentation is in progress at six.”

By 6, Mina will have presented the results. Possible response: “The presentation is finished by six.”

Then switch roles. React spontaneously with short follow-up questions such as “What happens next?” or “What is already done?”

Recordings are optional and should remain private. Do not upload recordings unless your teacher has explicitly arranged a safe school procedure.

Writing

Write a short 80–100 word response to this fictional message:

“Our project day starts at 9. By 12, every team will have completed the first challenge. At 1, the teams will be presenting their ideas. What should we prepare before we arrive?”

Your response may use simpler future forms. The main target is to show that you understood what will be finished and what will be in progress.

Keep your own wording. If a digital tool suggests language, check it against a reliable source before accepting it.

Mediation

A fictional German schedule says:

09:00 Start – 10:30 Arbeitsphase – bis 12:00 Ergebnisse fertig – 13:00 Präsentationen – bis 15:00 Feedback abgeschlossen

Explain the essential timing to an English-speaking visitor. Do not translate every word. Mediate for the purpose: What will be happening at certain times? What will already have been completed by a deadline?

Mediation means selecting and adapting information for a person and purpose.

Feedback

Peer feedback

Give feedback on meaning before grammar:

Check	Feedback question
future point	Is the reference time clear?
viewpoint	Ongoing or completed?
evidence	Which words or forms support the interpretation?
response	Does the answer show understanding without a full translation?
communication	Is the message understandable?

Use respectful, specific feedback: “I understood your timeline because …” or “Check whether the action is already finished by that point.”

Revise

Error analysis

Correct the interpretation, not only the form.

Sentence A: “At 4, Leo will be writing the report.” Wrong analysis: “The report is finished at 4.” Better analysis: The writing is in progress at 4.

Sentence B: “By 4, Leo will have written the report.” Wrong analysis: “He starts writing at 4.” Better analysis: The report is completed by 4.

Revision move: Draw one timeline, mark the future point and place the action around or before it.

Help ladder

If you are stuck …	Try this
Level 1	Circle the time phrase.
Level 2	Underline will be or will have.
Level 3	Find -ing or the past participle.
Level 4	Ask: ongoing then or completed by then?
Level 5	Paraphrase in simple English.

Transfer

New future scenario

Imagine your town in 2035. Use two reliable sources about transport, energy, work or school. Do not copy predictions as facts.

Analyse sentences such as:

At 8 a.m. in 2035, many commuters will be using new transport options. By 2035, some local services will have changed their digital systems.

Ask: What is a source-based statement? What is a prediction? What does the grammar make you view as ongoing or completed?

Can-do-Check

Can-do	Yes	Not yet
I can spot will be + -ing.	□	□
I can spot will have + past participle.	□	□
I can identify the future reference point.	□	□
I can distinguish ongoing from completed.	□	□
I can explain the difference without translating every word.	□	□
I can check a future prediction against a source.	□	□

Folgekurs

Next step: Compare future forms in plans and predictions.

Interaktive Aufgaben

Quiz: Teste Dein Wissen

Which sentence shows an activity in progress at a future time? (At 8 tomorrow, I will be travelling to school.) (!By 8 tomorrow, I will have arrived at school.) (!I travelled to school yesterday.) (!I travel to school every day.)

Which sentence means that a task is completed before a future deadline? (By Friday, we will have sent the report.) (!On Friday, we will be sending the report.) (!We send the report every Friday.) (!We sent the report last Friday.)

Which pattern helps you recognise the future progressive? (will be plus verb ing) (!will have plus past participle) (!did plus infinitive) (!has plus past participle)

Which pattern helps you recognise the future perfect? (will have plus past participle) (!will be plus verb ing) (!was plus verb ing) (!has been plus verb ing)

What does by six usually signal in a future perfect sentence? (a completion no later than six) (!an action beginning exactly at six) (!a repeated action every six hours) (!a past action before yesterday)

What does this time next week often help you locate? (an activity in progress at that future time) (!an action completed in the distant past) (!a general fact without a time reference) (!a command in the present)

At 2, Mia will be presenting the project. What is the best interpretation? (The presentation is in progress at two.) (!The presentation is definitely finished before two.) (!The presentation happened yesterday.) (!Mia never presents projects.)

By 2, Mia will have presented the project. What is the best interpretation? (The presentation is completed by two.) (!The presentation starts at two.) (!The presentation is in progress throughout the night.) (!The presentation happened before last week.)

What should you check first when meaning is unclear? (the future reference point and the context) (!only the length of the sentence) (!only the subject pronoun) (!only whether the verb is regular)

What is the main grammar goal in this course? (recognising the two forms and understanding their time meaning) (!producing every future form without errors) (!translating every sentence word for word) (!learning irregular verbs without context)

Memory

future progressive	action in progress at a future point
future perfect	action completed before a future point
by Friday	deadline clue
this time tomorrow	future reference point
past participle	third verb form
schedule	planned times and events

Drag and Drop

Ordne die richtigen Begriffe zu.	Thema
will be travelling	ongoing at a future point
will have arrived	completed before a future point
by noon	deadline
at noon	reference point
past participle	form used after will have

Kreuzworträtsel

progress	What word completes the idea in this phrase: in ___?
deadline	What is the latest time a task should be finished?
schedule	What word means a plan showing times and events?
aspect	What grammar concept changes the viewpoint on an action?
participle	What follows have in the future perfect?
prediction	What do you call a statement about what may happen in the future?

LearningApps

Lückentext

Offene Aufgaben

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Leicht

Timeline sketch: Draw a timeline for four course sentences and mark whether each action crosses the future point or ends before it.
Listening notes: Rewatch one BBC video and write only three keywords plus one sentence explaining the time meaning.
Media caption: Write two English captions for the airport or timetable image: one showing an ongoing future action and one showing a completed action.
Meaning swap: In pairs, read six future sentences aloud. Your partner paraphrases the time meaning in simple English.

Standard

Fictional schedule: Design a fictional project-day schedule with five times and write comprehension questions about what will be happening and what will have been completed.
Future-news article: Write a 120-word fictional article set in 2035. Mark predictions clearly and add one source-based fact from a reliable current source.
Listening comparison: Compare one example from the future progressive video with one from the future perfect video and explain how the future viewpoint changes.
Mediation task: Mediate a short German event schedule for an English-speaking guest. Select only information that matters for the guest.

Schwer

Source check: Compare one grammar statement from the Baden-Württemberg Bildungsplan with one explanation from BBC Learning English. State what both support and where their focus differs.
Mini presentation: Present a two-minute future scenario for school, work or transport. Distinguish sourced information from your own prediction and react to one spontaneous question.
Error clinic: Create five plausible wrong interpretations of future progressive or future perfect sentences. Exchange them with a partner and revise them using timelines.
Transfer quiz: Create a five-item recognition quiz for another class. Test it with a peer, collect feedback and revise unclear items.

Lernkontrolle

Timeline analysis: Read a new future scenario and place each target sentence on a timeline. Justify why the action is ongoing or completed.
Meaning contrast: Compare “At 5, they will be working” with “By 5, they will have worked on the task.” Explain how the reference point changes the viewpoint.
Context first: Analyse a sentence without an obvious signal word. Use surrounding information to decide which time meaning is intended.
Purpose-based mediation: Explain a fictional schedule to a visitor and choose only the details relevant to arrival, preparation and deadlines.
Prediction check: Separate facts from predictions in a short future text and identify what would need a reliable source.
Revision: Improve a learner explanation that confuses future progressive and future perfect. Keep the revised explanation short and understandable.