logo
episode-header-image
Oct 2025
8m 58s

Predicting the future

BBC Radio
About this episode

What are your predictions about the future? Neil and Pippa talk about what they think will happen in the future, and our grammar guru Georgie explains the grammar of future predictions. Learn to use 'will', 'going to' and how to use the future perfect tense.

TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/251007

THE READING ROOM: Practise your reading skills here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/the_reading_room

FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus

LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ 6 Minute Vocabulary ✔️ The English We Speak

They're all available by searching in your podcast app.

Up next
Yesterday
Making suggestions
Do you know how to make suggestions in English? Learn how to use 'let's', 'might I suggest', 'got to' and the past continuous to make suggestions sound more polite. Listen to Neil and Becca make suggestions for a new programme, and Phil, Pippa and grammar guru Georgie walk you th ... Show More
6m 8s
Sep 8
Favourite things
Learn about adjective order and adjective phrases. An old, black guitar or a black, old guitar? Believe it or not, one sounds much more natural. We have some general rules about adjective order in a sentence. Learn about it with grammar guru Georgie and presenters Phil and Pippa. ... Show More
8m 21s
Sep 1
Doing stressful things
What's more stressful? Learning to drive or learning a new language? Listen to Pippa and Phil talking about stressful things and grammar guru Georgie explaining how to make comparative and superlative sentences.As always, get your free worksheet, quiz and transcript for this epis ... Show More
9m 36s
Recommended Episodes
May 2025
Future forms in English - Talking about future plans | The Coffee Break English Show 2.03
Do you know when to use ‘will’, ‘be going to’ and the present continuous??In this episode, we talk about future plans and how to use ‘will’, ‘be going to’, and the present continuous to be precise about your plans and ideas. By the end of the episode, you will have a clear unders ... Show More
13m 5s
Jan 2025
Real Easy English: Talking about wishes
Neil and Georgie have a real conversation in easy English about the future and wishes. TRANSCRIPT You can read along with this podcast and find important vocabulary here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/real-easy-english/250131SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔ ... Show More
5m 24s
Dec 2024
Real Easy English: Talking about future plans
Neil and Beth have a real conversation in easy English about their plans and dreams. Learn to talk about what you want to do in the futureTRANSCRIPT You can read along with this podcast and find important vocabulary here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/rea ... Show More
5m 25s
May 2024
#270 What Will the Future Look Like?
I go over some near and distant future predictions (as provided by Chat GPT) and share my views on how likely I think they are to happen. I'm a big fan of science fiction and wondering about how different things will be in the future, so I invite you to make predictions with me a ... Show More
35m 23s
Apr 2022
CBE 3.05 | Extra | Future predictions
<p>In this extra episode of Coffee Break English, Mark and Josie discuss their future predictions. Pay attention to how they express the future as you listen!</p><br><p>Would you like to receive free lesson notes to accompany this lesson? <a href="https://coffeebreaklanguages.com ... Show More
5m 31s
Jul 2021
#117 Making Future Predictions in English
As a child who grew up with sci-fi movies and games, I always dreamt about how cool it would be to live in the future, and now I realise we actually do!Today I’m going to talk about some of my predictions for the future and also use some words to describe the chance of that happe ... Show More
23m 22s
Jan 2021
Episode 70: Let's Talk about the Future
Have you ever wondered why we sometimes use "will" or "going to" or even just the present continuous to talk about the future in English? Today, we'll look a little closer at all the different grammatical structures available for discussing the future. 
16m 2s