Read the prompts. Then in pairs, make predictions using the future continuous or future perfect and a suitable time expression. Do you agree with your friend?

Grammar

1. What differences can you see between the first and last pair of photos?

(Bạn có thể thấy sự khác biệt nào giữa cặp ảnh đầu tiên và cuối cùng?)

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2. Read the article. Did you mention any differences in exercise 1 that are not mentioned in the text?

(Đọc bài viết. Bạn có đề cập đến bất kỳ sự khác biệt nào trong bài tập 1 mà không được đề cập trong văn bản không?)

How will the human body have changed in 100,000 years? That was the question artist Nickolay Lamm asked genetics expert Dr Alan Kwan. After their discussion, Mr Lamm came up with some interesting predictions.

In the distant future:

* Humans will be living in other parts of the solar system. As a result, our eyelids will have become thicker to protect our eyes from radiation.

* Our nostrils will have grown larger to cope with less oxygen in other atmospheres.

* The size of our skull will have increased because our brain will have got larger.

* We will be using a nano-chip inside our head to receive images and sound for entertainment and communication.

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3. Read the Learn this! box. Complete the examples and rules. How many more examples of each tense can you find in the article?

(Đọc Tìm hiểu điều này! hộp. Hoàn thành các ví dụ và quy tắc. Bạn có thể tìm thêm bao nhiêu ví dụ về mỗi thì trong bài viết?)

LEARN THIS! Future perfect and future continuous

a. We form the future perfect with will have + past participle.

By the weekend, he (1) ____________ left hospital.

b. We form the future continuous with will be + -ing form.

This time next month, he (2) ____________ playing football again.

c. We use the future (3) ____________ to talk about a completed action in the future.

d. We use the future (4) ____________ to talk about an action in progress in the future.

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4. Complete the sentences using the correct future continuous or future perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành các câu sử dụng dạng tương lai tiếp diễn hoặc tương lai hoàn thành đúng của động từ trong ngoặc)

1. Five hours from now, we _____________ (finish) this English lesson.

2. My brother is at university, but in two years’ time, he _____________(work).

3. Hopefully, I _____________ (not live) with my parents when I'm thirty.

4. I’m sure the party will be a big surprise for her. Nobody _____________ (tell) her about it.

5. According to the weather forecast, the sun _____________ (shine) all day tomorrow.

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5. USE OF ENGLISH Read the Learn this! box. Add two more time expressions from the article in exercise 2.

(Đọc Tìm hiểu điều này! hộp. Thêm hai biểu thức thời gian nữa từ mạo từ trong bài tập 2)

LEARN THIS! Future time expressions

When we talk about the distant future, we can say:

* about 100 years from now

* in 1,000 /10,000 / amillion years time

* within 10 /50/100 years

* by the end of the decade / the century / the next century / the millennium

* in the foreseeable future / in the long term

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