Today and tomorrow
Unit 9
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9A
will
– questions and short
answers
4
Study the table and write questions
and short answers about Sophie and
Adam. Then ask and answer in pairs.
Will
I / you
he / she / it
we / they
go?
Yes,
I / you / he / she /
it / we / they
will.
No,
won’t.
5
Work in pairs. Ask and answer
questions from Exercise 4.
A
Will Sophie be an actor?
B
No, she won’t.
6
Complete the conversation
with the correct future form in your
notebook.
Ben
What do you think?
1
(life / be) very different in 100 years?
Lily
Yes, I think cities
2
?
(be) more
crowded. People
3
?
(have) less space
to live in.
Ben
How
4
?
(people / travel) ?
Lily
They
5
?
(not use) cars. They
6
?
(fly) in electric flying machines!
Ben
What do you think school will
be like?
Lily
Well, I think teachers
7
?
(not be)
human beings.
Ben
Really? What
8
?
(they / be) ?
Lily
They
9
?
(be) robots!
Will life be
7
Write questions to ask your
partner about the future.
1
go to university
Will you go to university?
2
your family move house
3
get married
4
learn to drive
5
go on holiday to the USA
6
have children
7
be famous
8
live in another country
8
Work in pairs. Ask and answer your
questions from Exercise 7.
A
Will you go to university one day?
B
Yes, I will.
Get it right!
Use
will
to make general predictions about
the future.
In 100 years, people will drive electric
cars.
NOT
In 100 years, people are
going to drive electric cars.
Use
going to
for predictions based on
something we can see in the present.
You are not studying hard, Mark.
You are going to fail your test
tomorrow.
NOT
You will fail your test
tomorrow.
9
Complete the sentences with the
correct form of the verbs. Use
will
/
won’t
or
going to
.
1
You
?
(not like) this video game. It’s
too slow.
You aren’t going to like this video
game.
2
Look! This boy
?
(fall) off his bike.
3
It’s 8 o’clock already. We
?
(be) late
for class.
4
I’m certain our teacher
?
(not give) us
a lot of homework on Friday.
5
Do you think Monica
?
(come) to the
party?