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Use will + infinitive to make a prediction
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The time capsule will have been floating for 50,000 years. sākt mācīties
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Use the future perfect continuous to describe something in progress for a period up to a specified time in the future. The time capsule will have been floating for 50,000 years.
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Sea levels are going to be higher than today. sākt mācīties
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Use be going to + infinitive to make a prediction based on current evidence. Sea levels are going to be higher than today.
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The ice in Greenland will have melted. sākt mācīties
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Use the future perfect to describe something that happens before a time in the future. The ice in Greenland will have melted.
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We'll be living out our final days. sākt mācīties
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Use the future continuous to describe an activity that will be in progress at some time in the future. We'll be living out our final days.
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Read aloud three other ways to talk about the future. sākt mācīties
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Look at sentences 6-8 and choose the correct option to complete rules f)-h).
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Use could/might/may + infinitive to describe a prediction that is (?). (not certain/certain) Time travel could be a reality by 2075. sākt mācīties
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Use could/might/may + infinitive to describe a prediction that is not certain. Time travel could be a reality by 2075.
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Use be due to + infinitive to describe something that is (?) (expected to happen or arrive at a particular time/unlikely to happen soon) Robot intelligence is due to surpass human intelligence by 2100. sākt mācīties
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Use be due to + infinitive to describe something that is expected to happen or arrive at a particular time. Robot intelligence is due to surpass human intelligence by 2100.
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Use be + to + infinitive to describe (?). (an informal plan/an official arrangement or order) The government is to introduce a new law. sākt mācīties
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Use be + to + infinitive to describe an official arrangement or order. The government is to introduce a new law.
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Complete the second sentence so it has the same meaning as the first. sākt mācīties
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Use the words in brackets and a future form.
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It's our twentieth wedding anniversary tomorrow. By tomorrow, we will (married) sākt mācīties
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By tomorrow, we will have been married for twenty years.
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The arrival time for the London-Brussels flight is 2:00. The London-Brussels flight (at) sākt mācīties
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The London-Brussels flight arrives at 2:00/is due to arrive at 2:00.
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The government will pass a law prohibiting guns. sākt mācīties
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The government is to pass a law prohibiting guns.
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I work in the same office as John, so I can speak to him. sākt mācīties
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I'll be seeing John (in the office), so I can speak to him.
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We arrived here in July five years ago. sākt mācīties
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By July, we'll have been living here for five years.
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The committee has scheduled a meeting with the owners. sākt mācīties
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The committee is due to have a meeting with the owners.
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Roger always puts up his Christmas decoration in November. I imagine Roger will (putting) sākt mācīties
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I imagine Roger will be putting up his Christmas decorations in November.
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My son celebrates his eighteenth birthday next March. sākt mācīties
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My son will be eighteen (years old) next March.
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Are both alternatives in sentences 1-8 possible? sākt mācīties
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If so, is the meaning different?
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By 2020, eighty percent of city dwellers will be working/are to work from home. sākt mācīties
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By 2020, eighty percent of city dwellers will be working. sākt mācīties
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We use will be working to make a prediction. By 2020, eighty percent of city dwellers will be working.
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By 2020, eighty percent of city dwellers are to work from home. sākt mācīties
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We use are to work to describe an order from an authority. By 2020, eighty percent of city dwellers are to work from home.
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Europe might/will become a united state in the next ten years. sākt mācīties
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Might is less certain than will.
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Families will be/will be being racially very mixed. sākt mācīties
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Families will be racially very mixed.
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By 2030, scientists are finding/will have found cures for most illnesses. sākt mācīties
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By 2030, scientists will have found cures for most illnesses.
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Cars will/are due to be banned from city centres. sākt mācīties
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Cars will be banned from city centres. sākt mācīties
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Will suggests a strong prediction Cars will be banned from city centres.
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Cars are due to be banned from city centres. sākt mācīties
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Due to means the decision has already be made by the authorities. Cars are due to be banned from city centres.
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In fifty years' time, most rich people will live/will have been living until they are over 100. sākt mācīties
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In fifty years' time, most rich people will live until they are over 100.
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By 2030, English is going to be/will have become the world's third language. sākt mācīties
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Both are possible. There is little difference in meaning.
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By 2050, it's possible that government will censor/will have been censoring the web for years. sākt mācīties
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By 2050, it's possible that government will have been censoring the web for years.
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