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Language focus Talking about the future
1 Read the example sentence from the reading and answer the question.
Some signs suggest that the well of our imagination is about to run dry.
How would the meaning of the sentence change if the word about was replaced by
likely , bound or due ?

2 Match the underlined future forms in sentences 1–5 with their functions (a–e).

1
a to make an assumption about the past
But of course Berta will have already seen the film.
She’s obsessed with that director.
b
2 Will you be visiting your grandchildren this weekend? to make a polite enquiry about future plans
c
3 We’ll have been driving for six hours non-stop by the to imagine looking back at an event from a specific
point in the future
time we reach Hamburg.
d
4 I’ll be passing by the bakery anyway after work, so I to talk about something in the future we perceive
as inevitable
can pick up the pastries.
e
5 By the end of the month, the company will have to emphasize the duration of an action
from a certain point in the future
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released its newest software update.
3 S P E A K Work in pairs. Create a context for each of the sentences in Exercise 2.
‘So, will you be visiting your grandchildren this weekend?’ ‘Yes, just for the day on
Sunday. They’re going to a birthday party on Saturday.’
4 Cross out the option that is NOT possible.
1 When the taxi comes / is coming / will come, I’ll let you know.
In June, I will live / will have lived / will have been living in my flat for two years.
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3 Within a year, the company aims / is aiming / has been aiming to release its low-cost https://english0905.com/private/
battery technology.
4 Future buildings in the area were to be / were seen to be / were going to be
incorporated into a coherently designed landscape.
5 Go to the Ready for Grammar section on page 210 for rules, explanations and
further practice.
6 S P E A K Work in small groups. Follow these steps:
1 Think of a technology that people use in their daily
lives, for example, cars or smartphones.
2 Identify a problem – big or small – that people have
with that technology.
Brainstorm different ways to solve that problem, and
3
then choose one innovative solution.
4 Make a plan for how to put your innovation into
practice, e.g. funding, development, testing,
marketing, etc.
7 S P E A K Take turns explaining your innovation. Use
future forms to talk about how your innovation will
improve the user experience and how you intend to
make your innovation a reality.
This new type of battery is bound to provide a huge
improvement in battery life.
The solar panel will allow the phone to charge itself
during daytime hours.
Once we have finished testing our new battery, we’ll be
ready to start thinking about …

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