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3b Speculating and Predicting

The document discusses speculating and predicting about the future. It provides prompts for students to make predictions using modal verbs like "will", "may", and "could". Students then discuss which predictions they agree or disagree with. Another exercise has students complete a text about future healthcare by filling in gaps with phrases involving conditional sentences. Finally, students work in groups making conditional predictions and trying to match them with others' responses. The document focuses on practicing conditional sentences and speculative language for talking about possible future events and developments.

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3b Speculating and Predicting

The document discusses speculating and predicting about the future. It provides prompts for students to make predictions using modal verbs like "will", "may", and "could". Students then discuss which predictions they agree or disagree with. Another exercise has students complete a text about future healthcare by filling in gaps with phrases involving conditional sentences. Finally, students work in groups making conditional predictions and trying to match them with others' responses. The document focuses on practicing conditional sentences and speculative language for talking about possible future events and developments.

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3B Speculating and predicting

1 Use the prompts to make speculations and predictions about the future.
1 We / probably / find / a cure for AIDS. 5 People / work / for much longer.

2 I / sure / people / live / until they are 150 years old. 6 I / doubt / we / live / healthier lives.

3 We / might / have / more specialist hospitals. 7 Children / may / learn / how to treat their own illnesses.

4 Scientists / could / grow / new body parts. 8 Doctors / definitely / use / more technology.

2 Work in pairs. Read the predictions from exercise 1. Which do you agree with?
Which do you disagree with? Why?

3 Use the phrases below to complete the text.

could stay ​develop ​might have ​wants to change ​will definitely be ​


will probably check ​will reduce ​won’t visit

In the future, if we 1 the technology, people with long-term


2
illnesses their doctor. They 3 at home and
4
communicate with their doctor online. They special machines
at home to help them with their treatment. These machines
5
the patient’s health regularly. If the doctor 6
the treatment, he will use his computer to send the changes to the machine
in the patient’s home. I’m sure that this 7 the cost of healthcare
8
and I think people happier to stay at home when they are ill.

4 SPEAKING Work in groups. Think of first conditional if clauses to complete these sentences. Then read out the
beginnings of your sentences to another group. Can they match them with the correct endings?

… I’ll be really happy!


… I’ll feel very sad. If my brother borrows my phone again …

… I won’t go out.
… I won’t speak to him.
… I won’t speak to him. No.
… I’ll go shopping at the weekend.
… I won’t be surprised. … I won’t be surprised.

Yes!

Solutions Third Edition Intermediate photocopiable © Oxford University Press


  3B Speculating and predicting
Aims: To review and practise language for speculating and
predicting with may, might, could and will.
Time: 10–15 minutes
Materials: One handout for each student

Exercise 1
• Give each student a handout and ask them to do
exercise 1. You could do the first question together with
the class and keep it up on the board as an example.
KEY
1 We will probably find a cure for AIDS.
2 I’m sure people will live until they are 150 years old.
3 We might have more specialist hospitals.
4 Scientists could grow new body parts.
5 People will work for much longer.
6 I doubt we will live healthier lives.
7 Children may learn how to treat their own illnesses.
8 Doctors will definitely use more technology.

Exercise 2
• Students read through the sentences from exercise 1
again and discuss in pairs whether or not they agree
with the predictions. You could ask them to rank the
predictions from 1 (most likely) to 8 (least likely). Remind
them to use the adverbs probably and definitely to
describe the degree of certainty.

Exercise 3
• Students complete the text with the correct phrases. Tell
them to read the text very quickly first and identify two
first conditional sentences (1 and 6). Check answers with
the class and ask students to vote on whether or not
they agree with this prediction about future healthcare.
KEY
1 develop
2 won’t visit
3 could stay
4 might have
5 will probably check
6 wants to change
7 will reduce
8 will definitely be

Exercise 4
• Students write If clauses with their own ideas to
complete the sentences and then try to guess other
students’ sentences. Go through the example dialogue
first and remind students to use the present simple form
in the If clause.

Solutions Third Edition Intermediate photocopiable © Oxford University Press

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