Future forms

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Today

•  Predict what will happen
• Old 'future technology'
  
• Practice future forms on the Cambridge website
  

For the next exercise ...

Predict what will happen next in the video. Write in full sentences, using the word 'will'.

00:23

What will happen?

00:40

What will happen?

00:56

What will happen?

01:19

What will happen?

01:43

What will happen?

02:15

What will happen?

02:41

What will happen?

02:55

What will happen?

For the next exercise ...

Take a look at the old TV program 'Tomorrow's World', which looked at how technology might change the way we live in the future. Then, select what you think is the correct answer. After watching the clip with the answer, do the follow-up question.

Kieran Prendiville demonstrated the durability of CDs by doing what?

1. Spreading jam on it
2. Jumping up and down on it
3. Writing on it with a pen
4. Scratching it with a stone

Do you own any CDs? If yes, which ones? If no, why not?

What did the 1971 in-car navigation use to tell you the directions?

1. A casette tape
2. A map with a flashing dot showing your location
3. A two-way radio
4. A robot passenger reading a road atlas

How do you think navigation will work 20 years from now?

Look at this early mobile phone being demonstrated by Michael Rodd. What year is this clip from?

1. 1971
2. 1979
3. 1984
4. 1989

How do you think phones will be different 10 years from now? Think about looks and functions.

When was the first home computer demonstrated on the show?

1. 1967
2. 1970
3. 1973
4. 1977

Is the prediction that computers will be cheaper than phones correct? Why (not)?

Which banking revolution was featured in 1969?

1. ATM cash dispenser
2. Electronic cash counting machine
3. Debit card payments via a PIN machine
4. Contactless payments

How do you think we will make payments 10 years from now?

In 1990 Peter McCann demonstrated which technology to help car drivers?

1. Driverless car
2. Self-parking car
3. Satellite navigation
4. In-car telephone

Can you think of a reason why the self-parking car didn't become a big success?

What did the 1982 touch screen use to detect touch?

1. a stylus
2. a grid of infra-red sensors
3. a grid of pressure sensors
4. a special glove

Can you think of any problems that might happen with infra-red sensors?

Please do the following:

• Go to the Cambridge website (cambridgelms.org)
• Type 'Think' and log in
• Go to unit 7 > grammar
• Do future forms 1, 2, 3 and 4, or as many of the exercises as you can do in the time we have left