Teacher: Do Tan Canh
THE ACADEMIC YEAR: 2023-2024

How do we communicate
today?
How has communication
technology changed
throughout history?

What have we learnt in this unit 10?
UNIT 10: COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE

Vocabulary

Pronunciation

Communication
technology

- Stress words that
ending in -ese
and -ee

Grammar

- Prepositions of place
and time
- Possessive pronouns

UNIT 1 COMMUNICATION IN THE
0 FUTURE
LESSON 7: LOOKING BACK & PROJECT

1

* VOCABULARY

1 Circle the correct option to complete each sentence below.
1. My classmates connect with each other on a(n) social network / emoji called Friendsconnect.
2. Holography / Telepathy helps people communicate by thoughts.
3. Sending voice messages / text messages is convenient because you don't have to type.
4. In the future, everyone can carry a human translator /
translation machine with them whenever they go abroad.
5. If you have a high-speed Internet connection, making a group call / meeting face to face
is a piece of cake.

2 Fill in each gap with a word from the box to complete the passage.
text

instantly

language

real

social

In 30 years, social robots will become popular. This kind of
robot is special because it can perform many human tasks. For
text message to its owner to remind
example, it can send a (1) ______
social
them of dinner time. Some social robots may even have (2) ______
real time.
network accounts and interact with other users in (3) ______
language barriers are not a problem, so they
For these robots, (4) ________
can
instantly reply to comments or messages in any language. It
(5) ________
might be frightening because we won't know whether we are
chatting with a human or a robot online!

* GRAMMAR

3

Complete the sentences with the prepositions or adjective from the
box. Tick the sentences which have prepositions of time.
in

on

for by

opposite

1. I talk to my mum ______
the phone every weekend.
on
2. Maria texted me that she would be home ______
in 10 minutes.
3. Phong waited ______
for an hour. Then he called Ann and said that
he had to leave.
4. Where's Ms Lan? – She's in the opposite
________ room. She's having
a video conference.
5. Telepathy might be the most popular way to communicate
______
by 2050.

4

Which of the underlined parts in each question is incorrect? Find and
correct it.
1. A friend of my cannot connect her phone to the Internet.
A
B
C
mine
2. Trang and Linda will be at television this evening to talk about future
on B
communication.
A
C
3. Three of ours cousins are studying in the same class.
A
C
our B
4. I'm putting aside some money because I want to buy a new car on two years.
A
B
C
in
5. Please send the homework to your teacher via email in Thursday.
by/on
A
B
C

* PROJECT

* PROJECT
 Imagine a means of communication
in 2050
 Describe that means of
communication
- What is it?

- How will it help you communicate?
- What advantages might it have?
- Will it have any disadvantages? If yes,

what
are they?
Present
your idea to the class. You
can make a poster or create a model
for your presentation.

*
 Do exercises
Homework
in the workbook.
 Prepare Unit 11 (Getting started)