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Unit 4 - Lesson A

The document provides information about making predictions using modal verbs such as will, may, and might. It explains that will is used when being confident about a prediction, while may and might are used when being less confident. It also discusses using adverbs such as certainly, definitely, and probably with will, and provides examples of predictions using modal verbs and expressions like "will/may/might be able to". The exercises consist of arranging words to form predictions, completing sentences with adverbs, rewriting sentences using different modal verbs, and choosing options in an interview about future transportation.

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Unit 4 - Lesson A

The document provides information about making predictions using modal verbs such as will, may, and might. It explains that will is used when being confident about a prediction, while may and might are used when being less confident. It also discusses using adverbs such as certainly, definitely, and probably with will, and provides examples of predictions using modal verbs and expressions like "will/may/might be able to". The exercises consist of arranging words to form predictions, completing sentences with adverbs, rewriting sentences using different modal verbs, and choosing options in an interview about future transportation.

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Level 4 Unit 4a
Predictions

Presentation

Use will, may, and might to make predictions. may / might


Use may (not) or might (not) when you are less confident
will / won’t about a prediction:
Use will / won’t when you’re confident about the prediction. It might/may not rain. (= It’s possible that it will rain
It’ll rain on Saturday. but it’s also possible that it won’t.)
It won’t rain on Sunday. TIP There is no difference in meaning between may or
might, but might is used more in everyday spoken
will / won’t + adverbs
English.
Use will with the adverbs certainly and definitely when
you are 100% certain something will happen:
will / may / might + be able to
I’ll definitely be free on Saturday.
Use will / won’t / might / may not + be able to to make
Use will with the adverb probably when you are 70%
predictions about ability:
certain something will happen:
I’ll be able to come on Saturday.
I’ll probably be busy on Sunday.
I may not be able to come on Sunday.
Notice the position of the adverb with will / won’t:
It’ll definitely be sunny on Sunday.
(The adverb comes after will.)
It definitely won’t rain on Sunday.
(The adverb comes before won’t.)

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Level 4 Unit 4a
Exercises

Exercises
1 Put the words in order to make sentences with predictions.
Cell phones will become the most important technology in our lives.
1 the / cell phones / important technology / become / will / most / in our lives
2 won’t / use / computers / we / in our daily life We won't use computers in our daily life.
3 definitely / disappear forever / will / traditional letters Traditional letters will definitely disappear forever.
4 we / won’t / in the future / probably / emails / send We problably won't send emails in the future.
5 might / it / snow / tomorrow It might snow tomorrow.
6 I / may / be / to come / not / able I may not be able to come
2 Complete the sentences with the adverb in parentheses.
1 Computers in the future will look very different. (probably)
2 In fact, they won’t look anything like computers as we know them today. (probably)
3 But they will be part of everything we use. (certainly)
4 Our televisions will include computer technology that can download movies and programs directly from
the internet. (definitely)
5 We won’t change the way we use personal music players. (definitely)
6 But new technology will make it possible to download music directly onto the players without using a
computer. (probably)
3 Rewrite the sentences using the modal verb in parentheses.
1 It’s possible that Sue will get a new job. (may)
Sue may get a new job .
2 I don’t think I’ll go to the meeting tomorrow. (might)
I might not go to the meeting tomorrow .
3 It’s possible that Luis won’t be here tomorrow. (may)
Luis may not be here tomorrow. .
4 There’s a chance Jess and Marcos won’t get married this year. (might)
Jess and Marcos might not get married this year. .
5 We’re thinking of asking Katie to look after the children. (may)
We may ask Katie to look after the children. .
6 We probably won’t take a summer vacation this year. (might)
We might not take a summer vacation this year..
4 Read this interview with an expert on transportation in the future. Choose the correct options.
Interviewer:  ood morning Doctor Lacey. In one of your articles you say we 1definitely won’t / may not have
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cars by the end of the century. Why are you so certain?
Lacey: Actually I didn’t say that. I said we 2will definitely / definitely won’t have cars that use traditional
fuel. There isn’t enough oil in the world. But it’s difficult to say what we will use in its place.
We 3will / might use water or air, but it’s hard to predict.
Interviewer: What about planes? Do you think they 4will be able to / are able to fly without oil?
Lacey: Well, I think all cars 5will / might definitely fly in the future, so it’s possible that we 6may / may not
need planes in the future.
Interviewer: Really? When do you think this will happen?
Lacey: It 7probably won’t / definitely won’t happen in my lifetime—I have no doubt about that—but
I think my grandchildren 8will probably / probably won’t fly their cars to work.
Interviewer: And what about travel through time?
Lacey: No, that’s impossible. We 9won’t be able to / may not be able to do that.

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