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The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.1 - Future gazing for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Are both alternatives in sentences 1-8 possible? If so, is the meaning different?

Answer

  1. Both are possible. We use will be working to make a prediction. We use are to work to describe an order from an authority.
  2. Both are possible. Might is less certain than will.
  3. Families will be racially very mixed.
  4. By 2030, scientists will have found cures for most illnesses.
  5. Both are possible. Will suggests a strong prediction. Due to means the decision has already been made by the authorities.
  6. In fifty years' time, most rich people will live until they are over 100.
  7. Both are possible. There is little difference in meaning.
  8. By 2050, it's possible that governments will have been censoring the web for years.

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