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THINGS

TO COME
UNIT 9
The shape of things to come
CHECK THE MEANINGS OF THE
WORDS IN BOLD AND THESE
EXPRESSIONS BELLOW
ARE THE PAIRS OF PHRASES
SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT IN
MEANING? EXPLAIN ANY
IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES.

ARE THE PAIRS OF PHRASES


SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT IN
MEANING? EXPLAIN ANY
IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES.

COMPLETE THE TABLE


Make five predictions of your


own about future trends

READ PREDICTIONS 1–10


AND FIND EXAMPLES OF:

a. will to make a prediction.


b. going to to make a prediction.
c. two present phrases that convey a future meaning.
d. a modal in a past form used to talk about the
future.
e. a future modal.
f. a future passive form.
g. the Future continuous.
h. a ‘future in the past’.
i. the Future perfect (or a ‘past in the future’).
Which of the predictions do you
think will happen? Have any of
them already come true?

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