Predicting the future

Predicting the future

From Learning English Grammar by BBC Radio

May 5, 2026 · 9 min

About this episode

Neil and Pippa discuss future predictions while Georgie explains the grammar related to them.

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.

People in this episode

Hosts: Neil, Pippa

Topics covered

  • future predictions
  • grammar
  • future perfect tense
  • will
  • going to

Keywords

  • future
  • grammar
  • predictions
  • will
  • going to
  • future perfect tense

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Organizations: BBC Radio

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