Question

Complete the text by putting the verbs in brackets into the future form



The future of mobile phones

We know that mobile phones are no longer just phones. There are many models with radio, calculator, MP3 player, or with access to the Internet.

In the future mobile phones ______(be) a lot better and more important – says Dr.Raynolds from the University of Technology in Baltimore. – they _____(be) more complicated with more functions, sort of all-in-one device. First of all, people_____ (have) better access to the Internet than they have today. Mobile phones _____ (have) LCD displays – this ____(help) to read Internet documents and also see the person you are speaking to. With a mobile phone people _____(buy) tickets for the cinema or concert, people _____(order) things from shops, they _____ (pay) bills, and watch films. The new mobile phones _____ (have) fast processors and a big memory just like computers.

And this is going to happen soon. There are new technologies, new inventions and new ideas every day and telephone companies are doing their best to attract clients.

Answer 1

will be will bewill havewill havewill helpwill buy
will orderwill pay will have

Answer 2

Well, predictions often give us some freedom of action, carte blanche to express our vision of the future events, so to say. That's why in some cases I've taken the liberty of giving you more than one option: as I've already mentioned, there are several ways to express our predictions. Different forms are possible.    


The future of mobile phones

We know that mobile phones are no longer just phones. There are many models with radio, calculator, MP3 player, or with access to the Internet.

In the future mobile phones will be a lot better and more important – says Dr. Raynolds from the University of Technology in Baltimore. – They will be/are going to be more complicated with more functions, sort of all-in-one device. First of all, people will have better access to the Internet than they have today. Mobile phones will have LCD displays – this will help to read Internet documents and also see the person you are speaking to. With a mobile phone people will buy/will be buying tickets for the cinema or concert, people will order/will be ordering things from shops, they will pay/will be paying bills, and watch films. The new mobile phones will have fast processors and a big memory just like computers.

And this is going to happen soon. There are new technologies, new inventions and new ideas every day and telephone companies are doing their best to attract clients.