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Read the text and decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).

From the outside, the houses of the future will probably look the same as the houses of today. But home technology will be

very different. In the future there will be no keys. We will press buttons on a special mobile phone to open the doors.

Each living room will have a big television. You will sit down on your sofa and just tell the television to start playing your

favourite programme. And in your bedroom, you will probably have a giant screen on the wall so that you can watch films

in bed. The bathroom door will also be ‘intelligent’. It will automatically lock when you enter the bathroom.

The homes of the future will also be more energy-efficient. 30 per cent of the electricity will come from solar energy and

the house will recycle water from the bath, sink and shower to flush the toilets.

So how long do we have to wait for the house of the future? No one knows. Some people think our homes will be like this in

2050. Others say that homes are already changing and that things will be very different in only 10 or 15 years.

a The house of the future will look very different from our house today. ___

b We won’t need keys to open the doors. ___

c We will talk to our TVs. ___

d There will be a giant TV screen in the bedroom. ___

e The bathroom door will lock automatically. ___

f The house will use more energy. ___

g 40 per cent of the energy will come from solar power. ___

h The house will recycle water to flush the toilet. ___

i Everyone knows the house of the future will be here soon. ___

j Some people think that things will be very different in 10 to 15 years. ___

Remember:

• We use the future continuous (will be/won’t be + -ing):

- to say that something will be or won’t be in progress at a certain time in the future because:

a) it’s part of a normal routine

b) it’s been planned

- when we say what is probably happening (or not happening) at this moment.

• We use the future perfect (will have/won’t have + past participle):

- to talk about something that hasn’t happened yet, but that will be or won’t be completed before a certain time in

the future.

- when we say what has probably happened (or not happened) by now.

1. It is Monday. Next Saturday Jenny is going on holiday to Spain. She is thinking about it. Make complete

sentences using the future continuous.

Example: This time next week/I/sit/a beach by the Mediterranean. This time next week I’ll be sitting on a beach by the

Mediterranean.

a. Listen to/flamenco music

b. The sun/shine

c. It/not rain

d. I/not work

e. I/not sit/in this boring office

2. Ben is going to walk from one end of Britain to the other. He is going to start from Land’s End in

Cornwall. What will (or won’t) have happened by the time he reaches John O’Groats on the north coast of

Scotland? Complete the story, using these verbs: see, walk, eat, pass, use, drink.

When he reaches John O’Groats he (1) ___________________________ eight hundred and seventy-six miles. He

(2)_____________________________through three countries (England, Wales and Scotland). He

(3)________________________________ at least forty bottles of milk. He (4) ______________________________________ at

least three pairs of shoes. He (6) _______________________________ his family for over five weeks.

3. You are phoning a friend. You know she is at home, but there is no reply. What do you suppose she is

doing? What do you suppose has happened? Make sentences using the future continuous and the future perfect.

a. Work/in the garden

b. And/forget to put the answering machine on.

c. Or/watch TV.

d. And/not hear the phone.

e. Or/have a bath.