Unit 15 : vocabulary - grammar

UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST VOCABULARY: Fill in the blanks: success, historic, weightless, achievement, tragic, approximately, tension, failures, crash, cosmonaut, space, lifted off 1. Our recent _____ in medicine is the development of laser in treating cancer. 2. Before Gagarin’s _____ flight, there were still enormous uncertainties 3. Although his flight lasted only 108 minutes, its _____ made him a national hero. 4. Yuri Gagarin is a Soviet _________. 5. _____ 60,000 people filled the stadium. 6. Laughter can be a great release of _____. 7. If there were a technical _____, he might be fired. 8. On 12 th April, 1961, Gagarin __________ into space aboard the Vostok 1. 9. He died in a plane ______ on a routine training flight in March 1968. 10. Astronauts work in ______ conditions. 11. Many spacemen could never get back to the Earth because of _____ accidents 12. ____ is the empty area outside the Earth's atmosphere, where the planets and the stars are. GRAMMAR: 1) COULD, WAS/WERE ABLE TO (có thể, có khả năng) 1.1. Could: được dùng để chỉ khả năng nói chung hoặc được phép làm điều gì trong _________ Ex: My grandfather was very clever. He ________ speak five languages. 1.2. Was/were able to: bên cạnh chỉ khả năng COULD, còn được được dùng để chỉ khả năng xảy ra ở một tình huống cụ thể trong ________. Ex: A girl fell into the river, but luckily we were able to rescue her. *CHÚ Ý: đối với câu phủ đònh, có thể dùng COULD NOT hoặc WAS/WERE NOT ABLE TO. Ex: My father couldn’t swim. (=My father wasn’t able to swim.) TÓM TẮT: COULD WAS/WERE ABLE TO Khả năng nói chung Khả năng cụ thể Underline the correct or more natural answer. If both answers are possible, underline them both. 1. Valuables can / are able to be left in the hotel safe. Please ask at the reception desk. 2. We could / were able to finish the football match before it started snowing too heavy. 3. The rebels could / were able to draw on the support of over 20,000 soldiers. 4. Could you / Were you able to understand Professor Larsen's lecture? I found it really difficult. 5. 'Do you want a game?' 'Sorry, I can't / 'm not able to play chess. 6. Look at me, I can / 'm able to ride my bike without any help. 7. When the fire officers arrived they could / were able to put out the flames in a couple of minutes. 8. The air was so polluted in the city center, I could hardly / was hardly able to breathe. 9. I knew John had been smoking. I could / was able to smell the cigarettes when I came into the room. 10. Can you / Are you able to drive without your glasses? 11. No changes can / are able to be made to this rail ticket after purchase. 12. He could / was able to untie the ropes without the guards noticing. 13. She looked all over the house, but couldn't / wasn't able to find her keys anywhere. 14. I was very busy at work; but I could / was able to have a couple of days off last week. 15. She swam strongly and could / was able to cross the river easily, even though it was swollen by the heavy rain. 2) TAG QUESTIONS (caâu hoûi ñuoâi): THE STATEMENT (A), TAG ENDING (B)? Nếu A là câu Khẳng Định, B sẽ là câu _________, và ngược lại nếu A là câu Phủ Định, thì B sẽ là câu __________: She’s gone, hasn’t she? She hasn’t gone, has she? Ex1: You are a student, _______________ ? Ex2: The film wasn’t very interesting, ________________? Ex3: Mary does a lot of homework every day, ____________________? Ex4: John didn’t go to school yesterday, ____________________? Ex5: We have seen this film twice, ____________________? Ex5: They can swim very fast, ____________________? Reminder: Am I not? is formal; Aren’t I? is informal Ex6: I am a student, am I not ? = I am a student, aren’t I ? Add question tags to the following statements 1 You’ve never been in Hawaii, __________________? 2 She’s not going to have to take another course, ___________? 3 She shouldn’t smoke, _____________________________? 4 He’s had many different kinds of jobs, _______________? 5 He’s an engineer for a government agency, _____________? 6 Bob and Mary have to go home now, ____________________? 7 Bill and Henry have gone, ________________________? 8 She’s recently been ill, ________________________? 9 There’s something cooking on the stove, ___________? 10 You had a good time at the game, ________________? 11 It’ll be cold tomorrow, ____________________? 13 He’s never on time to work, __________________? 14 There were a lot of people at the concert, _________? 15 I’m going to be with you tomorrow night, __________? 16 Mary had to cook dinner, ________________________? 17 John has had several operations this year, _____________? 18 We’ve studied a lot of things so far, ______________? 19 You weren’t at the last meeting, ___________________? 20 They’ve never had a child, ________________________? 22 You can type well, _____________________? 23 I’m not pronouncing your name correctly, _______________? 24 She hasn’t been enjoying herself lately, ____________? 25 He hurt himself in the accident, ____________________? 26 It never works very well, ________? 27. Neither of them offered to help you, ________? 28. Let's go out for dinner tonight, ________? 29. That isn't Bill driving, ________? 30. Nothing went wrong, ________? 31. Not a very good film, _________? 32. They think he's funny, ___________? 33. Do it right now, ______? 34. He seldom goes to the library, ______? NOTE: ______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ . UNIT 1 5: SPACE CONQUEST VOCABULARY: Fill in the blanks: success, historic, weightless, achievement, tragic, approximately,. and the stars are. GRAMMAR: 1) COULD, WAS/WERE ABLE TO (có thể, có khả năng) 1.1. Could: được dùng để chỉ khả năng nói chung hoặc được phép làm điều gì trong _________ Ex: My grandfather was. sẽ là câu _________ _: She’s gone, hasn’t she? She hasn’t gone, has she? Ex 1: You are a student, _______________ ? Ex 2: The film wasn’t very interesting, ________________? Ex 3: Mary does a lot