👻 What will happen next? Join me for a spooky story and practice the future with WILL in English!
In this interactive English lesson for high-beginner learners (A2+), you’ll help tell a ghost story about four teenagers who go camping in the woods. Listen to each part, choose what you think will happen next, and use your imagination to help create the ending!
In this lesson, you’ll practice: • The future with WILL and WON’T • Making predictions about the future • Asking yes/no questions with WILL • Asking information questions • Understanding simple English through storytelling
This listen-and-participate lesson is a fun way to review English grammar, improve listening comprehension, and build confidence using the simple future.
🎯 Your challenge: Help me write the ending! What will the teenagers do when they hear the mysterious voice in the middle of the night? Choose an ending and explain your idea in the comments. Remember to use WILL!
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Jennifer leads an interactive storytelling lesson designed to teach English learners how to use \"will\" for future events. Through a spooky tale about four cousins camping in the woods, students practice predicting plot points and understanding the grammatical structure of future tense affirmations, negatives, and questions.
Do you like stories? How about a ghost story?
Hi, I'm Jennifer. In this video,
you can help me tell a story.
I'll read a little bit and then I'll ask what will happen next.
This lesson will help you gain confidence understanding
and talking about the future
With will.
Chapter 1.
Caden and Caitlin are happy.
The brother and sister have a long weekend vacation from school.
Monday is a holiday,
so they can enjoy three days without any classes.
What will they do?
A. They'll sleep a lot.
B. They'll study every day.
C. They'll have fun.
Of course, C. They'll have fun.
Today is Saturday.
Caden and Caitlin's cousins are coming to visit.
Tyler and Maddie are around the same age as Caden
and Caitlin.
They don't live far away.
All the cousins love the outdoors.
They plan to go camping in the woods near Caden
and Caitlin's home.
They're old enough now to camp alone without their parents.
They'll return on Monday morning.
The four teenagers take their cell phones,
flashlights, backpacks, food, and camping equipment.
They're also bringing good energy and excitement.
They love camping.
What will happen on their camping trip?
A, nothing. It will be boring.
B, something unusual will happen.
C, they'll have many problems.
We want the story to be interesting, right?
So let's choose B or C. I think B is a good choice.
Something unusual will happen. Chapter 2.
The cousins walk in the woods.
Tyler leads the way.
He has a compass, and he knows the woods well.
The others follow.
They trust Tyler to find a good camping spot.
After a couple of hours, they stop.
Tyler says it's a good place,
and they can camp here on their first night.
The others agree.
And they work together to set up their big tent.
Everyone has their own sleeping bag.
What will they do next?
A. They'll prepare dinner and then enjoy a campfire.
B. They'll play games all night and they won't sleep.
C. They'll begin to argue and get angry.
Let's give them a good evening and choose A.
They'll prepare dinner and then enjoy a campfire.
Chapter 3.
The cousins will have hot dogs and beans for dinner.
Tyler and Caden make a small fire.
And Caitlin and Maddie look for long sticks to roast the hot dogs.
The girls know which sticks are safe to use.
The group enjoys a hot meal
and Maddie shares cookies from home.
Everyone thanks Maddie for dessert.
They all wash their plates and utensils in a nearby creek.
The water is cold, so they're happy to return to the warm campfire.
How will they spend the next hour?
Like they always do.
They love to tell stories at the campfire.
Some are real, but many are not.
They like funny stories and scary stories.
Tyler asks Caitlin to share a story.
He knows she has a good imagination.
Caitlin agrees.
She loves being the storyteller.
What kind of story will Caitlin tell?
A, she'll tell a love story and the boys will hate it.
B, she'll tell a funny story and everyone will laugh.
C, she'll tell a very scary story.
Well, I kind of promised a ghost story,
so we need to choose C. She'll tell a very scary story.
Chapter 4.
Caitlin smiles and begins to tell her story.
In the woods, there lives an old woman. She lives alone.
But once a year, she leaves her home and looks for campers.
On that night, she doesn't want to be alone.
No one knows her name.
No one knows her face.
But some know her voice.
When she's close to a campfire, she calls out,
Will you join me?
The campers always look for the person,
but they never see a face.
They never see a face.
They only hear her voice in the darkness.
Sometimes the voice comes from different directions.
Will you visit my home?
Campers always try to laugh and think it's a joke,
but they all become a little scared
as the invitations continue.
Will you have dinner with me?
Campers try to find the woman,
but they can't. They try to answer her.
Some say, no, thank you.
Others ask, who are you?
Come to our campfire.
The old woman never comes out from the woods.
Before she goes away, she says,
I'll see you later.
You'll join me.
You'll visit my home.
Those who visit the woman see her face,
but they never see home again.
Only the smart ones return home
because they leave immediately.
They don't wait for the old woman
to return in the middle of the night.
Maybe you'll hear that voice tonight.
Maybe she'll come and invite us to be guests.
What will we do?
Caitlyn ended her story and the group was quiet.
What will happen next? A. The group will decide
to go home.
B. The group will laugh at the story.
C. The old woman will come.
Well, we won't have
any fun if we choose
A. Let's choose B or C. Maybe both?
Chapter 5.
Maddie is a little scared, but she laughs.
That's a good story, Caitlin, she says.
The boys laugh with Maddie.
They don't want to say that they're also a little scared.
Don't worry, Tyler says.
I won't let an old lady take any of you.
She's old, Caden says, so she's slow.
I'll catch her and scare her before she scares us.
Caitlin smiled.
It's not a real story.
There isn't any old lady.
We'll be okay here in the woods.
The others agree, and they take turns telling funny stories.
They like the funny stories
because they want to forget Caitlin's scary story.
Later, it's time to go to bed.
All four are in the tent.
They get in their sleeping bags and start to fall asleep.
Hours later, they all wake up.
It's the middle of the night.
Their eyes are open.
They all hear a voice from the woods.
Oh, children.
Will you join me?
What will happen next?
A. They'll go home immediately.
B. They'll stay for the second night.
C. They'll go and search for the old woman.
You choose.
Tell me your ideas in the comments.
I hope you enjoyed the story.
Remember, you need to help me write the ending.
For now, let's review how to use WILL.
I will, you will, he, she,
it will, we will, they will.
And we can use the contractions, the short forms.
I'll, you'll, he'll, she'll,
it'll, we'll, they'll.
The negative form is WILL
NOT or WON'T plus the base verb.
We ask yes-no questions with will plus
the subject plus the base verb.
Will the cousins return home?
Will the old woman take them to her home?
Will the story have a happy or scary ending?
We can also form information questions.
How will they stay safe?
When will they return home?
What will happen next?
Who will see the old woman?
That's all for now.
Remember to tell me your ending to the story and use WILL.
What will happen next?
Thanks for watching and happy studies!