The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) asked readers for their predictions of life in the year 2100. Here is what futurologists Ian Pearson and Patrick Tucker think of the readers’ ideas.
Read the predictions and match them with their topic. Write the correct letter against each topic.
1. There will be museums for nature.
2. People will speak only three languages.
3. People will start to use one single worldwide currency.
4. People will communicate through their thoughts.
5. People will farm in the oceans.
6. People will make space elevators to travel into space.
7. People will control weather.
1. What do you think about these predictions?
2. Will they come true? Discuss.
Form a group and write a prediction for one of the categories mentioned in the article and present it to the class.
Match the words with the meaning.
Make predictions and fill in the table.
Imran, Supun and Johan are members of the Readers’ & Writers’ Club. They are going to prepare a magazine about the future. Two of them prepared some points for their articles. Select one topic and write an essay.
Make sentences.
Read the text and answer the questions.
Future Through Comics
The stories in the comics published nearly 80 - 90 years ago have become a reality today. Before Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon in 1969 it was mentioned in the “Moon Strollers” comic in 1929. Another similar comic was published in the series ‘The Adventures of Tintin- Destination Moon’ in 1953. “Marvel” and “Amazing Stories” published between 1929 and 1939 were also comics which looked through to the future. Man’s walk on the moon, fitting an artificial heart to a patient were predicted through these stories. In these comics there were special robots that could read the mind of a human. However, there are some situations / incidents mentioned in comics that are yet to come true. They are travelling cities, time travel and living on Mars.
1. When did Neil Armstrong land on the Moon?
2. When was landing on the Moon mentioned in comic stories?
3. Mention some concepts in comics that may happen in the future.
4. Design a comic story with your friends and present it to the class.
Vishwa prepared a presentation on “Endangered Species.”
Listen to his presentation and identify the animals. Fill in the grid with
the correct letter A, B, C, D.
David’s father, George works as an engineer for aliens in Jupiter. David is going to see him with his mother. They are getting ready.
Mother : Are you ready David?
David : Not yet, wait a minute. I have to take the Brain Cap to do my homework and my electric puppy. Oh! I forgot. I didn’t even take my memory chip and my mini robot.
Mother : Hurry up! if we get late, we’ll miss the spacecraft to
Jupiter. Robot Tony, did you put our bags into our air-car?
Robot Tony : Yes, I did.
Mother : Don’t forget to look after the iron flowers.
Robot Tony : I’ll do that.
Mother : David, I think you are ready now.
David : Yeah! Just a minute. By the way, did you take your magic stone?
Mother : Yes, I took it.
David : Well, I’m here.
Mother : Robot Tony, phone George and tell him we are just leaving. So, he’ll be in the Space Centre. David, he’ll be ready with DD food pills for you.
David : Mm... DD crispy.
Mother : It’s a bit cold today. We forgot to take our thermo jackets.
David : Hey, there’s another thing which we have forgotten. We didn’t take our space licen e. We’ll be held up at the Space Centre if we don’t have it!
• Brain Cap :- Can solve anything by wearing this.
• Memory Chip :- Can memorize anything.
• Magic Stone :- Can cure any illness by touching it.
Mark whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.
1. David’s father is an alien. ( )
2. David’s father is coming to see his son and wife. ( )
3. David has an electric puppy. ( )
4. Robot Tony is their assistant. ( )
5. They should have a Space Licence to travel in space.( )
6. David doesn’t like DD food pills. ( )
Imagine that you are David. You meet an alien on Jupiter. What are you going to tell him? Write a dialogue between you and the alien.
Make sentences.
Look at the pictures and write suitable questions and answers using the future continuous tense.
Guessing Game
Draw a picture of you doing an action. Don’t let others see it. Fold it in half so that your friends can’t see the best part of it. Now show the folded picture to the class. Others will guess what you will be doing this time tomorrow.
Enjoy the poem.
The Alien
The alien
Was as round as the moon.
Five legs he had
And his ears played a tune.
His hair was pink
And his knees were green,
He was the funniest thing I’d seen.
As he danced in the door
Of his strange spacecraft
He looked at me
And laughed and laughed!
Julie Holder
Read the poem and answer the questions.
1. What is the poem about?
2. What was the shape of the alien?
3. How many legs did he have?
4. Write an adjective from the poem to describe the following.
a) ..........................hair
b) ..........................knees
c) ..........................spacecraft
5. Find a rhyming word. green -................
6. Write the opposites for the following words.
a) laughed - ........................ b) strange - ........................
Complete the following quotes.
Quotes About Future
