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8 WRITE & SPEAK. REAL ENGLISH

A Change the questions to polite requests. The future progressive is often used to ask about
Use the future progressive. someone's plans or make a request in a more
polite way.
1. Boss: Who 1s going to take notes at Will you be getting the tickets for the concert?
the meeting?
Who will be taking notes at the meeting?

2. Auto Mechanic: Are you picking up your car today?

3. Student: Are you going to return the homework next week?

4. Teacher: When are you going to hand in your project?

5. Passenger: Are you going to stop at the next bus stop?

B_ Work with a partner. Read each polite request in exercise A. With your partner, decide who
the speaker is talking to. Then write another polite request for each situation. Role-play one
short conversation for the class.

Boss —» Employee
A: How many days will you be taking off? B: Just three.

9 WRITE & LISTEN.

By the year 2050, how will the workplace be different? Use the prompts to write affirmative or
negative statements that express your own ideas. Use the future progressive, future perfect,
or the future perfect progressive.

1. large numbers of people / work / in offices / in the years to come

Large numbers of people won't be working in offices in the years to come.

2. fewer people / use / company office space

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