Before we start …
What did you last watch on TV?
What is your favourite programme?
What were you doing yesterday evening at 7:00?
What are we going to talk about?
gadgets
life in the future
high tech teenagers
Are you interested in knowing about future?
Are you optimistic or pessimistic about future?
Why do people care about their future?
How do you think the future will be different from the present life?
a witch/ a fortune teller
5a PREDICTIONS
Look at the pictures. How are
they related to the title of
the unit?
Which of the following can
you see in the pictures?
special suits
online schools
flying cars
glass domes
underwater cities
robotic housemaids
Read the texts. Read the definitions.
Match.
moon shuttle
not to be the same
to believe
to be very dirty
to have enough money
small ships that travel underwater
a flying vessel that can travel to the moon
to be polluted
to have the money you need to pay for something
to be different
to think
mini submarines
when cars are stopped in the street because there are too many of them
to cause pollution
substance that produces energy when burnt
to exist
to make the environment dirty
traffic jams
to live
fuel
Translate.
to be very different
traffic jams
Быть очень отличным/другим
Дорожные пробки
to be so polluted
fuel
Топливо
Быть очень загрязненным
to be able to
to cause pollution
загрязнять
Суметь
The moon
to exist
Существовать
housemaid
Домохозяйка
mini-submarines
to change
Мини подводные лодки
Менять
to look after
moon shuttle
Лунный корабль
Присматривать
petrol
to have enough money
Бензин
Иметь достаточно денег
The Earth
a few hours
to believe
Верить
Несколько часов
Choose the best answer.
1. Mark thinks that the earth will be
3. Jake thinks that not everyone will
want to go on holiday to the moon.
A. covered in water
be able to go on holiday to the moon
B. very dirty
C. cleaner than today
live on the moon
2. Jennifer believes there will be no robotic
4. Brad thinks that flying cars will
use a new kind of fuel
teachers
schools
cause pollution
create traffic jams
housemaids
Which prediction do you think will come true?
How can we talk about predictions? Read the sentences, then the rule.
Ask and answer the questions.
1. people / go on holiday / to the moon?
4. time travel / be / common?
- Will people go on holiday to the moon?
- I (don’t) think they will. They will … .
- Will time travel be common?
- No, time travel won’t be common.
5. people / live / in underwater
cities?
2. people / drive / flying cars?
- Will people live in underwater cities?
- No, I don’t think people will live in the underwater cities.
- Will people drive flying cars?
- Yes, I think people will drive flying cars.
3. computers / talk?
- Will computers talk?
- Yes, I think computers will talk.
Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple or the present simple.
1. If people ……… (invent) new fuel, cars ………… (not/pollute) the air.
invent
won’t pollute
2. When John ………… (come) we ………… (go) to the park.
comes
will go
3. If he ………… (have) a lot of money, he ………… (buy) a computer.
has
will buy
4. If you ……… (exercise) more, you …………… (feel) better.
exercise
will feel
5. If we ………… (be) lucky, we ……… (go) on a holiday to the moon one day.
will go
are
Ex. 6. Fill in the sentences with will or won’t. Listen to John making predictions.
will
won’t
will
won’t
Phrasal verbs.
Look forward to
Look
Look after
Look up
Look for
Look for
Look after
Look up
Look forward to
Take care of
Search for in a book
Search
Wait for with pleasure
Complete the sentences with the correct phrasal verb in the correct tense.
looking forward to
look after
looking for
look up
Ex. 8. Writing. Portfolio.
What are your predictions for the future?
Use ideas from Ex. 1 as well as your own to write a short text similar to the ones on p.46.
You can draw pictures.
Workbook
domes
special
housemaid
flying
suits
online
schools
glass
cars
underwater
cities
robotic
Choose the correct item.
The Dodo doesn’t …………………… anymore.
believe
cause
exist
Swimming is not allowed in this lake because it is …………………..
strange
clean
polluted
A ……………………… travels into space.
traffic jam
submarine
moon shuttle
Petrol is a type of …………………… .
creature
fuel
suit
Do you help your parents with the ……………………… ?
homework
housemaid
housework
Fill in the gaps with for, after, forward and up .
I’m really looking ……………………… to see ing the new Spielberg film.
forward
My mother asked me to look ……………………… my sister on Saturday.
after
Rachel is looking ……………………… you everywhere.
for
Why don’t you look ……………………… the word in the dictionary?
up
Read the text and choose the best word.
over
up
where
need
1. What is the car of the future?
2. How will people ride a car?
problems
3. What will the car have for contacting with you?
4. What cars do scientists want to create?
been
Choose the correct answer.
1. I think the Smiths will win/win the competition.
2. When my father will go/goes to Morocco, he brings/will bring back a carpet.
3. If you will go/go to the supermarket, can you get some milk?
4. Will/Do people fly special cars in the future?