The key answer of exercise 5
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4.1 - Superpowers for the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book with authors JJ Wilson with Antonia Clare from Pearson Education
Question
Look again at the article on page 50 and the sentences from exercise 3. Underline phrases used to talk about future probability and write them in the Active grammar box.
Answer
- Sure to happen → Are bound to .
- Very likely to happen → there is a distinct possibility that ...
- Likely to happen → There is every likelihood that ...; There is every chance that ...
- Unlikely to happen → the odds are against ...; It is doubtful that ..; There is a slim chance that ...; there is very little chance that ..; it is unlikely that ...
- Impossible → stands no chance of ..; you don't stand a chance of ...