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Desarrollo

En esta tarea trabajaremos las formas de expresar el futuro escuchando y redactando un texto.

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1 - Listen and select the predictions about the future that they make in the dialogue. 

a. Very small robots will be able to do many things in the future.

b. We will travel to other planets.

c. They will be able to use tiny robots to diagnose and cure diseases.

d. We will eat different kinds of foods.

e. Computers will be implanted in our bodies.

2- Say if this sentences are True or False according to the dialogue.

1 Scientists are working on building huge molecular-sized robots TRUE / FALSE

2 Robots will fix problems inside the body. TRUE / FALSE

3 They will work outside to detect diseases TRUE / FALSE

4 In the future we might all have computer implants. TRUE / FALSE

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Repaso

How do we express the future in English. Write the right answer/s. There could be more than 1.

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Will

Answer:

a) refers to fixed future events and emphasises that plans or arrangements have already been made

b) is used to express future intentions that have already been decided before the time of speaking

c) is used to express future intentions that are decided at the time of speaking (spontaneous offers, promises and decisions)

d) refers to future intentions that have been decided but have not been fully planned

e) is used to make predictions that are based on personal judgement, opinion or intuition

f) is used to make predictions that are based on present evidence. The predicted event is either very near (and can be seen) or seems sure to happen

g) is often used with a future sense when it is part of a programme or timetable, such as with trains or buses.

Be going to

Answer:

The present continuous tense

Answer:

The present simple tense

Answer:

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3 - You have to write a text of no less than 150 words talking about you and your future. You have to write about:

- Your arrangements for this evening.

- Your intentions for the rest of the year.

- Your predictions for your life in 2020

Don’t forget to use paragraphs and linking words.

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