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Worksheet 4

(Suitable for use after Unit 4 of New English Parade Level 6)

Language aims
Making predictions for the future: will

Procedure
1

Ask pupils to think about things that might be invented in the future. Ask if they think our future world will be a 
better place. Encourage them to say why or why not, using as much English as possible.

2

Distribute the worksheets. Pupils use the expressions in the Word Bank to complete the predictions.

Key
1. they will fit in a pocket  2. we recycle all plastic  3. watering farm plants  4. Answers will vary: collecting the rubbish,
building roads, interviewing space travellers  5. A computer at every desk  6. Answers will vary: riding rocket-powered
cars, visiting a space station, interviewing space travellers.

3

Ask pupils to think of and write about a couple of other predictions for the future, individually or in pairs. Answers
will vary. Check for correct use of will, and other modals, such as may, might and could.

Use the Word Bank to make predictions.

1. Computers will be even cheaper and faster, 

and 

.

2. We will have less rubbish if 

.

3. We will use sea water for 

.

4. We will use robots for 

.

5. Every classroom will have 

.

6. My favourite hobby will be 

.

2. Make other predictions for the future.

What will happen in the future

Word Bank

a computer at ev

ery desk

interviewing space trav

ellers

collecting rubbish

riding rocket-powered cars

they will fit in a pocket

visiting a space station

programming robots 

we recycle all plastic

watering farm plants

building roads