Unit 4 - Big English 6

Directions: Read the predictions made by John E. Watkins in the year 1900. Say which predictions you think came true and choose true or false. Then listen to check.

I, John E. Watkins, an American civil engineer, predict that one hundred years from now…
1. Trains will travel at speeds of up to 240 kilometers per hour.

• True

• False

Directions: Read the predictions made by John E. Watkins in the year 1900. Say which predictions you think came true and choose true or false. Then listen to check.

I, John E. Watkins, an American civil engineer, predict that one hundred years from now…

2. A man in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean will be talking to his family in Chicago. It’ll be like his family is sitting next to him!

• True

• False

Directions: Read the predictions made by John E. Watkins in the year 1900. Say which predictions you think came true and choose true or false. Then listen to check.

I, John E. Watkins, an American civil engineer, predict that one hundred years from now…

3. People will be buying ready-cooked meals.

• True

• False

Directions: Read the predictions made by John E. Watkins in the year 1900. Say which predictions you think came true and choose true or false. Then listen to check.

I, John E. Watkins, an American civil engineer, predict that one hundred years from now…

4. 4. People will be sending pictures from anywhere in the world. Photographs of major events from another continent will be in newspapers in an hour, and they’ll have the colors of nature.

• True

• False

Directions: Read the predictions made by John E. Watkins in the year 1900. Say which predictions you think came true and choose true or false. Then listen to check.

I, John E. Watkins, an American civil engineer, predict that one hundred years from now…

4. 5. People will be eating strawberries as big as apples! Raspberries and blackberries will also be big.

• True

• False

Directions: Read the predictions made by John E. Watkins in the year 1900. Say which predictions you think came true and choose true or false. Then listen to check.

I, John E. Watkins, an American civil engineer, predict that one hundred years from now…

4. 6. Americans will be taller by three to five centimeters.

• True

• False

Directions: Use the future progressive form of the verbs and definitely or probably.

• - Where will you be living in 20 years?

Directions: Use the future progressive form of the verbs and definitely or probably.

• - What will you be driving in 10 years?

Directions: Use the future progressive form of the verbs and definitely or probably.

• - Where will you be taking vacations in 5 years?

Directions: Use the future progressive form of the verbs and definitely or probably.

• - Where will you be working in 10 years?