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SECTION 6

FUTURE TRENDS

A. Only in the Future

(The sentences were written in 2015 by IELTSfocus.com)

1. In Japan, from 2025 to 2035, the production of cars is set to decline sharply.
2. It is predicted that by 2030 in China, car production will have increased.
3. From 2025 onwards, the number of cars made in Japan is expected to show a similar trend to that
of the USA.
4. The number of cars that will be manufactured is likely to drop drastically in the USA by 2035.
5. There is expected to be a gradual increase in car production in China after 2020.
6. Car production in the UK is anticipated to see a sharp decline in the years from 2025 to 2035.
B. In the Past + Future
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The line graph illustrates the financial position of a New Zealand local authority from 2012 to 2022. It is
measured in millions of New Zealand dollars. Overall, it can be seen that while rates revenue and user charges
are predicted to increase over the period, borrowings and grants and subsidies will remain much lower.

Rates revenues and user charges will follow a very similar pattern over the time frame. Rates revenue stood
at just under 1.5 billion in 2012, which was the highest of the four criteria. Though they remained stable until
2013, they are expected to climb to approximately 2.4 billion dollars in 2022. Like rates revenues, use charges
are predicted to continuously increase. They began the period at 1 billion and will stand at twice this
level by 2022.

Borrowings, on the other hand, are expected to show considerable fluctuation. Although having initially
increased, they will drop to a low of 600 million in 2016, before reaching a peak of just under 1.5 billion in
2020. Borrowings will finish the period at around the same level that they began. Grant and subsidies were
the lowest of the four, at under 500 million in 2012. Despite moving up to exceed borrowing briefly in 2016,
this low level will continue until 2022.
Note: This graph was written in 2015 so anything after that date is future tense (By IELTS Buddy)

Describing future trends

1. Using future tense

- Future simple: Will + V
- Future present perfect: Will have Pii (by + time)
2. Using phrases
- It is predicted/anticipated/set/projected/expected/estimated/forecast that
- X is predicted/anticipated/set/projected/expected/estimated/forecast to V
- There is a prediction/anticipation/a projection that + S + will
- The prediction/anticipation/projection/forecast + shows/indicates/reveals that + S + V

Task 1. The graph shows the actual and predicted percentage change in employment in the UK, by
education level. Summarize information the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.