MS Inter 3B

Speculating and predicting

I can make speculations and predictions about future.

​Speculating and predicting

We´ll send people to Mars in the near future.

Liverpool won´t win the Champions League this year.

Open Ended

What grammar structure do we use to make predictions?

​Speculating and predicting

We use WILL/WON´T

PHRASES to make predictions stronger or weaker:

I think/ I don´t think/ I doubt/ I´m not sure + will (not won´t)

I´m certain/ I´m sure + will/won´t

Multiple Select

Choose the correct one:

• I´m certain she will come to the party.

• I don´t think she will come to the party.

• I think she won´t come to the party.

• I doubt she won´t come to the party.

Reorder

Reorder the following sentence

• I don´t

• think

• Wendy

• will eat

• with us.

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• 2
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• 4
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​Speculating and predicting

We can also use adverbs: PROBABLY or DEFINITELY + will/won´t

She will definitely come to the party.
She probably won´t come to the party.

We usually place adverbs of certainty before the main verb unless the main verb is TO BE. In this case, the adverb of certainty goes after.

​Speculating and predicting

We use MAY/MIGHT/COULD + the infinitive without to to talk about future possibilities.

My phone may/might/could be in my bedroom.

We use MAY NOT/ MIGHT NOT for the negative but not X COULD NOT

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We haven't got a lot of money, so we   

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go on holiday next year.

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you be able to find a good job when you leave school?

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He ​

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help you with your homework if you ask him.

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It

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snow later. I'm not sure.