Back to the Future

This is an activity to debate and discuss our future in various aspects of life. Predictions will enable a student to practise the use of future tenses in as realistic a setting as possible.

Task 1
Answer the questions set by the video below.

Task 2
What other predictions do you think will be made in this video?
Discuss and debate your predictions.

Task 3
Which language will be spoken in a 100 years' time?



Task 4
Answer these questions
Which source of energy will we use in the future?
What new technologies will we use?
How will these technologies affect our lives?
Will our appearance change?
Will we have one global currency or different methods of payment?
Will we control the weather?
Will we turn to ocean farming?

Task 5

Creativity and fantasy seem to give us a glimpse into the future. Jules Verne wrote about a submarine and scientists worked to turn a fantasy machine into fact. Throughout man's evolution there have been many thinkers or dreamers who brought up ideas like flight and the cosmos. Here are some more ideas that seemed too good to be true not so long ago, maybe even foolish and now they have become everyday common place items and technology. 





Task 6
Make a list of the inventions mentioned in this video.


Task 7

Watch the following video and choose one of the scenarios proposed for the future.


Write a short paragraph about the chosen scenario.


Task 8
This is an optional activity. Watch the full video below.