Thursday, April 12th 2023

UNIT 11: SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
Period 90: A closer look 2

I. GRAMMAR
1. Future tenses: review
a. Future simple
S + Will(not) + V + O.
b. Future continuous
S + Will(not) + be+ V- ing + O
2. Reported speech (lời nói gián tiếp)
a. Statements in reported speech(câu trần thuật
trong lời nói gián tiếp)

Eg1:

Direct speech: “I am a student,” Nam said.

Reported speech: Nam said that he was a student.
Eg2:

Direct speech: “I watched TV last night.”
Reported speech: Mai told me that she had watched
TV the night before.
Þ Khi muốn chuyển từ lời nói trực tiếp sang lời nói gián tiếp
ta phải lùi xuống một thì.

=> S + said that/ told sb that + S + V(back to a tense) + O.

a.1. The tenses may change in reported speech:
Direct speech
Present simple
'I like sciences.'
Present continuous
'I am staying for a few days.'

Reported speech
→ Past simple
He said (that) he liked sciences.
→ Past continuous
She said (that) she was staying for a few days.

Present perfect
'Nick has left.'

→ Past perfect
She said (that) Nick had left.

Past simple
'Nick left this morning.'

→ Past simple/ Past perfect
She told me (that) Nick had left that morning.

will
'Man will travel to Mars.'

→ would
He said (that) man would travel to Mars.

can
'We can swim.'

→ could
They told us (that) they could swim.

may
'We may live on the moon.'

→ might
He said (that) we might live on the moon.

must/ have to

-> had to

a.2. Pronouns, and time and place expressions
may change in reported speech:
- I => he/ she
- we => they
- you => I/ he/ she

- now => then
- today => that day
- here => there
- this week => that week
- tomorrow => the next day/
the following day
- yesterday => the day before/
the previous day
- last week/ month => the
week/month before; the
previous week/ month

Note: When we report facts in the past simple, we don't usually change tense.

1 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.
will have
1. By 2030 all students (have) ……………….their
own
computers in school.
2. I can't come to your party next Friday as I (work)
……………………..on
that day.
will be working
3. I know she's sick, but ……………...she
(be)
will
…………….
back to school tomorrow? 
be
4. You (not pass)………………….your
exams if you
won't pass
don't start working harder.
decide
5. Whatever job you (decide)………………to
do in the
future, I (support)………………………..you.
will support

2. Work in pairs. Read the following predictions about
the year 2040 and say whether you think it will happen.
Example:
A: Email will completely replace regular mail.
B: I think it will certainly/probably happen. /
It certainly/probably won't happen.
1. We will all be using flying cars.
2. Most people will live to be a hundred years old.
3. Robots will replace teachers.
4. The world will have one money system.
5. The Internet will replace books.

3. Look at the conversation in GETTING STARTED
again. Find and underline the examples of reported
speech

- My dad told me that only robots would work in
factories and clean our homes in the future.
- Our science teacher said that there would be no
more schools: we'd just stay at home and learn on
the Internet.

 
 
4. Complete sentence b in each pair so that it means
the same as sentence a, using reported speech
a.  Nick: 'I come from a small town in England.'
 
he came from a small town in England
b. Nick said that _________________________________.
 
a.  My friend: 'Brazil will win the World Cup.'
Brazil would win the World Cup .
b. My friend said that____________________________
a. Olive: 'Chau, I'm leaving Viet Nam tomorrow.'
 

she was leaving Viet Nam the next day
b.. Olive told Chau that __________________________________.
a. David: 'Catherine, I'm unable to read your writing.'
he was unable to read her writing
b. David told Catherine that_____________________________.
a. Minh: 'I overslept this morning.'

b. Minh said that __________________________
he had overslept that morning

.

5. Change the following sentences into reported
speech, using the words given in brackets.
1. 'I didn't say anything at the meeting last week.' (He said)
=> He said he hadn't said anything at the meeting the week before.

2.'This letter has been opened.' (She told me)
=> She told me that letter had been opened.

3. 'In 50 years' time we will probably be living on Mars.(Tom
said)

=> Tom said in 50 year's time we would probably be living on Mars.

4. 'I hope we will build a city out at sea.' (Mi said)

=> Mi said she hoped they would build a city out at sea.

5. 'My wish is to become a young inventor.' (Son told us)
=> Son told us his wish was to become a young inventor.

Unit 11: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (A closer look 2)

GAME
Each of students
stands up or
comes to the
front of the
class. One says a
sentence about
himself/ herself.
The other reports
to the class.
• Example:

I like writing code.

She said that she liked
writing code.

Homework:

- Learn by heart all the grammar in the lesson.
- Redo the exercises in your notebook.
- Prepare the new lesson: Skills 1