Answer — Exercise 8
6.1 - Future gazing·Speakout Advanced - Students' Book
Question
Are both alternatives in sentences 1-8 possible? If so, is the meaning different?
Answer
- Both are possible. We use will be working to make a prediction. We use are to work to describe an order from an authority.
- Both are possible. Might is less certain than will.
- Families will be racially very mixed.
- By 2030, scientists will have found cures for most illnesses.
- Both are possible. Will suggests a strong prediction. Due to means the decision has already been made by the authorities.
- In fifty years' time, most rich people will live until they are over 100.
- Both are possible. There is little difference in meaning.
- By 2050, it's possible that governments will have been censoring the web for years.