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UNIT 12: ROBOTS A. LÝ THUYẾT: I. COULD FOR PAST ABILITY (CÁCH SỬ DỤNG " COULD" TRONG TIẾNG ANH) "Could" dịch sang tiếng Việt mang nghĩa là "có thể", tuy nhiên, người Anh lại sử dụng nó ở nhiều trường hợp khác nhau. 1. Cách sử dụng Could trong tiếng anh a. “Could” được dùng để xin phép Ví dụ: Could I borrow your motobike for 2 hours? (Tôi có thể mượn xe máy của bạn trong 2 tiếng đồng hồ không?) b. Could dùng để đưa ra một yêu cầu Ví dụ: Could you turn the light off? (Bạn có thể tắt đèn không?) c. Could được dùng để đưa ra một lời đề nghị Ví dụ: We could go out for dinner tonight (Chúng ta có thể ra ngoài ăn tối nay) d. Could được dùng để nói khả năng trong quá khứ Ví dụ: She could swim at the age of 7. (Cô ấy có thể bơi khi mới lên 7.) 2. Công thức: Khẳng định: S + could +V-infinitive Phủ định: S + could not/couldn't + V-infinitive Câu hỏi : Could + S + V-infinitive? Câu trả lời ngắn Yes, S+ could. No, S+ couldn't. II. “WILL BE ABLE TO" FOR FUTURE ABILITY (CÁCH SỬ DỤNG WILL BE ABLE TO TRONG TƯƠNG LAI) Chúng ta sử dụng WILL BE ABLE TO để nói về khả năng trong tương lai. Công thức: ( + ) S + will be able to + V-infinitive Ví dụ: She will be able to ride a bike next year. ( Cô ấy có thể sẽ biết đi xe đạp vào năm tới.) ( - ) S + will not/ won't be able to + V-infinitive Ví dụ: He won't be able to read or write until he is 6. (Cậu ấy có thể sẽ không biết đọc hay viết cho đến khi 6 tuổi.) ( ? ) Will + S + be able to + V-infinitive? Trả lời: Yes, S + will. No, S + won't. Ví dụ: Will robots be able to talk to people in the future? (Robots có thể sẽ nói chuyện được với con người trong tương lai không?
B. BÀI TẬP VẬN DỤNG: Exercise 1. Put the words in the correct order. 1. could/ do sums/ Mary/ at the age of 7/. ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. read and write/ you/ Could/when you were 6/? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. could/ Robots/ lift heavy things/ some years ago/. ______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. move easily/ couldn’t/ Robots/ until recent years/. ______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. will be able to/In 2030,/robots/do many things like humans/. ______________________________________________________________________________________ 6. be able to/Will robots/talk to us then/? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 7. won’t be able to/Robots/play football/. ______________________________________________________________________________________ 8. be able to/robots/Will/recognise our faces/? ______________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 2. Fill the gaps with can, can't, could, couldn't, will be able to or won't be able to. 1. In the past, robots ______________________ teach in classes, but they can now. 2. Robots can’t talk now. In 2030, they______________________ talk to people. 3. Mr. Van ______________________ run very fast when he was young. Now he. 4. In 2030, robots will be able to talk to us, but they ______________________ do more complicated things. 5. My little sister is very clever. She ______________________ already read some words. Exercise 3. Complete the sentences. Use will be able to, can, could, and the verbs from the box. guard make recognize do 1. This robot ______________________ our faces when the scientists improve it. 2. Home robots are more useful today – they ______________________ the bed. 3. Even in the past, robots ______________________ the laundry. 4. Now, robots ______________________ the house. When there’s a problem, they send a message to our mobile. Exercise 4. Complete the following sentences, using "couldn’t" and the verbs in the box. listen find finish understand sleep go play hear 1. We ______________________tennis because the weather was bad. 2. Tom ______________________to music because his CD player was broken. 3. I was very tired but I ______________________. 4. My dad ______________________ to work because he was ill. 5. I ______________________ Jane because I don’t speak German. 6. We ______________________the teacher because the students were very noisy. 7. John ______________________his pen. It wasn’t in his school bag. 8. Mai wasn’t hungry. She ______________________her lunch.
Exercise 5. Write questions using "could". Example: Read/ four? Could you read when you were four? 1. Walk/ one? _________________________________________________________________ 2. Ride a bike/ ten? _________________________________________________________________ 3. Speak English/ twelve? _________________________________________________________________ 4. Count to ten/ three? _________________________________________________________________ 5. Write your name/ two? _________________________________________________________________ Exercise 6. Use the phrases given to answer the questions “What could or couldn’t children do when they were 4 years old?” 1. Stay at home alone. _________________________________________________________________ 2. Eat by themselves. _________________________________________________________________ 3. Write a letter. _________________________________________________________________ 4. Go to school alone. _________________________________________________________________ 5. Sing songs. _________________________________________________________________ Exercise 7. Fill in the gap with "can/ could/ can’t/ couldn’t". 1. I ____________sleep last night because it was very hot. 2. When Nick was five or six, he ____________do a handstand, but he ____________now. 3. I ____________speak anything but Vietnamese. It is my mother tongue. 4. They are having a dinner party next Sunday, but Alex ____________come. 5. When I met Anna last year, she ____________play the guitar, but now she ____________play it very well. 6. Robots ____________only do very simple things in the past, but they ____________do quite a lot such as doing the housework, helping sick people and even building big buildings. 7. There are four types of robots that ____________do many things like humans.
Exercise 8. Read and match the halves below. Column A Matching Column B 1. Linda will be 2. I will be able 3. James will be able 4. Will Ella be able 5. David won’t be 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - A. to cook dinner himself. B. to run as fast as me? C. to find a good job. D. able to get a job that she likes. E. to complete this task myself. C. BÀI TẬP NÂNG CAO: ANSWER KEY B. BÀI TẬP VẬN DỤNG: Exercise 1. Put the words in the correct order. 1. Mary could do sums at the age of 7 2. Could you read and write when you were 6? 3. Robots could lift heavy things some years ago 4. Robots couldn't move easily until recent years 5. In 2030, robots will be able to do many things like humans. 6. Will robots be able to talk to us then? 7. Robots won’t be able to play football. 8. Will robots be able to recognise our faces? Exercise 2. Fill the gaps with can, can't, could, couldn't, will be able to or won't be able to. 1. couldn’t 2. will be able to 3. could - can’t. 4. won’t be able to 5. can Exercise 3. Complete the sentences. Use will be able to, can, could, and the verbs from the box. 1. will be able to recognise 2. can make 3. could do 4. can guard Exercise 4. Complete the following sentences, using "couldn’t" and the verbs in the box. 1. couldn't play 2. couldn't listen 3. couldn't sleep 4. couldn't go 5. couldn't understand 6. couldn't hear 7. couldn't find 8. couldn't finish Exercise 5. Write questions using "could".