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The future of the world

Lesson code: ZUMS-PBE5-PU5 PRE-INTERMEDIATE
1 Technology
Match the verbs on the left with the nouns on the right.
1. find a. emails
2. follow b. games
3. surf c. information
4. send d. new people
5. keep in contact e. the internet
6. play f. the news
7. meet g. with friends
Do you use the technology below? Make sentences with ‘I use/don’t use a ..... to’ and the phrases
above, for example ‘I use a computer to send emails.’
a computer a smartphone a television a radio a tablet
2 Predictions
Read and complete the predictions about the world in 2050.
cities communication driverless food

manage powerful solar power upload
1. Computers will be 1000 times more .

2. It will be possible to travel with cars.
3. Wireless will reduce the need to travel by car, so there won’t be many cars on the
roads.
4. 70% of the world’s population will live in . This will create environmental, social and
economic problems.
5. 100% of the world’s energy will come from . We won’t rely on coal, oil and nuclear
energy.
6. More people will become hungry because there will be less for everybody.
7. We will be able to digital versions of our brains into computers and live forever inside a
robot.
8. Robots will be able to businesses by themselves.
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3 Grammar
Complete the sentences below.
1. To make predictions about the future we use ‘ + infinitive’.

2. The negative is ‘ + infinitive’.
Present perfect of ‘be’

affirmative forms negative forms questions
I’ll (I will) be I won’t (will not) be Will I be ...?
You’ll (You will) be You won’t (will not) be Will you be ...?
He/she/it’ll (He/she/it will) be He/she/it won’t (will not) be Will he/she/it be ...?
We’ll (We will) be We won’t (will not) be Will we be ...?
You’ll (You will) be You won’t (will not) be Will you be ...?
They’ll (They will) be They won’t (will not) be Will they be ...?
Short answers
Yes, I will. / Yes, you will. / Yes, he will ...
No, I won’t. / No, you won’t. / No, he won’t ...
4 Practice 1
Work in pairs. Talk about the predictions in Ex2. Use the phrases below.
I agree with the fourth prediction. I think 70% of the world’s population will live in cities.
I don’t agree with the first prediction. I don’t think computers will be 1000 times more powerful.
5 Practice 2
Complete your own predictions about 2050 using ‘will’ or ‘won’t’.
1. Shopping online (become) more popular than traditional shopping.

2. Robots (replace) people in most manual jobs.
3. Global temperatures (continue) to rise.
4. Cars (be able to) fly.
5. People (live) longer than 150 years.
6. There (be) fewer wars and conflicts.
7. People (stop) going to churches, mosques and temples.
8. Computers (become) extremely cheap.
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6 Do you think ...?

Work in pairs. Ask your partner about his/her predictions like in the examples below:
A: Do you think shopping online will become more popular than traditional shopping?
B: Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
A: Do you think shopping online will become more popular than traditional shopping?
B: Yes, I think it will become more popular. / No, I don’t think it will become more popular.
7 Find somebody who ...

One-to-one and small classes: Work with a partner. Ask questions about 2100 with ‘Do you think ...?’
Do you think ...
1. we will live under water?

2. we will have friendships with robots?
3. time travel will be possible?
4. we will be much healthier?
5. scientists will be able to create dinosaurs?
6. Chinese will become the world’s most important language?
7. the gap between rich and poor people will become smaller?
Larger classes: Ask your classmates questions with ‘Do you think ...?’ and find a person who fits the
sentences on the next page. Write ‘Nobody’ if you cannot find somebody.
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Find someone who ...
thinks we will live under water.
thinks we will have friendships with robots.
thinks time travel will be possible.
thinks we will be much healthier.
thinks scientists will be able to create dinosaurs.
thinks Chinese will become the world’s most important

language.
the gap between rich and poor people will become smaller.
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1- Technology
1. c 2. f 3. e 4. a 5. g 6. b 7. d
2- Predictions
1. powerful 2. driverless 3. communication 4. cities

5. solar power 6. food 7. upload 8. manage
3- Grammar
Draw attention to the use of will/won’t for making predictions about the future.
1. will
2. won’t
4- Practice 1
Students work in pairs. Monitor the activity. Point out that it is more natural to say ‘I don’t think it will ...’ than ‘I
think it won’t ...’
5- Practice 2
Students work individually and compare their answers in pairs in Ex6.
1. will/won’t become
2. will/won’t replace
3. will/won’t continue
4. will/won’t be able to
5. will/won’t live
6. will/won’t be
7. will/won’t stop
8. will/won’t become
6- Do you think ...?
Students take turns to ask and answer questions about their predictions. Monitor the activity and encourage both
types of responses.
7- Find somebody who ...
In a large class, have the students stand up and ask each other the questions. Tell them that they cannot have the
same name written down more than twice during this activity. Do some feedback on the exercise, asking what the
students discovered.
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The future of the world

a computer a smartphone a television a radio a tablet

cities communication driverless food

1. Computers will be 1000 times more .

You can review this worksheet online at www.linguahouse.com/ex 1/4

1. To make predictions about the future we use ‘ + infinitive’.

Present perfect of ‘be’

1. Shopping online (become) more popular than traditional shopping.

You can review this worksheet online at www.linguahouse.com/ex 2/4

6 Do you think ...?

7 Find somebody who ...

Do you think ...

1. we will live under water?

You can review this worksheet online at www.linguahouse.com/ex 3/4

Find someone who ...

thinks we will live under water.

thinks we will have friendships with robots.

thinks time travel will be possible.

thinks we will be much healthier.

thinks scientists will be able to create dinosaurs.

thinks Chinese will become the world’s most important

You can review this worksheet online at www.linguahouse.com/ex 4/4

1. powerful 2. driverless 3. communication 4. cities

Students work individually and compare their answers in pairs in Ex6.

6- Do you think ...?

7- Find somebody who ...

You can review this worksheet online at www.linguahouse.com/ex i

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