Future Homes and Smart Gadgets
Homes and gadgets of the future
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🏠 Future Homes Vocabulary
Learn words for homes and talk about the future with will and won't.
A modern smart home with a robot and a smart fridgeFor Teachers
- Plan for a 25-minute session to complete all 4 practice blocks smoothly.
- Check the answers after part (d).
For Students
- Complete parts (a) to (d) in order to build confidence with the 10 target words.
- Review your answers carefully before starting the paragraph writing task next.
Target Vocabulary (10 Words)
Word Order
Unscramble the words to write a complete sentence.
Question 1
Reorder these words:
Question 2
Reorder these words:
Question 3
Reorder these words:
Question 4
Reorder these words:
Fill in the Blanks
Choose one word from the word bank for each sentence.
Word Bank
Question 5
The smart ___ will check our milk and vegetables by itself. ____ (Type the missing word...)Question 6
Solar panels on the ___ will produce electricity for our house. ____ (Type the missing word...)Question 7
You can ___ all the machines in the house with your smartphone app. ____ (Type the missing word...)Question 8
The main door has a ___ that opens with your finger. ____ (Type the missing word...)Question 9
This home robot has a powerful ___ that lasts for three days. ____ (Type the missing word...)Choose the Correct Word
Select the word that best completes the sentence.
Question 10
Our house will be very [smart / small] because computers will manage every room.
Question 11
In the [future / yesterday], families will travel in flying cars and live underground.
Question 12
My favourite kitchen [gadget / battery] is an automatic tea maker.
Question 13
I watch recipes and news on the flat [screen / battery] on the wall.
Match Questions & Answers
Match each question to the most logical response.
Question 14
"Will your future house have a garden on the roof?"
Question 15
"How will we control all the machines in the house?"
Question 16
"Will robots do all the difficult housework for us?"
✍️ Writing Task: My Future Home
Write a short paragraph about your home in the future (60–80 words).
Sentence Starters
Use these 5 sentence openings to build your paragraph:
Writing Checklist
Check that your paragraph includes all 5 points:
- ✓ House description: where it is or what it looks like
- ✓ 2 objects / gadgets: machines in the house
- ✓ 1 sentence with maybe (you are not sure)
- ✓ 1 sentence with "won't": something that will not happen
- ✓ One promise: say what you will always do
Draft your complete paragraph below. When submitted, AI will grade your writing on Task Achievement, Coherence & Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range & Accuracy.
____ (In the future, my home will be located in the green hills. It will probably have solar panels on the roof to save energy. Inside, a smart fridge and a cleaning robot will clean the rooms. Maybe there will be a giant screen on the living room wall for video calls. I think people won't use metal keys. I will always keep my garden tidy.)🌟 Model Answer and Tips
Explore a full sample paragraph and learn why these key structures make your future predictions sound natural.
Show Sample Paragraph
Why This Works: 5 Key Phrases Explained
Here is why each highlighted phrase makes your writing clear, polite, and accurate:
"will probably have"
"power every gadget"
"Maybe there will be"
"people won't need"
"I will always keep"
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