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Hindi Future Tense

Tenth graders learn the Hindi future tense (भविष्यत् काल) — formed with the endings -गा / -गी / -गे: मैं जाऊँगा (I will go), मैं खाऊँगा (I will eat), मैं करूँगा (I will do). With the future, they can talk about plans and predictions.

Grade 10Future Tense50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Form the future.
  • ✓Use -गा / -गी / -गे.
  • ✓Talk about plans.
  • ✓Make predictions.
Essential Question

What will you do next year? How do you talk about the future in Hindi?

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Interactive Task
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Hindi Future Tense Check

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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Next Year

6 min

What will you do next year, and how do you say it in Hindi?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask “तुम क्या करोगे?”
  • Point to the future.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Future Tense

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Future Tense Check.
  • Note -गा / -गी / -गे.
  • Show मैं जाऊँगा & खाऊँगा.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make 3 verbs future.
  • Say “मैं जाऊँगा.”
  • Say a future plan.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Change.
  • Say it.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “कल मैं स्कूल जाऊँगा”.
  • Make 2 predictions.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Predict.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make a verb future.
  • Say a future plan.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Change one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Low).

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: state future plans.

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand future forms.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare tense systems.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about plans.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Present → future verb cards.
  • Highlight the -गा ending.
  • Frame: “कल मैं ___गा.”

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with मैं जाऊँगा.
  • One verb at a time.
  • Use examples.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Contrast -गा / -गी by gender.
  • Write 3 future sentences.
  • Predict the weekend.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🔮Verb (future) cards
  • 💻Hindi Future Tense Check
  • 🗓️“Next year” prompts
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

भविष्यत् कालfuture tenseकल (kal)tomorrowमैं जाऊँगाI will goमैं खाऊँगाI will eatमैं करूँगाI will doजल्दी (jaldī)soonबाद मेंlaterफिर (phir)then
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

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QUESTION 1
How do you say “I will go” (m.) in Hindi?
मैं जाऊँगा.
QUESTION 2
What endings build the Hindi future?
-गा / -गी / -गे.
QUESTION 3
What does “मैं खाऊँगा” mean?
I will eat.

Reflect: future tense.

Have students write one plan for next year in Hindi (“मैं ___गा”). A printable Hindi future-tense sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: कल (kal), जल्दी (jaldī), फिर (phir), बाद में, भविष्यत् काल, मैं करूँगा, मैं खाऊँगा, मैं जाऊँगा
  1. I will go
  2. then
  3. I will do
  4. later
  5. soon
  6. tomorrow
  7. I will eat
  8. future tense

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “I will go” (m.) in Hindi?
  2. What endings build the Hindi future?
  3. What does “मैं खाऊँगा” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) मैं जाऊँगा · 2) फिर (phir) · 3) मैं करूँगा · 4) बाद में · 5) जल्दी (jaldī) · 6) कल (kal) · 7) मैं खाऊँगा · 8) भविष्यत् काल
Part B: 1) मैं जाऊँगा. 2) -गा / -गी / -गे. 3) I will eat.