The Future: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
An interactive ESL game exploring future forms and temporal expressions. Players answer 10 questions of increasing difficulty about will, shall, present continuous, future perfect, and future perfect continuous structures, with contextual scenarios requiring sophisticated understanding of nuance and register.
A free Millionaire Quiz for Adults at CEFR C1 level. Topic: The Future.
Questions
- Which sentence correctly uses 'will' to express a future prediction? — A) I shall attend the conference next month because I have already booked my ticket. B) I am attending the conference next month because I have already booked my ticket. C) I will attend the conference next month because I have…
- Complete the sentence: 'By the time you arrive at the station, the train _____ for twenty minutes.' — A) will be waiting B) will wait C) will have been waiting D) will have waited
- Which sentence uses the present continuous to express a future arrangement? — A) They discuss the merger at tomorrow's board meeting. B) They will discuss the merger at tomorrow's board meeting. C) They are discussing the merger at tomorrow's board meeting. D) They will be discussing the merger at…
- According to the timetable, the flight _____ at 14:30. What form should be used? — A) departs B) will depart C) will be departing D) is departing
- Which sentence best expresses an obligation or formal commitment about the future? — A) I am submitting my report by Friday. B) I will have submitted my report by Friday. C) I shall submit my report by Friday. D) I will submit my report by Friday.
- By next December, she _____ in her current position for exactly ten years. Which form completes this sentence? — A) will have been working B) will be working C) will work D) will have worked
- Which sentence correctly uses future perfect to show completion before another future event? — A) When the CEO arrives, we will prepare all the documents for the presentation. B) When the CEO arrives, we will be preparing all the documents for the presentation. C) When the CEO arrives, we will have…
- Consider this scenario: An economist predicts that renewable energy sources will constitute 60% of global energy by 2050, assuming current investment trends continue. Which future form is most appropriate here, and why? — A) will have constituted — expressing completion of the energy transition by…
- A project manager tells her team: 'By the end of Q3, we will have been developing this software for eighteen months. At that point, we will release the beta version.' Which statement best explains the temporal relationship implied? — A) The eighteen-month period and the beta release are…
- In a formal policy document, it states: 'All member states shall have implemented the new environmental regulations by 2030, and shall continue to monitor compliance thereafter.' Which interpretation of 'shall' is most accurate in this legal context? — A) 'Shall' expresses a mandatory requirement…
Printable worksheet
This Millionaire Quiz comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Answer from memory · No options this time. Write the answer.
- Write your own question · Write a new question about the future, with one right answer and three wrong ones.
Part 1: Answer from memory
No options this time. Write the answer.
- Which sentence correctly uses 'will' to express a future prediction?
- Complete the sentence: 'By the time you arrive at the station, the train _____ for twenty minutes.'
- Which sentence uses the present continuous to express a future arrangement?