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.

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The meeting is due to start at eight o'clock.

The meeting starts at eight o'clock.