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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.5 - Lookback for the textbook Speakout Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Find and correct the grammatical mistakes. One sentence is correct.
  2. Change the verbs so they mean the opposite and become intelligent predictions. You may need to change some other words.

Answer

a)

  1. Man will not / won't fly for fifty years. (1901)
  2. There isn't going to be any German reunification this century. (1984)
  3. Democracy will be dead by 1950. (1936)
  4. By 1980 all power (electric, atomic, solar) is likely to be almost free. (1956)
  5. ✓
  6. Man will never reach the Moon. (1957)
  7. Television won't matter in your lifetime or mine. (1936)
  8. The internet may become useful for business but never for the general public. (1989)

b)

  1. Man will fly within fifty years.
  2. There is going to be German reunification this century.
  3. Democracy won't be dead by 1950.
  4. By 1980 all power (electric, atomic, solar) isn't likely to be almost free.
  5. The Japanese car industry is likely to be successful in the US market.
  6. Man will reach the Moon.
  7. Television will matter in your lifetime and mine.
  8. The internet will become useful for business and also for the general public.

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