Task 6: Discussion
Decide if you think the following ideas:
a) will happen in the next 50 years?
b) could happen?
c) won’t happen?
Mark the sentences a, b or c.
1. Most cars will be electric
2. Alternative energy will be more important than coal and oil
3. You will recycle all your bags, cans and paper.
4. Almost all the rainforests will disappear.
5. People will continue to sunbathe.
6. The climate will get worse.
7. The next generation will care more about the environment than the present one.
8. In elections, environmental issues will become more important than any other issues.
9. Cars will be banned from cities.
10. People will destroy the Earth.
• Where will you place these in the table of certainty?
• Think about which expressions of certainty you can use to express your opinion – e.g. I’m certain
that most cars will be electric.