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The document discusses predictions for the next 20 years, focusing on future perfect and future continuous tenses. It outlines various aspects of life, including home energy solutions, transportation changes, environmental impacts, and shifts in work and leisure activities. The text encourages readers to engage in discussions about the likelihood of these predictions coming true.

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Dsacdsaamerican English File 4 SB

The document discusses predictions for the next 20 years, focusing on future perfect and future continuous tenses. It outlines various aspects of life, including home energy solutions, transportation changes, environmental impacts, and shifts in work and leisure activities. The text encourages readers to engage in discussions about the likelihood of these predictions coming true.

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2 G R A M M A R future perfect and future continuous c Look at the highlighted verbs in the

predictions. W hich ones refer to ...?


a R ead som e predictions that have been m ade about the next 20
a an action or situation that will be finished
years. W hich ones do you th in k ...?
in the future
1 are already happening b an action or situation that will be in
2 are likely to happen progress in the future
3 probably won't happen
d > - p .138 Gramm ar Bank 4A. L earn m ore
about the future perfect and the continuous,
How we will be living in and practice them.

20 years... (or will we?) e Talk to a partner and say i f you think the
follow ing predictions will happen. E xplain
A t home why (not).
M ost p e o p le w ill have installed solar panels or w ind turbines on
th e ir houses o r apartm ent build ings to generate th e ir electricity. IN TWENTY YEARS...
People will be recycling alm ost 100% o f their waste (and those • Most people in office jobs w ill be working from
w ho d o n 't w ill have to pay a fine). home.
• All private swimming pools and g o lf courses
Transportation w ill have been banned.
Cars th a t use a lo t o f gas (e.g., SUVs) will have been banned and
• Most people wilt be using public transportation
many peo p le will be driving e lectric cars.
or bikes to get to work.
Low-cost airlines will have disappeared and flig hts w ill be much
• People w ill be taking more vacations in their
m ore expensive.
own country and fewer abroad.
The environment • People w ill be retiring a t 70 or even later.
Paper books w ill no lo nger be pro d u ce d to save trees from being • The teaching o f handwriting will have
cut down, and all books will be electronic. disappeared from the school curriculum
Fresh w ater will be running o u t in many parts o f the w o rld and because students w ill only be w riting on
we w ill be g e ttin g m uch o f o u r water from the ocean (through tablets or laptops.
desalination plants).

The weather P d e fin ite ly , p ro b a b ly , and lik e ly / u n lik e ly


We o fte n use definitely, probably, and likely /
Temperatures w o rldw ide w ill have risen even further. Many ski unlikely when talking about the future,
resorts w ill have closed because o f a lack o f w inter snow and some especially when we are making predictions.
beaches and vacation resorts w ill have disappeared com pletely. I think it'll definitely happen /
W e w ill be having even m ore extrem e weather, and heat waves, it definitely won’t happen,
hurricanes, floods, etc., w ill be fre q u e n t occurrences. it ’ll probably happen /
it probably won't happen,
it's (very) likely (to happen) /
b R ead the predictions again. W hich tw o would you m ost and least it ’s (very) unlikely (to happen).
like to com e true?

Online Practice 4A 35

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