This document discusses the future of space travel and how people may travel to space and other planets in the future. It provides interviews with Burt Rhutan, the inventor of Spaceship One, who discusses how his invention will change space travel. In the future, many people will be able to travel to space by airplane and take vacations to other planets, which will no longer be very expensive. The document also teaches about using future time markers like "will" to talk about future events and possibilities.

1. Will for the Future;
Future Time Markers
The Future of Space
Travel
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2. News Flash
This is an exciting
day. We’re watching
the first airplane
travel into space!
Let’s go now to an
interview with Burt
Rhutan, the
inventor of
Spaceship One.
In the future, many
people will travel by
airplane into space.
How will Spaceship
One change the way
people travel?
Will these trips be
expensive?
No, they won’t
cost much. People
will probably take
their vacations to
other planets.
Good morning. This
is Gloria Lopez
reporting for Station
XKZ.

3. The Future
Use will + the base form of the verb to talk
about things that will take place in the future.
In the future, we will
have friends from
other planets.

4. Be Careful!
Use the base form of the verb after will or
won’t.
I will takes your gift
to my leader.
I will take

5. Contractions
Use contractions of will with pronouns in
speaking and informal writing.
Contractions
I’ll
you’ll
he’ll
she’ll
it’ll
we’ll
they’ll
I will
you will
he will
she will
it will
we will
they will
Practice your
pronunciatio
n of the
contractions.

6. Sure, I’ll.Sure, I will.
Be Careful!
Do not use contractions in affirmative short
answers.
Will you please
drive more
slowly?

7. Predictions
Use will to make predictions.
By the year 2080,
schoolchildren will take
fieldtrips to Jupiter.
By the year 2060,
we will have
airports on Saturn.

8. Promise or Assurance
Use will to make a promise or give assurance.
I think I’m lost.
assurance
Don’t worry, I’ll
help you.
I’ll take you back
to your
spaceship, I
promise.
promise

9. Ask for or Offer
Use will to ask for or offer something.
Will you give
me a ride to the
next planet?
Sure, we’ll give
you a window
seat.
request
offer

10. Won’t
Won’t is the contraction of will + not. It has
two meanings.
refusal
He won’t have a
job next week.
I won’t eat
another bite.
negative
future

11. 4. “ Will you
please take out
the garbage?”
4. “ Will you
please take out
the garbage?”
1. “I think it
will rain next
week.”
2. “This
homework is
too difficult. I
won’t do it.”
3. “I’ll get you
some water for
your hiccups.”
Practice 1
Look at the statements. Match
the statements to the different
uses for will.
Offer
“I’ll love you
forever.”
Promise
Refuse
Predict
Ask for
Example:
1. “I think it
will rain next
week.”
2. “This
homework is
too difficult. I
won’t do it.”
3. “I’ll get you
some water for
your hiccups.”
“I’ll love you
forever.”

12. Probably
To say that something is not definite, use
probably with will for the future.
We’ll probably
visit that planet.

13. Time Markers
Some time markers are used only for the
future.
We’ll learn
more about
Earth
tomorrow.

14. Practice 2 Use will to answer the
questions with a partner.
1. What will you do in ten years?
2. Where will you live?
3. Will you take vacations to other planets?
4. Will you take English classes next year?
5. What classes will you take?

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