Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals

Activity 119 – Passive voice with future tenses

Surrogates

A.  Watch the movie segment. The segment takes place in the year 2024 and

talks about what will happen from today until 2024. The movie starts 14

years ago, 2010. Take a look at the timeline of the scientific developments

that took place in the next 14 years and rewrite the given sentences you saw

in the segment in the passive voice.

2011

1. In 2011, monkeys will operate mechanic arms with nothing but his thoughts.
In 2011, ______with nothing but his thoughts.
2. Physically disabled people are going to operate fully synthetic bodies.

2014

3. We are going to see this more and more.
______more and more.
4. We will witness an event of evolutionary significance.

2018

5. Over 98% of the world population will use a surrogate in all facets of their daily life.
______in all facets of their daily life.
6. We are going to see crime rates record lows.

2024

7. By 2024, A minority will have opposed surrogates.
By 2024, ______.
8. Many people will have seen this as the invasion of the inhuman.
______as the invasion of the inhuman.
9. They will have established surrogacy-free zones in major cities around the country.
______in major cities around the world.
10. People had predicted that surrogates would solve all their problems.
People had predicted that ______.
11. They had believed that one day the future was going to bring nothing but happiness.
They had believed that one day ______.

MOVIE SEGMENTS TO ASSESS GRAMMAR GOALS

ACTIVITY 119

passive voice with future tenses

surrogates

Anwer key:

1. mechanic arms will be operated by monkeys

2. fully synthetic bodies are going to be operated by physically disabled people.

3. this is going to be seen

4. an event of evolutionary significance will be witnessed

5. a surrogate will be used by 98% of the world population

6. crime rates record lows are going to be seen

7. surrogates will have been opposed by a minority

8. this will have been seen

9. surrogacy-free zones will have been established

10. all their problems would be solved by surrogates

11. nothing but happiness was going to be brought by the future

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