UNIT 4
Future science
Academic collocations
Technology and education
Word formation (Suxifes)
Verb + noun
Preposition + noun
Come out in support of
Growing doubt
Adjective + noun
Hypothetical question
In view of the fact that
Lend support to
On the evidence of
Pose a question
Prove beyond doubt that
Provide evidence
The prevailing view
Voice some doubt
Wholehearted support
-able
-al
-ant
-ate
-en
-ful
-ible
-ic
-ify
-ise
-ive
-less
-ory
Assessment tool
Blended learning
Face-to-face interaction
Individual needs
Online resources
Short attention span
Virtual classroom
Wireless hotspot
Captivate...
Environmental, logical, viral...
Recognisable, believable, questionable...
Preparatory, introductory, contradictory...
Significant...
Harden...
Sensible, accessible, comprehensible...
Eventful, peaceful, successful...
Scientific, economic, academic...
Breathless, harmless, fearless...
Receptive, collaborative, productive...
Familiarise...
Classity, simplify...
Herramienta de evaluación
Corto período de atención
Aprendizaje mixto
Interacción cara a cara
Necesidades individuales
Punto de acceso inalámbrico
Recursos en línea
Aula virtual
Hold the view
Ample evidence
Call into question
Future forms
Be on the verge of + -ing
Be going to
Future simple
Present continuous
Present simple
Be due to + infinitive
Be likely to + infinitive
Advanced future forms
Future perfect simple
Future perfect continuous
Future continuous
For general plans and intentions for the future. It indicates that a decision about the future has already been made
We're going to learn about the solar system in today's lesson.
For predictions when they are based on evidence.
Her new tablet is going to change her life.
Was / Were going can be used to talk about the future in the past.
She was going to bake a cake, but she didn't have the ingredients.
To make factual predictions about the future
Is preferred in informal writing and everyday speech
Tend to be used in more formal speech and writing
To make spontaneous decisions about the future
Over the next few years, the government will face some difficult decisions about its carbon emissions.
Don't walk to the station. We'll give you a lift.
We can use would(n't) to talk about the future in the past
In the end, I decided I'd help him.
To talk about fixed arrangements. It often goes with a time expression
Some Greek friends are coming to stay with us in the summer
To refer to scheduled or timetabled events in the future
To say something will happen in the immediate future
Be about to + infinitive
Be on the point of + -ing
For a probable future outcome.
That player is on the verge of signing for Arsenal.
They're likely to ask you for some identification before you can go in.
To predict or talk about something in progress at a time in the future. The action has begun before a certain point in the future and is unfinished.
For something which we think is inevitable in the future. We often use it to avoid suggesting intention.
To focus on a completed action or event ar a given time in the future. We often use by or before to indicate the time
To focus on the duration of an even or action that continues up to a given time in the future
This time next week, we'll be sitting on a beach in Thailand.
Will your mum be taking you to the match in her car?
They hope we'll have significantly reduced carbon emssions by 2050.
I'll have been learning English for ten years by this summer.
The meeting is due to start at eight o'clock.
The meeting starts at eight o'clock.