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👉A CLOSER LOOK 2
Grammar
The future simple
💡Remember!
We use the future simple
- to talk about future activities.
Example: We will buy an electric scooter soon.
In the future we won't drive normal cars any more.
- to make predictions.
Example: We will probably use electric cars because normal cars cause too much pollution.
Will many children go to school by solowheel?
1. Complete the sentences with will or won't.
1. Petrol-powered cars are not eco- friendly, so they _____ be popular.
2. We _____ travel by teleporter soon because it is faster.
3. Rich people _____ choose to travel to other planets for their holidays.
4. People _____ take holidays in crowded places as in the past.
5. Bullet trains _____ soon become a popular means of transport in Viet Nam because they are green and safe.
2. Rearrange the words and phrases to make sentences.
1. driverless cars / we / will have / in 2030 /.
2. cars / cities / won't allow / in 2050 /.
3. electric cars / will / popular / be /?
4. we / use / will / buses / soon / solar-powered /.
5. have enough parking places / we / will / in ten years /?
3. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the conversation.
Alice: Do you think travelling by teleporter will become possible soon?
Tom: Yes. I hear that it (1. take) _____ very little time to travel from one country to another.
Alice: Right. And we (2. not have) _____ to wait at the airport.
Tom: _____ we (3. have) _____ to learn to drive it?
Alice: No. We (4. not drive) _____ it. It makes us disappear then appear in another place in just seconds.
Tom: How wonderful! There (5. not be) traffic jams any more, right?
4. Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and tell your partner if you will / won't travel by these means of transport. Give reason(s).
Example:
A: I will travel by flying car because it is very fast.
B: I won't travel by car in another 20 years because it pollutes the air.
Possessive pronouns
5. Replace the underlined phrases with possessive pronouns.
Example:
This is your bicycle. That bicycle is her bicycle. → hers
1. My motorbike runs on electricity. How about their motorbikes? _____
2. Your bicycle is blue and my bicycle is red. _____
3. My dream is to travel to the moon. His dream is different. _____
4. My bus was late. Your bus was on time. _____
5. His car is a flying car. Our car is an electric one. _____
