Future forms and the environment

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about the future

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in different ways. We're going to take a

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look in the context of the environment.

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B1, sea levels will continue to rise

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over the coming decades. Nice and

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simple. B2,

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by 2050, many scientists believe that

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sea levels will have risen by around 30

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cm in the US. C1,

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some coastal communities in Louisiana

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and Florida are on the brink of

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catastrophe. In B1, you can see the

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future with will to make a prediction.

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Nice and simple. Notice that it's

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followed by continue in the base form,

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and then continue is followed by to

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rise, the infinitive. Verb patterns, ing

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verbs, and infinitives are a really

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important element of B1 and the levels

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after that. In B2, you can see the

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future perfect simple, will have risen.

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We use it to talk about something that

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will be completed by a certain time in

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the future. In the C1 sentence, we're

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missing the obvious future tense words

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like will.

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Instead, we have the phrase to be on the

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brink of. At C1, you are expected to use

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a variety