Unit 7

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Reading
Comprehension
  Listen, read, and Which poem do you think will win
answer. competition?
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Children’s poetry competition In the future…

Closing date April 1st There won’t be any gas.
Do like writing poems? There won’t be any cars.
Do you like movies and books about future? We’ll all ride bikes.
Do you want to your poem on this website? We won’t go very fast.
Write a poem about the future. But we’ll all be healthier.
Begin: Sam Lewis, age 10
In the future….
Write four or five lines. In the future…
Here are some examples. I will have lots of money.
In the future… I will have a big house
Computers will be smaller. On a beach that is sunny.
In the future… Smartphones will be smarter. I’ll study from home.
We won’t go to school. Airplanes will be faster. I won’t go to school.
We won’t see our friends. But we won’t be happier. But I’ll be happy and free
We won’t have teachers, Lee Rushton, age 10 From all of the rules!
But we will miss them. Carrie Edmonds, age 9
John Williams, age 10
 Answer the
questions. 1. Carrie Edmonds thinks they
1. Who thinks they will be happy will be happy in the future.
in the future? 1. __________________________.
2. Who thinks we will be sadder in 2. Lee Rushton thinks we will be
the future? 2. __________________________.
sadder in the future.
3. Why does Sam think we’ll be
healthier? 3. Because
3. __________________________.
we won’t use cars; we
4. Does John think the world will will ride bikes.
be better? 4. __________________________.
5. Which poem do you like? Why? 4. No, he doesn’t.
5. __________________________.
5. ___________
 Read the sentences and circle True or
False.
In the future...

1. Sam Lewis thinks there will be a lot of cars . True / False

2. Lee Rushton thinks computers will be smarter. True / False
3. John Williams thinks there won’t have teachers. True / False
4. Carrie Edmonds thinks she will be rich. True / False
5. Lee Rushton thinks people won’t be happier. True / False
6. He thinks cars will be faster. True / False
7. Sam Lewis thinks people will go slow. True / False
8. But she thinks people won’t be ill. True / False
9. John Williams thinks people won’t go to school and see their friends. True / False
10. Carrie Edmonds thinks she will be free from all of the rules. True / False
 Look and write 1 for Poem 1 and 2 for Workbook
Poem 2. Then write the lines in the correct
order.
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a. We will live with robots, e. We will go to the moon.
b. We will go on vacation, f. But they won’t talk on the phone.
c. They will wash our clothes, g. We will have a great time,
d. They will clean our homes, h. But we will come home soon.

In the future… In the future…

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 Read and write True or Workbook
False. Page 54
1. Jenny thinks we will live animals. _________
2. Hal thinks we will travel to the moon. _________
3. Jenny thinks the robots will use her cellphone. _________
4. Hal thinks we will stay on the moon for a long time. _________
5. Jenny thinks robots will have us at home. _________
6. Hal thinks we will like the moon. _________

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