Student Worksheet. Will there be Life after Oil ?. Modal verbs :will and others. Ideas for teachers

Student Worksheet

Will there be Life after Oil ?

Modal verbs :will and others

Choose the most suitable modal verb in each of the following sentences: these sentences are not necessarily related to the article

1. People who live in New York can /will / must see the Statue of Liberty.
2. You will / may / must / can pass your driving test before you will / may / must / candrive .
3. In 2100, people cannot / will not can / will not be able to use oil as we do today.
4. In 15 years’ time, people must / will have to / will must use more electric cars.
5. I am 15 today, so I will / can / may / muststill be alive in the year 2050.
6. If I buy a lottery ticket, I may / can / must / will win the jackpot. If I don’t, I may not / will
not be able to / must not.

Reusing information :

Complete this résumé of the article, putting appropriate words in the blanks

Oil is one of the most important __________ of ___________ in today's world; but unless we ____________ finding more and more, it will not ___________ for ____________. In less than a century, it will ______ ______.
Most of the oil we _____ comes from the ground, but some comes from _______ .But plants cannot produce all the oil we ________.
In tomorrow's world, we will use ______ oil and more ____________, but most of this will have to come from _______________ ___________.
In the _______ _______ we will use a lot of ___________, but later we will have to get our _____________ from natural forces.

Ideas for teachers

Simple technical English
► Introduction: Remember.... When you study an article in class, it is often useful to have students analyze the language and the structure of sentences. Often students are put off by articles because they imagine that they look hard — however easy they may really be.....
This article is technical; but it is not in difficult English.
► Will and modal verbs.This text is a good illustration of when to use "will" to form the future in English. Remember that will is by no means the only way to express the future in English. For more on this see the Future in English.
► Oral expression: Discuss "oil" with your students. What is it? Where does it come from? What do we use it for? Could we do without it? (Pupils should learn do without, a useful prepositional verb). How long will it last? Can we make it?
If you talk about all these points in class, then the article should be very easy to follow.

Syntax: Note the use of modal verbs in this article.

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