Could: được dùng để chỉ khả năng nói chung hoặc được phép làm điều gì trong _________ Ex: My grandfather was very clever.. Was/were able to: bên cạnh chỉ khả năng COULD, còn được được dù
Trang 1UNIT 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 định, 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.
Trang 22) TAG QUESTIONS (câu hỏi đuôi): 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,
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:
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