Unit 3: What Will They Think of Next?

Quick Check

A. Vocabulary. Match each word to its definition.

1. e circuits
2. b condensed
3. f determined
4. c extensively
5. d rank
6. a span

B. Comprehension. Answer the questions.

1. What was the average life expectancy in 1900?

The average life expectancy in 1900 was 35 years.

2. What predictions did the author make about the English language? Have they come true?

He thought there would be no C,X, or Q, spelling would be by sound; the language would be condensed, and English would be the most widely spoken language. The prediction about English being the most widely spoken language came true.

3. What do you think the author was referring to when he used the term air-ships?

He was probably thinking about airplanes.

4. Choose a prediction and give an example of how it has come true.

Automobiles have replaced all horse-drawn vehicles.

5. Which prediction do you think is the least likely to ever come true? Why?

There will never be tubes connecting houses to a store. This is impossible.

3. Grammar

A. Use the future perfect to combine the future events into one sentence, using by or by the time.

1. 1st Event: It will start to rain.
2nd Event: We will arrive at the picnic.

By the time we arrive at the picnic, it will have started to rain.

2. 1st Event: I will fall asleep.
2nd Event: This DVD film will be over.

I will have fallen asleep by the time this film is over.

3. 1st Event: I will get married and have children.
2nd Event: 2020 will come.

By 2004, I will have gotten married and had children.

4. 1st Event: My father will work at his company for 20 years.
2nd Event: He will retire.

By the time my father retires, he will have worked at his company for 20 years.

5. 1st Event: He will decide which college to attend.
2nd Event: February will come.

He will have decided which college to attend by February.

6. 1st Event: The food will get cold.
2nd Event: You will come to the table.

By the time you come to the table, the food will have gotten cold.

7. 1st Event: He will learn to drive.
2nd Event: He will graduate.

He will have learned to drive by the time he graduates.

B. Use the future perfect or the future perfect progressive to complete each sentence.
In some cases, both forms are possible.

1. My parents got married in 2000. By 2034, they will have been married for 34 years.
2. My brother became a vegetarian three weeks ago. By next week, he will have been a vegetarian for 4 weeks.
3. Jasim started his new job in February. By November, he will have been working there for 10 months.
4. You started studying at 4:00. By 8:00, you will have been studying for four hours.
5. I’ve already lost five kilograms on my diet. If I lose another two, kilograms. I will have lost 7 kilograms.
6. I moved to Singapore in 2008. By 2022, I will have lived in Singapore for 24 years.
7. We started waiting 20 minutes ago. If she gets here in 10 minutes, we will have waited for 30 minutes.
8. This TV show started two-and-a-half hours ago! In another half hour, It will have been playing for 3 hours.

C. Put the verbs in parentheses in either the future tense (will or be going to) or the present tense.

1. The company will manufacture (manufacture) the parts when they receive (receive) the order.
2. After I make (make) a million dollars, I am going to buy (buy) my parents a house.
3. I am going to travel (travel) the world before I get (get) married and settle down.
4. He will run (run) to the store before it starts (start) raining.
5. When you drive (drive) down the road, you are going to see (see) a large, red building.
6. Are you going to argue (argue) with me until I change (change) my mind?

4. Conversation

About the Conversation

1. What does Edward want Grandma to try?

He wants her to try reading on an electronic book reader.

2. What arguments does he make?

E-book readers can hold hundreds of books. You can buy, download, and start reading a book in minutes.

3. Is Edward successful in persuading Grandma? Why or why not?

Edward doesn't persuade Grandma. She doesn't want to change.

7. Vocabulary Building

A. You will see the following words in the reading on pages 40 and 41. Match the words with their meanings.

1. c chain
2. e commonplace
3. g estimated
4. f lucrative
5. b orbit
6. a rigorous
7. h simulate
8. d steep

8. Reading

After Reading

Answer true or false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true.

1. false the first tourist in space paid two million dollars.
2. false Virgin Galactic is struggling to book its first year of flights.
3. true A Japanese construction company has plans to build a hotel in space.
4. false the entire hotel will experience zero gravity.
5. false The Hilton Hotel chain plans to power a moon hotel with wind power.
6. true Hilton Hotels is working on the moon hotel with NASA.

9. Speaking

1. Work in groups/pairs. Think about space tourism in the future. Do you think it will happen? Why? Why not?

Yes, I think so. I believe that space tourism will happen because most of future studies are about the space. Another thing is scientists are trying to develop a suitable life for people in the space.

11. Form, Meaning and Function

C. Complete these facts about space with an appropriate word. Use the vocabulary words above.

1. The sun is at the canter of our solar system. Earth is one planet in a group of eight planets. Scientists now consider Pluto to be a dwarf planet.
2. The sun is a star. Because it is very close to Earth, it looks bigger than the other stars.
3. Sometimes a meteor crashes into the moon and makes a crater or giant hole in the surface.
4. In the future, scientists want to build hotels on the so people can go there on vacation.