UNIT 10: COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE
Lesson 3: A closer look 2

Trịnh Thị Mai Dung
Lê Hồng Phong secondary school

Uni 1 COMMUNICATION IN THE
t 0 FUTURE
LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

1

WARM-UP
Answer the questions:
1. Where is teacher's smartphone?

Where is it?

2. What will smartphone be like at
the end of 2023?
3. What will smartphone be like in
10 years?

PRESENTATION
Prepositions of place

on

under

in front of

opposite

in

at

PRESENTATION
Prepositions of time
• “in + a length of time” can express future
meaning.
Example: Robots will replace human shop assistants
in ten years.
• “for + a length of time” says how long something
goes on for.
Example: It rained for three hours yesterday.
• “by + a specific time” means “not later than that
time”.
Example: We'll be there by 6 p.m.

PRESENTATION
Prepositions of time
By + thời gian: trước lúc, cho đến lúc 
in + tháng, năm 
for + khoảng thời gian: kéo dài trong
vòng bao lâu 
in + khoảng thời gian: trong vòng bao
lâu
on + thứ, ngày cụ thể 

PRESENTATION
Possessive pronouns

We can use possessive pronouns after of.
Example:
Mi is one of my friends.
Mi is a friend of mine.

PRESENTATION

PRACTICE

1 Complete the sentences with at, in, in front of, on,
opposite, or under.

at
1. Lily's house is ______
the end of this street.
2. Players always sit _________
opposite each other in a chess game.
3. She looked ______
under the table and finally found her smartwatch.
on the pavement.
on the street. Walk ______
4. Don't walk ______
5. Ann stood _________
in front me in a line to get on the bus.
of

PRACTICE

2

Circle the correct preposition in each sentence.

1. Let's get ready by / on / for 10 a.m. We are meeting Dr
Saito at 10:15.
2. The first camera phone appeared on / at / in May 1999 in
Japan.
3. We will be away on / for / by two weeks.
4. In the UK, supermarkets always close early in / by / on
Sundays.
5. I think language barriers will disappear in / for / by 30 years.

PRACTICE

3 Complete the text with the prepositions from
the box. Use each preposition only ONCE.
in

on

at

for

by

I think smartphones will change a lot (1) in
______ the near future. They
will be much thinner. (2)
By______ 2035, we might be able to roll a phone
like a sheet of paper. They will become much smarter, too. They will be
able to charge their battery automatically when we are at
(3) ______ home.
They might check the latest news (4)on______ the Internet. We won't have
to wait (5)for
______ a long time for these super smartphones.

PRACTICE

5 Complete the second sentence so that it has the

same meaning as the first sentence.
1. Jack is one of her cousins.
Jack is a _______________________.
cousin of hers.
2. Is this one of his tablets?
Is this a tablet
_______________________?
of his.
3. Can I borrow a pencil of yours?
Can I borrow one
___________________?
of your pencils.
4. You look like Nick and Peter. Are you one of their
relatives?
a relative of theirs.
You look like Nick and Peter. Are you ____________________?
5. Last year,
two
of our classmates
won scholarships to the
two
classmates
of

PRODUCTION

4 Work in pairs. Tell each other whether you agree or
disagree with the following ideas.

1. We should not use our smartphones for
more than a few hours every day.
2. By 2050, the way people communicate
with each other will be different from now.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 How to use prepositions of place and time
 How to use possessive pronouns

CONSOLIDATION

2

Homework

Workbook

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