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8.6 Listening and Writing about predictions for the future.
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I can understand and write short texts
1 In pairs, look at the pictures showing 5 Read Gabriella’s essay. Which forms of transport
different aspects of life in the future. How does it mention?
will they be different from the life we know
now? Tell your partner.
Transport in the future
by Gabriella Marques
a b
I’m sure transport twenty-five years
from now will be different. Some
people think we won’t use carT Bnd
we will all travel in small planes, but I
don’t think this will happen. I think
everybody will use public transport.
home education Maybe there will be an underHSPVOd
in every town and city. The streets will be
c d for electric trams or buses and the air will be
cleaner. I hope more people will ride bicycles
because exercise is good for your health.
When we want to visit another city or country,
we will take a very fast train.
transport work 6 Read the Writing box. Find the phrases in the essay
and underline them. What structure do we use after
e f them?
Writing Making predictions
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We can use these phrases to make predictions:
I think … I don’t think … I’m sure …
free time food I hope … Maybe …
2 3.59 Listen to Robbie, Jen and their mum
talking about the future. What do they talk 7 i Writing Time
about? Tick (✔) the pictures in Exercise 1. How do you think young people
will spend their free time twenty-five years from
now? Write an essay.
3 3.59 Listen again. Complete the
7 Find ideas
sentences.
1 Robbie enjoyed the film more than Jen. Think about technology, sports and spending
2 Jen thinks the cities in the film were awful time with friends and family. Make notes.
because there weren’t any . What types of technology will people use for fun?
3 Mum thinks people will live in different types Will people do sports in the future?
of in the future. Will people spend time with friends and family?
4 Mum thinks students will What will they do together?
online more in the future.
5 Robbie hopes there won’t be h Draft
at schools in the future. Write your essay. Use the expressions from
6 Robbie thinks people will from the Writing box.
home in the future.
7 Mum thinks people will still o Check and write
with their friends and have hobbies. Make sure you use words and phrases like I think,
I don’t think, I’m sure, I hope and Maybe.
4 Do you agree with the predictions in
Write the final draft of your essay.
Exercise 3?
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