Share Takeoff C (Life) | U4A: Future Probability
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Using a modal verb, tell us about your plans for the weekend.
I might stay home and rest.
What will you do on your next vacation? (perhaps/maybe)
Perhaps I'll take a trip to Finland.
Tell us something that will probably happen to you soon.
I will probably adopt another dog.
Think of something that you will almost certainly do before the end of the year.
I will almost certainly move to a house before the end of the year.
Using an adjective phrase, tell us: will you ever go bungee jumping? How about skydiving?
It's unlikely that I'll ever go bungee jumping.
Will you go to bed before 10 tonight? (possible/probable/likely/unlikely)
I think it's unlikely that I'll go to bed before 10 tonight.
Will you ever study another foreign language? (possible/probable/likely/unlikely)
It's probable that I'll study either German or Swedish one day.
Imagine you have no English classes next week. What will you do? (may/might/could)
I may well study and catch up on my homework. :)
I'm going to São Paulo by bus. If I leave BH at 11 pm, what time will I get to SP? (should)
You should be there by 8.
Our teacher has won the lottery. What do you think he will do with the money? (use a noun phrase - 'the likelihood is that', for example.)'
The likelihood is that he will travel the world. / The chances are that he'll become an entrepreneur. / There's a good chance he'll buy an ice cream factory. :)
Tell us something you may well do after you retire.
I may well buy a house in a very cold place and live there with my 29 dogs. :P
Tell us something you will almost certainly never do.
I will almost certainly never get a face tattoo.
Choose the one that is true for you: It's LIKELY/UNLIKELY that I will get a septum piercing.
:)
There will probably be a lot more *** in the future.
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You can live anywhere in the world. Where will you live? Why? (you may use modals, adverbs, adjective phrases or noun phrases).
I might well live in London. / Maybe I'll live in New Zealand. / It's likely that I'll live somewhere cold.
