Predictions

Question 1

Future continuous

Answer 1

• Used to show that an event will be ongoing in the future
• Will/be going to + be + present participle
• in 5 or 10 years, robots WILL BE FUNCTIONING in human environments.

Question 2

Future perfect

Answer 2

Used to show that a future event will be finished by some future point in time.

• will + have + past participle
• by 2020, scientists believe that we WILL HAVE FOUND a cure for certain types of cancer.

Question 3

Future in the past

Answer 3

• Use to talk in present time about a prediction that was made in the past
• would or was/were going to +base form of the verb
• Carlos thought getting a job after graduation WOULD BE hard, but he was hired by accompany right away.