Resolutions for next year

This is nearly the end of the academic year, can you make some new resolutions?

What will you do to be a better person and a better student? at school? at home? in the streets?

(write three sentences in the comments concerning your family, your friends and school)

The future of our planet

Exercise 1 

What predictions can you make about future? Do you think that future will be better than today? Read the paragraphs and match them with the headings below.

1. The Effects of Overpopulation

2. Energy Revolution

3. High Technology

4. Changes on Earth

A. .........................................................................

Since life  first appeared on the Earth four billion years ago, there have been tremendous changes. Ice ages have come and gone and volcanoes have erupted. Earthquakes have shattered ancient mountains and changed the course of rivers. Some species have been

displaced by others which are more favoured by new environments. Nowadays scientists are

studying the changes which are likely to take place in 50 years’ time.

B. .........................................................................

A rapidly increasing population is one of the causes of social and environmental problems. The population growth brings the problem of consumption. If we cannot feed 6 billion people today, how will we satisfy the needs of 8 billion people or more by 2030? Global food shortages will become much more serious than today, leading to poverty.

C. .........................................................................

Renewable energy technologies are now ready to be used and will meet the world’s energy demand by 2030. We will find new energy sources like wind and solar power that won’t pollute and will never run out. They are also less expensive compared to other sources of energy.

D. .........................................................................

Wireless technology will be everywhere. There will be no wires on and behind your desk. We’ll be able to control people around us with a tiny microchip and through the access to the Internet. Here are some more predictions about the future:

- Electric currents applied to the soil will make valuable plants grow larger and faster.

- There will be no street cars in our large cities. All traffic will be below or high above the ground.

- People will be able to see the bus coming closer to their stop by means of a web-site.

  

Exercise 2

In pairs, make your own predictions about the planet in about 50 years.

example: I believe the sea will be polluted. We believe we will be able to go shopping on the moon.

Writing: Write a short paragraph describing our planet in 50 years. 

(Send your answers to those exercises by e-mail to: bejumamaster@gmail.com)

The airplane of the future

In this game you need to click on an airplane to see what someone wrote as an answer to the question

¨What are your hopes for the future?"

Copy 5 answers to this question and send your own view. You can compare your answers with a partner and see what you have in common! 

Click here to start playing!

The future in songs

Click on this video and you will listen to various songs including the future tense in their lyrics!

What future expresssions did you hear? Leave a comment on this page!




 

Now it's time for you to become an artist. You can sing with all your classmates the next song I Will Be by Avril Lavigne. Lyrics are included to help you to follow the song and pay attention to how the future is used!

Enjoy it!